3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Blue Smoke. Pale amber beer with a thick white head. Aroma is pretty solid. Soft crackery UK-type malts. Lightly earthy with a light fresh yeastiness as well. Soft crisp noble hops, a little bit floral and spicy. Great balance. Finishes dry and toasty with a soft fresh hoppiness. Pretty solid session beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On Tap at the Blue smoke. Good looking light amber with nice lasting head. Aroma was fruity and flowery with some herbal and earthy hints. Some caramel malts as well. Flavor is balanced. Sweet crystal malts and light fruity hops blend very well. Nice smooth slightly crisp finish. Goes well with all their great BBQ food. A recomended beer and a recomended restaurant.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at the Blue Smoke.
Fruity, fine balance between malt and hops. Not extreme in any way, but it is very impressive that they choose this as a house beer and not an anonymous lager.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ the Blue Smoke concession stand at Citi Field. Clear amber color with a decent off-white head. Malty start to the aroma with some earthy notes. Malty flavor with a fair amount of hops. Mild-moderate bitter finish. Light bodied.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
tap @ Blue Smoke at Saratoga Race Track. Caramel colored pour. Malt driven aroma, caramel sweet malts. Taste was buttery, malt sweetness, almost seemed old. Real buttery. OK
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Blue Smoke. Amber pour, a bit of head. Nutty, clean aroma, almond, a hint of parsley. Flavor is soapy, clean and vegetal, very pure in expression and unyielding. Balanced and drinkable with good carbonation. No idea what this is a blend of but whatever.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tap at Blue Smoke: Served in a chilled mug (off to a bad start). Orange deep golden body is topped by a wispy/flimsy off white film. Stale pale malt aroma- lightly bready with restrained stale hop notes and some diacetyl. Light body with a grainy light stale pale malt flavor- papery, restrained, subdued grassy hop notes. Nothing about this beer is fresh. It is remarkably similar to Shack Meister (are all of the Brooklyn house beers at various NYC establishments re-badges?) Simultaneously homogeneous and off with notes of diacetyl and oxidation. I wish I went there hungry so I could have tried the BBQ instead.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Citi Field. This is the worst of the 3 Brooklyn beers available at Citi Field. Pours a clear orange with a thick white head. Watery palate, very carbonated, and bland. Not very flavorful at all, just generic sweet caramel malt. It’s drinkable, sure, but certainly not worth the $7.50.
5/3/5/3/12 (2.8/5)
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