2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Uncle Hank’s trailer. Wintertime in a drafty room with wood paneling. But a wood stove bound to burn the place down at any moment keeps it over-wram. The windows are steamy and frosted.
My cousin, Tammy, and I lounge around in our underwear choking back Hank’s Porkslap’s while he’s out "on a mission" for the weekend. They taste like hell, but enough boredom and refrigeration take care of that problem.
Speaking of boredom...what else do drunk cousins do? Hell ya I slapped that pig!
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Can. Pours hazy copper with a large, frothy off-white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is straw and hay malt, light biscuit notes, fruity esters, pine and citrus hops with spice notes. Flavor is light malt with moderate hops and bitterness, light fruity esters, ginger and a dry finish. Light body, low warmth, medium carbonation.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft @ Virgil’s BBQ: decent, somewhere between an IPA and a APA. Food Pairing: BBQ ribs.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
This is my first Butternuts ale. Buz and Neds barbque has a nice selection of IPA and pale ales. The ale comes in a 12 oz can. The color was hazy light amber and the head was frothy white with lacing. There was a floral citrus aroma and a mild bitterness with each drink. The medium body ale had an average carbonation. The ale goes nicely with the bbq.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours to a nice two finger head with nice retention. A nice citrus hop aroma. A mild hazy amber color. Has a little bitterness that gives way to a nice tart and clean finish. Refreshing and very drinkable. Nicely done.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From a can, pours a hazy orangish color. One finger white head. Pretty nice retention and lacing going on as well.
Aroma is mostly citrusy hops. and biscuity malts. Pretty basic.
Biscuity and sweet malt flavors. Citrusy hops. Lemony, soapy and slightly metallic.
Mouthfeel is clean and dry. Medium bodied. Quite smooth. But there’s nothing here that’s really all that exciting.
2.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Can to glass mug. Pours a cloudy orange / copper color with a sparse off white head. Tangy / citrus hop flavors but no depth or breadth to the flavor. One dimensional, and pretty light body.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
on tap at Virgils, New York.
Thin white head. Clear amber pour. Ok, nothing special
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a hazy copper color with a short lived head. A very well achieved balance between the hops and malts. Not overly hoppy like many Pale Ales. My first beer from this brewery but it won’t be my last. Cool packaging too!
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
I liked the caramel/biscuit aspect of the malt in this one. The label and name is off-putting. Beer remineded me more of a bitter than a pale ale, but the line there is gray anyhow. I do like the cans and my mixed 12 was fresh from the brewery.
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