3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cloudy amber, small beige head.Faint carmel nose.Light carmel start with a well blended hop finish. Undercarbonated, but true to style
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Very well carbonated. Dark amber pour with a thin white head. Smells a bit citrusy. Taste is surprisingly mellow, was expecting more of a bite, but it’s a lot like drinking an amber. Very smooth. Decent brew, but there are usually better options.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at btbc. Pours a cloudy dark amber with a loose white head. Light drippy lace. Toasty brown bread nose. Creamy medium body with soft carb. Toasty malty mid palate with a mild bready finish. Appealing and inoffensive.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Not the best aroma. This is pretty decent at first, some malts, but the remainder of the body is very very thin.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Light caramel and toffee notes in the aroma followed by some earthy hops. A touch fruity too. POurs dark amber with really awesome lace and a great head. Nice amber colors - guess I was the only one to find this visually appealing. Flavors of light caramel malts, toffee, burnt toast, and a soft earthy bitterness. Smooth medium bodied ale with a nice balance.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask pour@ Big Time. Clear copper with a viscous tan head. Nice floral hop caramel sweet aroma. Medium body. Smooth chewy mouthfeel. Toasted caramel sweetness up front, with a nicely bitter hop twang to finish. Hard to beat the cask version of any brew.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draught. Low and quickly disappearing off-white head. Hazy muddy yellow body. Mild malty aroma. Bitter malty and salty flavor with low carbonation and a long aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught @ WABF 2008. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with an off-white head. Sweet malty caramel aroma with some weak hints of hops. Sweetish malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a slightly sweetish malty caramel finish with a citrus hoppy aftertaste.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at WABL Brew Fest 2008. Pours clear copper with a lacy white head. Medium-light body & light carbonation. Definitely in the ESB area code, but there is an estery quality that doesn’t quite fit.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUL 2, 2006 On tap at the brewery.
Pous a hazy gold without much head. Seriously fugglesy aroma, somewhat swampy, mavellous hop blast on the flavor at nearly IPA strength. plenty carmal-malted compared to the British renditions (and also a bit more citrus hops).
This is a curious beer, but it is actually a pretty darn drinkable one. Nice!
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