4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
This is pretty good. Pours a nice caramel gold in color with an immense, frothy head. Big time aroma of perfumy hops with caramel swetness. Drink it all day flavor of sweet apples with the softness of English lemony hops. Finishes sweet. Very nice. Thanks to mjames.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours deep copper/amber with decent head. Sweet malt aroma with interplays of caramel and bread. Nice English hop aroma, slightly earthy and herbal. Very balanced beer. Sweet caramelt, decent bitterness, toasty malt.
Somethings tells me this would be special if you could find it on cask. Perhaps at the Hawthorne cafe?
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottle) Pours a lightly cloudy amber body with a moderate off-white head. Aroma of biscuits, apple, caramel, and apricot. Flavor of malt, caramel, and mild hops.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Brownish copper, with a smallish head. Peppery, toasty aroma. Malty, sweetish body. Notes of rye brea, too. Well blended and drinkable.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz bottle, from Blue Max in Burnsville, MN (Dec 2005). Cloudy medium amber-brown, massive frothy head decays slowly and unevenly with huge chunks of lace...pleasant but restrained dried apple-caramel-apricot in the nose...body slightly tart, bit yeasty-bready it seems (bottle-conditioned? dunno), sour-fruity, with a fairly dry, faintly metallic finish...bit too thin and underwhelming to be memorable but reasonably drinkable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a clear bronze with a frothy, lightly-lacing white head. Aroma has some mild pine and floral hoppy notes on top of toasty caramel malt. Starts with a subtle, dry earthy maltiness with a more bitter, sticky finish. Very true to style and enjoyable.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a nice dark amber color with a small head. Aromas of roast malts, hops, and a touch of some pepper or spice. Flavors of malts and hops, this one is bitter and dry.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Thanks to my Secret Santa. Pours an amber color with a brief head. Not overly bitter, but pleasant enough. However, I was expecting a much better result, so somewhat disappointed but it was OK.
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