4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft, This IPA is very different, not your everyday California IPA. This one actually has some malt flavor. A very English IPA. Great w/a burger. I hear bottle are coming soon!
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
At NorCal Brewers Guild Festival at Raley Field. Light floral aroma. Clear coppery amber color with a white head (no lacing). Thinnish mouthfeel. Malt is balanced by floral hop. It’s not all that bitter. A bit English. Maybe a lot English. Nice finish flavor.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: OCT 21, 2009 Sampled at West Coast Brew Fest ’08 ~Pours a light golden colour ~Light floral hop scent. ~Mild sweet hop taste. Very pleasant. ~this was an enjoyable IPA. One I wouldn’t mind having again.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted at the 9th Annual Bistro IPA Festival (2006). This IPA pours a light gold color. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is grapefruity and floral. A medium bodied IPA. Malts are caramel, fruity and sweet. Hops are earthy and floral. More in the English style of an IPA. Mild bitterness. Smooth tasting. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
head is thinner and quickly dissipating. good floral and citrus notes in the aroma. a bit thin in mouthfeel.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask. This is a strange one. It starts out very sweet with grapefruit bitterness, but it starts to change halfway through to a more balanced beer. There is still a sweetness with a nice hop bitterness, but there's also a slight grassy/earthy taste to it that wasn't pleasant or even over unpleasant. It was also very carbonated for a cask beer.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Crisp. Hints of lemon, but not that citrus-y. very sharp metallic cutting through everything. Disappointing, not that great.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: OCT 5, 2006 On Tap @ Ben and Nick’s. Pours a very light yellow, the color I’d imagine Bud to be (if I knew what it looked like). I understand this is an English style IPA but I found very little (read: None) hop character to it. It’s very clean and drinkable but only slightly malty and not enough hops for me.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Tap @ The Bistro’s IPA Festival 8/6/05. Light golden color with a diminished white head. A light fruit (pear) aroma with a clean flavor and mild hops.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
GABF05: Clear and light gold. Light body; not necessarily watery, but thin. Sadly, the grainy, husky malts seemed to be more noticeable than the hop profile ... which was rather weak, obviously. Even after a couple large-pour samples, I couldn’t get much out of this beer. No offensive off-flavors really, just not a lot of charisma to speak of.
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