4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours dark copper, with a large tan head, mostly lasting, with sheets of sticky lace on the way down. Aroma has a good deal of maltiness (caramel, toasted, lightly roasted), and also a nice hop presence. Flavor has all the aforementioned malts mixed very nicely, and finishes with a darn good hoppiness to balance everything out. The medium body is superbly drinkable.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
on tap-pours an off white head and red color. Aroma is faint malt. Taste is malty, faint hops.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From the bottle... nice thick head. LImited aroma. Pleasurable body - not too sweet (like most ales of its type) with a good wood hop balance. Good finish.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 8/20
UPDATED: JUN 17, 2006 Bottle from the package store down the street. Pours a copper color with a tan colored head that dissipates quickly. Can’t detect much in the way of aroma. Very clear but with some suspended yeast particles. Moderate bitterness with a little tannic flavor. Slightly soapy aftertaste. No hop aroma. Moderate carbonation. A drinkable beer, and fits the style, but nothing extraordinary.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
The North Woods Ale pours a dark amber/light brown color with a fizzy off-white head. Aroma is of light hops with a hint of perfume and fruit. Sean likes the sweet smell, and says it entices him to drink more. Initial taste is lightly sweet, which carries into the finish. Light body with a creamy mouthfeel. Light alcohol presence.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours copper with a white head. Smells of tea, caramel, toffee, pine, some anise. Taste is of pine resin, roses, maple. Finish is metallic.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Nice color, but the head disipates almost immediately. Sweet, fruity aroma and flavor of peaches, and some caramel. Enjoyable, though unspectacular.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle: pours orange red with a small, shortlived tan head. Aroma of caramel, a touch of fruit, and for some reason, a little marzipan. Flavor is mostly caramel malt. Metallic. Light fruit. Bitter, metallic finish.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
12 oz bottle. Dark, very clear copper-red, head near-white and quickly diminishing...caramel, cherry and maple and a touch of rustic hops in the warm nose...body rather sour, despite dark fruits and brown sugar character, no hop presence...rather burnt and syrupy at the finish. Hmmm, going to have to go with Ernest on this one...this sample, at least, was nowhere as good for me as the other raters found it.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 9, 2005 On tap @ Lowell Brewing Co: A nice English Strong Ale. Not overowering, but enjoyable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a transparent dark red with a tall light tan head. Very sweet fruity aroma, very red apple smelling. Sweet sticky hops with some nice maltiness. Taste is very fruity, tastes like fresh strawberries, light caramel malts race throughout. Very smooth with a medium thickness to it. Taste is also slightly yeasty and spicy. The finish has a nice bitterness to round out the unique flavor of this one.
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