2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at Newark airport.
Pour orange/amber with light white head.
Aroma is malty and earthly yeast.
Taste is malt / caramel, crisp and dry finish, hoppy leaving you with a pislner aftertaste.
Drinkable but really nothing special about this beer.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at Oldsmar Tap House (Tampa, FL). Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with one finger white head. Aroma is wheat, grain, sweet malts, wet dog. Flavor has notes of wet straw, grass, hops with hints of fruit and flowers. Light bodied with a quick, slightly bitter finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Aroma is earthy pungent english style hops with some citrus overtones. flavor is balaned, but a little one dimentional. just earthy hops and a bit of malt. probably the kind of beer that really shoudl just be served on handpump, because it was unimpressive from the bottle.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz. "Pennant Ale ’55," best by Oct. 08. Nice amber ale color, spongy tan head. Smell is of caramel malts. Taste is sharp with spicy, mostly English hop matched to crystal toasted malts. No ale-type esters, in fact this suggests some cold lagering. Bit of an alt profile toward the end.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Decent example of the style but just way to dry and soapy for my tastes. One and done.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear amber with a frothy tan head. Sticky caramel malt and mellow hop aroma. Malty toffee flavor with soft hops and some fruitiness. Has a wet paper note and the finish is a little metallic.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 10/20
From bottle... poured light orange with tall, white pillowy head. Musty aroma. Low in flavor (mostly light malt), which is fine for a drinkin’ beer. But the palate on this ain’t good... leaves an unpleasant bitterness. Still relatively easy to drink, but not at a premium. I’d rather drink Labatt Blue.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle purchased at Sam’s Wine & Spirits, in Chicago. Pours a clear, dark copper with a finger of creamy, off-white head and sheets of creamy lace. The nose is of sweet, biscuity malt backed by woody/earthy Fuggle and lightly citric hop notes. Light to medium-bodied and lightly creamy with a mildly bitter finish that includes a touch of astringency at the swallow. The flavor follows the nose, coming across as a tad too sweet and astringent for my tastes. Overall, however, this isn’t too bad.
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