3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught at Downtown location. Pours clear dark yellow with an average, creamy, white head, somewhat lasting with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (toasted grain, meal), heavy hops (flowers, pine, grapefruit), average yeast (sweat) with notes of apple and pear. Medium bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness and acidity, moderate bitterness.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pint @ brewpub. Nice citrus, "dank" and to a lesser extent pine aroma. Hazy golden orange color. Moderately strong bitterness that lingers, nice balance. A bit of toasty malt in the background, citrus, pine and resiny. A bit of a muddled flavor.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity dispense) at Great British Beer Festival, day 4 on 5 August 2011. One of a surprising number of beers from New Mexico at GBBF - how’d that happen? Darkish gold colour, and rather cloudy, perhaps not surprising given the journey and the shortage of time for set-up. A very decent little number. Not a blockbuster West Coast IPA but there’s no shortage or orange & grapefruit hop character with some herbal edges here. Very drinkable and enjoyable.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Amber with no head. Hoppy aroma. Very bitter, fruity hop flavor. Lingering finish.
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3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2011. Pours a pale hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fresh hoppy citrus and grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
pine and citrus driven hop-focused nose. pale malt toastiness with moderately buzzing acid and medium-high bitterness. lingering buzzing wet / dank hop finish. surprisingly drinkable and balanced and agreeable for the most part.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Unclear - hazy matt medium orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, citrus, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry, citrus, grassy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110805]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
5th August 2011
GBBF. Cask. Very hazy gold beer, tiny white head. Minerals. Decent fresh hops, fresh enough to sting a bit! Grapefruit, tangerine pith. Nice!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On cask at brewpub. Very clear amber. Bright citrusy (orange and pineapple) aroma. High hop oils remain throughout. It is a thin beer with insufficient malt character but has nice lingering bitterness and good drinkability. From regular keg at brewpub, is hazier than the cask version. Aroma is more piney. Hop character is also lively with bright forest flavors. Still thin and unexciting but not bad. 7-3-7-3-13
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy tan. The aroma bursts with hops - fruity and piney. Rich hops on the palate, slight resin, lots of Columbus goodness. Not much malt, but I’m not looking for much. Good, drinkable IPA. And it happens to be made with hops I like (I think mine had Amarillo in place of Cascade).
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@GBBF2011. Deep golden colour, small head. aroma is fruits, mild floral notes as well as some quite grassy and mildly bready malty. Flavour is fruity, floral, earthy and quite grassy. Balanced.
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