2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at the brewpub. Light amber in color.Tart with some hop aroma. Pleasant mild bitter finish. Has some residual sweetness. OK, but not special.
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
(12 oz bottle: Obtained in trade with OhioDad, thanks Scott!) Best before October, 2005, so this is being consumed a few weeks late. Self described as a "German Style Amber Ale", I’m really not picking up anything in particular that makes me think "Altbier". Light pale and grainy malts join with a modest fruitiness, some grassiness and a moderate bitterness, but the fairly prominent sour citric flavor isn’t making for an especially enjoyable beer here. In fact, the sourness is even more apparent in the nose and is not pleasant at all. The body is light-medium, the mouthfeel is chalky, and the palate is fairly clean, but the sourness doesn’t make for a pleasant aftertaste. Golden orange body is fairly hazy and topped by a small and short-lived off-white head that eventually dissipates fully. Not good at all, and if the sourness is the result of not being fresh, I doubt this beer suddently fell apart in a few weeks.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours hazy brown color. Flavors of sweet wheat and cookies, with some hints of apricot or sweet flowers. Dry, acidic aftertaste. A little too bitey and harsh on the tongue.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
12oz thanks to Ohiodad...Pours a medium orange/brown color with a small fizzy head. Nose is dried apricots? some sort of figs maybe? Taste is light, smooth has a light bitterness in the finish and flavors of caramel, light malt, some dried tart fruits.Thanks Scott!
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz. bottle, best before Nov. ’05. Lightly malty aroma, toasty and sweet with hints of nut and caramel and faint apple-like fruitiness. Orange-amber in color, some particulates, with a fine, creamy head. Fairly mild flavors here, just some sweet, caramel maltiness and understated fruity hops, some slight bitterness on the finish, perhaps. Palate is nicely creamy and smooth, body is medium. Just very mild, overall; quite easy to drink, however.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Thanks to OhioDad for this beer.
Poured a clear amber with ruby highlites with a fizzy off-white head. Bizarre aroma of candy, lime, detergent, and a touch of skunk. Taste is grass, citrus, some tasteless bitter hops and toffee. Thin fizzy body. Not awful, but not good either.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Louisville Airport: Hit the spot but not my style of beer. Wished it had more hop attitude and might have been better with food.
2.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Courtesy of OhioDad. I can’t pick up the aroma, but i get miniscule hints of soapy laundry. I know it’s odd. Orange/red with a nice thumb thick head. Very mild with ample malt flavors and a taste of buttery popcorn. This is an odd beer. It feels good in the mouth, but takes some getting used to flavor wise.
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