3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of fruits and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and fruits as well as lighter notes of alcohol and spices.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
75 cL bottle at RBSG2009. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Mild fruity and slight soapy aroma. Yeasty and fruity flavoured. Light phenolic too.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 75 cl. Hazy and opaque yellow with a white head. Very spicy almost chili-like nose. Medium body, lightly lactic tartness and gingery notes, again very spicy and hot with a yeasty edge. No bitterness but a light tartness in the finish. Very interesting. 110709
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(750ml bottle, courtesy of thirdeye11) Pours a cloudy golden body with a medium white head. Aroma of wheat, banana, coriander, clove, grains of paradise, and bubble gum. Flavor of banana, wheat, florals, coriander, and lemon.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
75cl bottle, thanks CaptainCougar. Cloudy apple cider body with medium beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, some lemon sourness, vanilla. Taste is moderately sweet, cream, lemon sour, some wheat. Medium-full body, some creaminess.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
16th June 2011
Cloudy orange - gold beer. Big fluffy white head. Light dry palate. Dry seltzer minerals and wheaty malt. Sharp sherbet orange with a trace of lemon. Finishes seltzerish and dry. Tasty wheat, just a bit too dry.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa. Pours hazy orange gold with a 4 finger white head. Aromas of coriander and likely orange zest. Spice. Medium plus body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is wheat, orange zest, banana?, and clove. Sure it’s banana. Finishes rather clove. Not a light beer. Really pretty good stuff. Peppery bits started popping up. Yum.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared at Noogfest High 5.
Poured hazy orange yellow color with a medium frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate yeasty sour citrus and herbs aroma. Medium body with a tingly smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy citrus sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate to long duration.
My expectations where met with an above average beer for style.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Battle courtesy of CaptainCougar at DC’s first tasting of 2010. Golden color with a tiny head and slight lacing. Lots of citrus, pepper and other spice in the aroma and flavor. OK, but not well balanced.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
750 ml corked and caged bottle poured a hazy golden amber with a large lasting ivory head. Aromas of wheat, coriander, cardomom, citrus and yeast. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of wheat, orange zest, cardomom, light coriander, light yeast and a hint of lavender with a crisp lightly dry lingering spiced finish.
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