3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a nice deep amber color. Aromas of fruit/malt. Flavor has a nice clean taste, mildly hoppy with some nice malty tones.
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Copper body with no head. Aroma is bready with ssome caramel malts. Slightly sweet with a bland dull malt base that seems to thicken the beer but no contribute flavour. Beer was quite flat.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Fourth stop during the ABA Beer Tour ’07 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Sampled on tap at the downtown brewpub. Received the last tasting of this batch during my visit. (lucky me!) Pours a clear brownish amber brew with a nice off-white head that dissolves to a fine film. Aroma of sweet caramel malt, vanilla, and flowery hops. Taste is medium bodied, lightly carbonated with flavors of caramel, citrus zest and a touch of toffee. Finish has a good balance of malt and hop bitterness at first. Then a citrus bitter stays around.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Medium amber mahogany color. Sweet malting in nose with somewhat sweet, grainy maltiness in taste. Honeysuckle finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Amber with an off white head and some lacing. Toasted malts with caramel and citrus malts. Flavor is motly hoppy being comprised of citrus and floral qualities. Bitter citrus finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap @ SteamPlant Grill, Spokane, WA<BR>Copper color, no head, light lacing. Nose of light caramel and creamy umami. The flavor delivers with a chewy caramelly body, toffee and cakes. Finishes chewy, good.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Attractive clear amber. Nice frothy head. Vanilla maple aroma with a touch of citrus. Warm vanilla citrus flavour.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
It has a very distinct flavor that sets it apart from other ambers. It is a sort of bitter, roasted flavor. It is definatley hoppier than other ambers.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
The first thing that really struck me here was the great roastiness in the malt, which struck a good balance with the hops, allthough there is room for improvement. The aroma is nice and full as is the flavor, but the Coeur d'Alane signature is here in full swing: strong grains which somehow fall off the palate through a flush of bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Excellent roasted character. This beer is round and well balanced. Nice bitterness in the finish.
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