3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tasty! There are hints of coffee, toffee, chocolate, and I think ice tea in the aroma and flavor. Nice dark brown with an off white head. Smoother than I remember altbiers being. A nice session ale.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a dark coffee brown with a cream tan head. Nose of chocolate. Slightly nutty on the palate with hints of coffee, chocolate and a nice malt background. Fuller bodied.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: Pours a deep brown with an off white head. Aroma, toasted malts, some fruits, caramel, and chocolate. Flavor, sweet roasty malts, chocolate, some coffee hints, a little nutty. Very smooth and drinkable, a nice light roastiness on the finish. There is something off on the tail end that I can’t place though.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle (12oz). Deep mahogany red-brown, clear, with a solid beige creamy-foamy head. Light aroma, but good - dry toasted roast malt, hints of chocolate and nutshell. The taste follows, and has a nice mild soft hop bitterness, but the roast malt and nuttiness seems a bit extract-y - not bad, but it’s a somewhat false note on my palate. Soft, light body, okay astringency, sharp carbonation and a syrupy aftertaste. Not too bad.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUL 25, 2007 Picked up a single 12-oz bottle from The Coffee Grounds in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Pours a clear coppery amber brew with a thick off-white head that slowly dissolves and develops large bubbles in the center with good lacing on the glass side. Aroma is slightly tart toasted caramel malt, some milk chocolate, Ivory soap, peat and some herbal/flowery hops. Taste is medium bodied, very light carbonation, semi sweet with a toasted milk chocolate pretzel flavor. Cool! Finish is smooth, creamy with a herbal biscuit aftertaste with no bitterness. One of the smoothest altbiers I’ve tried and the best tasting beer from the BluCreek brand label.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Rich, deep mahogany appearance, sour mash aroma. Crisp mouthfeel with a flavor of toasted caramel malt. This altbier is alright.....as in so so
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Very dark with thin head. Notes of roasted, sweet malts, notes of licorice. Dark roast coffe and sour notes. Sour roast finish that lingers on tongue.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Surprisingly good version of the style. Deep coppery pour. The nose is roasted toffee malt and some herbal hopping. The flavor is toffee, touches of peat, herbal hopping, sweet chocolate and maybe a hint of coffee. The mouthfeel was a touch thin, but I still like this one a lot more than I expected to! Thanks Cornfield, for thinking of me.
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