3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Draught) Pours a cloudy golden body with a medium white head. Aroma of horseblanket, herbs, pineapple, guava, and citrus. Flavor of citrus, brett, guava, herbs, and grass.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Entering old rates. Cask @ CCB. Blend of a Jolly Pumpkin yeast with guava goodness.
Couleur ambrée allant vers opaque orangé, col blanc tenace. Bière au profile bien aigre le tout sur des notes fruitées de la goyave mais aussi le profile unique de Jolly Pumpkin qui se ressent dans la barrique. Le tout sur un medley de fruits exotiques et agrumes, pelure d’orange laissant un fini fruité mais balancé par ce côté aigre.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
on tap at hunahpu day. I had to sneak my way up to the bar in order to try this one. Its a good thing that I am short!! poured a deep copper almost orange with a nice white head. aroma and flavor were fantastic with lots of citrus, brett, oak, tart, and acidic. this was absolutely phenomenal. light and dry body with fizzy carbonation.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle at the Side Bar in West Chester, PA. There are a great deal of flavors to parse through in this beer. There is a strong fruit front that gives way to rose. Drinks cleanly and has a wonderful scent. Solid drink.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pour from a 750 ml. bottle. Orange golden with a creamy off white head. Aromas of yeast, and fruity funkiness. Flavors are of tart fruit with an understated guava presence. Moderate carbonation. Sour citrus with a nice retention of flavors. Liked this beer quite a bit.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Still getting all of my scattered notes in from the first Hunahpu release. I’m a much bigger fan of sour/tart brews now than I was at the time -- we drink the regular GG regularly now. So would love to try this again. For now, only have an old score: 8.0
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Waited an hour for this brew at the Hunahpu’s releasing and it was worth it. Aroma is funky peach, citrus and light sour hops. Tasty is sour banana, apple, citrus. Candy. Just awesome. Very drinkable. Wish they made more of this.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On-tap at the brew-pub for the Hunaphu release. They didn’t tap this 5 gallon pour until 5 so everyone was crowding around. Thanks to Sean for making his way upfront to grab this for us... The beer is a dark murky orange gold, like the deep hue to it. A bright off white head offers a nice contract, a nice lasting ring forms, pretty good lacing... The aroma is pretty nice, lots of oak and bret, nicely integrated, not as tart as I would have liked. Lots of fruity notes, don’t get any guava... After all the hype I was hearing about this beer I was truly expecting something world class here. It was ok, but nothing overtly special. The Jolly Pumpkin really imparted most of the flavor here, lots of oak and brett, however this is much sweeter than most of their beers making it really easy to drink. The sourness is present throughout but doesn’t arise to the puckering level that I like.
This is pretty good, I’d have it again but over-hyped.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap Cigar City pouring hazy fully opaque murky amber with copper hues and long lasting creamy off white head. The aroma emits pears and apricots as well as a little bit of sweaty socks and moldy leather and then sour yeasty tartness that gets near a sense of crushed aspirin. The taste is similar with a big pulse of pears and apricot and a bit peach and then quickly becoming tart with lemon and grapefruit mixed with mango. Into the finish the tart yeast helps create a dry finish.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draft at Hunaphu’s release. This was the most anticipated Cigar City beer of the day, in my opinion. I wasn’t in the tasting room when it was released at 5pm but I heard it was a mad house. I was given a small little sample and I found it to be quite incredible. Aroma was somewhat sour with hints of fruit. Flavor was tart and a little fruity. Wish I had a whole pour though.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
on tap at CCB on Hunahpu’s Day - 3/12/11. went on tap at 5pm and the taproom was busting. hazy deep orange with a 2 finger white head which settled down to 1/4". big Brett nose with some light citrus and spice. medium body - tart, light funk, lacto and very smooth throughout. dry acidic finish with apple and a hint of vinegar.
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