3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Name: Event Horizon
Date: September 18, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Beerfest, Brewgrass
Appearance: cloudy brown, beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: wonderful citrus aroma, touch of chocolate
Flavor: dry chocolate flavor, lots of hops, big citrus, long bitter finish
Name: Event Horizon
Date: October 05, 2010
Mode: growler
Source: green’s sc
Appearance: clear dark brown, creamy tan head, solid lace
Aroma: huge citrus and pine aroma, touch of roasted
Flavor: rich roasted and chocolate flavor, lots of citrus adds grapefruit sweetness, light bitterness
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4
3.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma:A little char notes in the aroma, a little malty sweetness, not too much hoppyness.
Appearance:Dark, nearly opaque. Good cappuccino colored head.
Taste:It’s a very mild cascadian dark ale. The hops, while there, are subdued. There is a huge chocolate and roasty backbone. On the foretaste is a good amount of bitterness without a ton of hop flavor. It tastes more to me like a hoppy stout than a cascadian dark,.
Palate:The body is medium to thick. Nice carbonation.
Overall:This beer reminds me a lot of surly mild. It’s a delicious beer, although I’m not sure I’d label it a cascadian dark.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft at brewery, big roasty flavors. Nose is roast and pine hops. Finish is dry and bitter. A little smoother than stones 15th. Great job!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at coast. PrePhish Chucktown. Dark pour with a thick tan head. Aroma is chocolate and citrus. Flavor follows suite. Dry finish. Aftertaste is similar to that of the chocolate orange candy available around the time of the holidays. Either way another winner from Coast.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Brewgrass.
Dark almost opaque black body with a tan head.
Big Pine hop aroma.
Intensely bitter flavor profile.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Appearance: Gurgles out of the growler a clear, dark reddish-brown body with a creamyish layering of lightly beige foam.
Smell: All the notes associated with crisp brown malts: toast, cocoa, brown sugar, relatively dark caramel. Also, fragrant hop tones of pine sap-soaked wood chips, cauterized lemons, and pithy grapefruit.
Taste: Upfront pale malts, dark caramel, and toasted barley grains with subtler, though still sufficient hints of chocolate powder and brown sugar. Grows earthy, woody, and resinous. Then, things take a turn towards citrus fruits and a bit of stinging nettles. Medium-high bitterness. Light lingering bitterness remaining on the dry, earthy finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.
Drinkability: Many of these things, whatever the hell you want to call them, tend to favor the route of a stout-like malt profile. Event Horizon seems more akin, maltwise, to a hearty, robust brown, which I’m diggin’. All in all, an enjoyable endeavor. Thanks for sharing that growler, kp!
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Growler from CBX. Appearance is almost black with a decent brownish head. Very strong earthy/grassy smell. Taste likes a strong IPA, really surprised this is only 6+%. Overall a very good hoppy beer. These guys at coast really know how to make a good beer.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Growler from CBX. Pours a dark, almost chocolate brown color. Very unusual. Big fluffy tan head. Very nice aroma of grapefruit and citrus. Mild yet pungent. Somewhat of a milder taste upfront, then the bitter pop at the end followed by a big aftertaste of the grapefruit. The pop and aftertaste while pronounced, have somewhat of a mild smoothness to them which makes this very drinkable. Another great IPA from COAST.
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