3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22 oz. bottle. Pours a clear burnished gold with a moderate off-white head that lasted almost to the very end and left light lace. Pleasant aroma of citrus and mild caramel. The flavor begins with malt, light caramel and mild toast, followed by some fairly restrained citrusy hops bitterness. I think to most American palates, this would probably be interpreted as an APA as opposed to an IPA. A solid beer as it is, but a bit restrained, even for a non-hophead like me.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
3rd December 2011
ChrisOs Early December Tasting. Hazy amber beer. Good pale tan head. Creamy malt with a hint of caraway. Okay hops. Alright.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
(sample at the 2012 Boston Beer Summit Winter Jubilee) dark orange/amber. Caramel malt and citrus
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled@my birthdaybash@Chriso. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel malts, some floral and herbal notes. Flavour is quite the same. Mellow and easy to drink.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ chriso [ oh6gdx birthday bash tasting ].
Clear medium amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark citrus, peel bitter, tobacco. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111203]
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled at oh6gdx’s birthday bash at chriso’s. Hazy amber, creamy head. Bready nose. Slight grapefruit and glue up front. Medium bodied with clean, rounded mouthfeel. Increasing resiny bitterness. Feels a bit blown up.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Pat’s birthday chriso tasting, London. Pours clear, amber-red with a medium, white foam head. Caramel and crystal malt aroma, some modest leaves. Light to medium sweet flavor, light toasted caramel, some grass and bread. Medium in body with average carbonation. Moderately bitter finish, light caramel, toasty malts. A restrained but OK IPA.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle at Pat’s birthday tasting at Chriso’s. Clear light brown colour, white head. Nose is sourish, cereal malt and tart citrous. Taste is surprisingly tart citrous with caramel malt character. Quite hard on the palate and watery.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Chriso Patriks Bday tasting. Hazy deepish gold lasting white head. Some toffee on aroma. Quite bitter some fruits. But too much toffee and toast. Prefer my ipa west coast
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled at an ESBLS tasting. (Batch 3) No Name IPA hand written on the bottle. Cloudy copper with a funky off white head. Cool lacing. Very light aroma with what might be light cinnamon and some funky yeast. Apricot in the flavor. Other fruit that is faint citrus. It has dry bitterness. Also some plastic flavor. It tries to get spicy on the finish and barely gets there. Some occasional tangerine sneaks in and some menthol. This is like a homebrew experiment.
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