3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(draught) clear gold, wisyo white bubbles. Nose of pine, cream, honey, crisp, refreshing. Taste of bread, light pine but not bitter, herbal, butter, refreshing and very crisp. light body but well carbonated. Nice
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Amber with a frothy whitish head. Aroma of florals, spice, and pale malts. Taste is very mildly bitter, but nice, and it fits well with such a refreshing, light bodied pale ale.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On Tap- Pour is dark orange, with thin white head..Nose is hops, rye, honey,..Taste is hoppy, with spice, rye, earthy, grain..Palate is dry and smooth
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Orange pour with creamy white head and lace. Resiny hop aroma dominates with some caramelly malt. Resiny hops, sweet malt, with some tones of floral at the finish. Medium body but a tad fizzy.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Their staple beer, and its good too .. . Pours an amber gold .. great lacing from a pillowy white head .. smooth stuff, clean slick finish .. . sap and pine .. . i like .. . . El roacho.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draught) Pours a clear golden body with a medium white head. Aroma of cereal, caramel, and florals. Flavor of florals, honey, citrus, spruce, and subtle butter with a dry, bitter finish.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
GABF 2011. Clear light gold with a big rocky head. Leafy herbal hop aroma with an off-soapy tone. Nice big body with a short linger. Nice flavor of balanced toffee biscuit with herbal grassy hops. Not shabby.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at the pub. Pours a clouded light orange color with a light ring of white head. Aroma is fresh hops, pine, grapefruit and sweetness. Flavor is spicy hops, pine, sweet resin and dry malts. Hoppy Finish. Good.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep golden in color with a chewy malt body and perfectly balanced hop component which has a slightly earthy tone.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at Black Star Coop in Austin, TX. This is exactly what you would expect, a thin and under-hopped pale ale that gives a "come hither" look to people who have been drinking Shiner and enjoying it. But don’t be too hard on these folks. The food is great, the bartenders knowledgeable, and I suspect that the beers they were sold out of were better than the ones they had. On balance I don’t have much good to say about this beer. However, I grew up in Austin, and the existence of Black Star makes it a better town.
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