3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear amber with a frothy off-white head. Aroma- floral hops, pine, mild citrus, grain. Taste is moderately sweet with a mild bitter finish. Very floral and bright on the palate. Great balance and medium bodied with smooth carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sample at the brewpub. This beer pours a clear dark amber-orange color with a medium creamy white head that dissipates slowly to a compact film. Partial sheets of lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, fruit and malt. Medium body with a moderately bitter hops character and notes of citrus and caramel malt. The finish is fruity with a short hoppy aftertaste. Decent all around.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours clear orange with thin lacing. Earthy, dry hops on the nose. Full bodied palate is very earthy and tastes of pine and resin. Good hop presence and nicely balanced palate. Tastes like an IPA. The menu calls it an ipa...not sure if they changed the recipe?
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Amber/orange pour with a thin white head. Scent is juicy hops and caramel. Taste is caramel and citrus.
3.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampler pours a soft amber with a white head. Aroma is of floral hops and a little sweetness. Taste is also of the hops with a sweet note. Very nice beer.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Sweet hibiscus aroma, lots of grapefruit. Flavor is cottony with slight seawater. I wish I had this more fresh, next time it’s brewed I’ll go down there and rerate. On tap at the brewery during the Nashville Beer Summit.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice IPA from Cool Springs Brewery. New establishment, and this is their trademark beer.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Growler, courtesy jcwattsruger. Pours a clear, dark, golden amber color with a small, frothy, khaki colored head. Settling to a thick-bubbled edge, the head leaves sticky flares and ribbons of lacing on the glass. The aroma is based in sweet, bready malt, with hints of toffee and honey, as countering notes of orange-grapefruit hops, pine, and a hint of peppercorn spice. Flavors show ample hop bitterness, with notes of grass and pine resin joining the oily grapefruit peel, but the malt base is overly sweet, taxing the hops with sugary toffee and caramel malts. There is a nice hint of peppery spice on the back end. Medium bodied and mostly smooth, with some lightly prickly carbonation, the body again falls a bit short when it comes to the laborious, malty sugars. Eh, decent brew, but nothing special.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 5, 2010 Floral, citrusy, and racy. This is undeniably a generously dry hopped pale ale. Certainly one of the best that I’ve had in awhile. I would stack this up with just about any APA on the market right now. Well done Mike, well done.
Have had again several more times. I’m deducting .1 points because it’s very clear that this stuff is best when fresh. It can fade kind of quick with some age.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A nice balanced APA. A bit of bitter, a bit of citrus. Nice to have some good beer coming out of Franklin! Best beer I had at their brewery/pub.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice burnt orange color. Wonderful Citrus aroma and great biterness to back up the flavor. This beer is clearly at the top if not over the style guidelines for an APA....thats not a bad thing. Dont miss this beer
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