3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From a 22 oz bottle purchased locally poured into an imperial pint. Piney and citrus hops with a little sweetmess from the malt in the nose. Deep brick red color with a small, tight tan head. Flavor is very toasty in the front with bread crust-like flavors from the malt. Balanced slightly to the bitter. A fairly straight forward and easy drinking amber. Maybe a little too long on the shelf, though.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours reddish black with a thick beige head and a perfumy malt aroma. There is a robust smoked malt flavor with a dry slightly bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber from the Vacaville BevMo. 6.5% ABV. Pours dark ruddy copper with a creamy beige head that was a little fizzy. Aroma is dark roast malt with some resin. Flavor seems pretty much the same. Might be a hint of chocolate in the aftertaste, but this is fairly hoppy stuff. Better than the average amber.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Clear amber/dark red with a strong two-finger head that left a thick film and spotty lace. Moderate caramel malt aromas with floral hops. Flavors follow, and include toast and notes of nuts. Medium body, rich carbonation, sticky mouthfeel and a sweet bread finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bomber from BevMo. Description is the same but stats have changed: OG 14° Plato, 40 IBU’s, 6.5% ABV. Poured into an English pint glass. Color is a deep amber with a tan head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt, some cereal notes, and mild hops. Flavor is very mild with light maltiness up front followed by mild resinous hop flavors. Palate is light/medium bodied with a slightly astringent finish. Overall a decent brew that’s fairly well balanced but I prefer by ambers/reds to be more malty and sweet than this.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
At Oregon Brewers Festival. Herbacious flavor and caramel with slight citrus. Weird. Tastes dirty and earthy for some reason. Yuck. Pouring the rest in the drain.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This had a nice size head.Aroma of sour wheat.Nice amber-red color.Medium bodied.Nice malt and that "red" taste.Had better,but good try.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle: Dirty caramel, deep reddish hue, large frothy sand colored head, clumpy lacing, vibrant carbonation. Subtle earthy/soily malt nose, slightly sweet/sugary in a cane sugar sorta way. Picking up some
Honeycomb like cereal, along with apple skin. Very soft earthen malts on the tongue, mild sweetness, but does have a touch of astringency. Finishes with that Honeycomb cereal like sweetness. For an Amber its rather soft
both in the malt and hop department. Body and mouthfeel are moderate at best. A little cerealy after the finish. Tiz okay, slightly rough, and not malty nor hopped up enough. Honeycomb cereal flavor detracts as
well.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle.
Absolutely undrinkable. Horribly astringent, possible hint of a decent base destroyed by stewed vegetables and solvent. Drain pour.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. An amber/brownish color. Not much in the way of taste. Fairly generic hoppiness with a citrus aftertaste. A faint taste of an earthy, almost dirt flavor, and not in a good way. Not recommended.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JUN 26, 2009 22 oz. bottle from BevMo (SD) - Pours a deep copper color with a one finger thick light tan head. Light lacing. Aroma is lightly sweetened toasted caramel malt and floral hops. Flavor has a sharp bitterness to it. Almost metallic. Oxidation? Light to medium body. I would not recommend this beer. This is the second Blue Frog offering I’ve had. Not impressed so far.
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