3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle. Soft, medium off-white head, crystal clear light amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, spicy, grapefruit/orange, some bread. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit/orange, some bread, spicy. Soft light-medium body.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
on tap-pours an offwhite head with copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt, hops. Taste is equal malt and hops, but not quite right. OK carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber from Oak Tree. Pours hazy orange amber with a 4 finger foamy/creamy beige head. Aroma seems fruity/floral. But it’s thick head. Med body. Flavor is floral and slightly bitter fruit (probably citrus) over a detectable malt backdrop. This leans towards ESB given the nice hop choices. It’s lightly astringent and definitely bitter. At 4.6 this is definitely sessionable. Good pale ale.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
from Mondial de la Bière 2011, Strasbourg - clear deep golden-bronze beer under a solid long lasting creamy foam; nice lacework; a fair flowery and slightly piney hoppiness, medium-bodied and with a assertive bitterness; slightly astringent; dry and bitter flowery hoppy finish - good though lacking of complexity
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle. Poured a medium and clear golden color with an average sized off white head. Aromas of citrus, some floralness, and toasted grains. Tastes of citrus, some breadiness, and light caramel.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewery. Pale golden beer, white head. Sweet citrusy hops. Simple and cascady. Moderate bitterness and a simple malt bill lets the hops shine. Easy to drink.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Overwhelming, grapefruity C-hops merge into orange zest formation and deftly fly through the nostril forest...Less assertive than expected from the aroma, the flavors seem to attempt balance but fail, as caramel sweetness is nowhere near as confident as the exhibitionist hoppiness...A very good hoppy pale ale, aimed to please lovers of citrusy bitterness...
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask sample. Pours copper with a white head. Smells of bitter citrus, some caramel malt, spicy. Tastes of caramel, some earthy hints, sweet citrus, peppery, some bitterness on the finish.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours gold with 3 f ow head. Nose is assertive hops, pale malt, resiny, peppery. Tastes hoppy, pale malty, with mild fruit and peppery notes.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep straw yellow wearing a low white head. Explosive minty c-hops, grapefruity and citrusy with a nice cookie malt base. It appears remarkably balanced for what it is. Grapefruit oriented taste, but with this nice mint touch adding to the typical orange and light lemon. It’s mostly straightforward, but pleasant nonetheless. Mostly thin to medium bodied with a high carbonation. I’m usually not a fan of C-hops redundant stories, but after a few so-so beers, this one was welcomed and I may have overrated it.
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