3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On Tap at Beechwood BBQ. medium dark color with a taste of coffee and carmel
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Imagine an Arrogant Bastard with more citrusy hops and less biscuity malts.
You get a strong hop profile, and along with that.. more bitterness.
The hop acids and oils give you a slippery and lingering enjoyable bitter taste, that even after a while linger on your tongue. (VERY NICE)
This beer definitely goes for the hoppy side of beers, but didn’t leave any love for the malt side even though you’d think it would based on the fact that it’s a brown IPA.
The malt has a hint of sweetness but I think it needs more melaniodins to really emerge among the hoppiness.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
21 Oct 2011, tap at the brewery. dark orange/amber, clear. nose is some cherry, pink grapefruit, lots of powdered dry grass. med body and fizzy. slightly oily hop, big dry grass hops, grapefruit path w/ lemon ring finish. great!
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours an amber red color. Aroma is their but minimal. Plenty of hop bitterness but it is muddled to me. Strong but not satisfying. Just not a balanced brew.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Eureka Burger. Rating #7. Real dark pour, amber/red with a tan head. Very floral, lots of citrus and pine, just real aromatic. Medium bitterness and more citrus with kind of a light herbal thing, pretty potent flavor, real nice. (1679)
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the infamous brewery. Pours out a dark golden amber which produced little head. Aromas of hops and malts. Good hop tastes but lacking the complexity of the best of this style. Enjoyable and drinkable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Appearance: Pours a dark translucent copper with a creamy 1/2 inch retaining head.
Aroma: Red berry, cocoa powder, chewable medicine.
Taste: Bitter hops, red berry, cocoa powder. Lingering bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied active carbonation.
Overall: I like the bitterness, but I didn’t appreciate the fruitiness.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A: The beer pours an opaque brown-amber color with a couple fingers of off-white head and some mild lacing.
S: A nice hoppy nose on this one with plenty of grapefruit and tangerine aroma. Quite a lot of resinous pine here too. The malt is there and is nicely toasty with a bit of a roasted malt smell.
T: Unfortunately, the hop flavors aren’t quite there. The beer is strong on the bittering hops, but the citrus and fruit qualities don’t translate to the palate. A bit of grapefruit flavor and some grass is about it. A nice roasted quality that makes this sort of like a black IPA (whatever you call it).
M: The body is medium with a lively carbonation and a bitter finish.
D: I wish this one had some more hop flavor to it. Hopefully this one gets brewed again soon and there’s a bit of tweaking to the hop schedule.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewery (listed at 7.7%). India Brown Ale. Pours with a clear, brown body and an off-white head. Aroma is huge with resin and pine. A touch of medicine and brambles. Flavors are bitter with brown sugar, orange zest and pine. Dry and extremely bitter finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear light brown color/ tan head. Hoppy pine, floral, nutty aromas. medium bodied. Nice floral, pine hop flavors with mild roasted nuts, spicy caramel, nicely bitter finish. Dark ipa So Cal style, very good.
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