3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. An unclear brown beer with a red shine under a lazing orangey head. The aroma has notes of sweet and roasted malt combined with nuts and hints of chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, nuts, and caramel.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap. Pours a hazy orangey brown with an off-white head. Roasted aroma with some nuts. Medium body, sweetish roasted malt, a little nuttiness and a whiff of sweet coffee. The finish is dry with a discreet bitterness. 080709
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown with a thick tan head. Roasted malt, light nutty and caramelish. Caramelish and liqourice base flavoured. Nice roasted malt base with a light hoppy base flavour. Roasted and liquourice like finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Date: 12/03/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
opaque dark brown, wispy beige head,
chocolate aroma with a touch of sweetness,
rich chocolate flavor, light nutty character, mostly dry with only a hint of sweetness, light bitterness adds to the dryness,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
on tap-pours a disappearing tan head and cloudy brown color. Aroma is dark/medium malt-chocolate/nutty, slight sharpness. Taste is dark/medium malt-chocolate/nutty, slight sharpness/acidic (hops). Medium body.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at Hamiltons Tavern in San Diego, CA. Pours very dark brown with a foamy beige head. Smells malty. Medium body and lots of carbonation. Flavor is mildly sweet smooth nutty brown roast. Finishes bitter with a hint of milk chocolate.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught Uniform black beer with almost no head. Coffee, cigarette ash, dark malts. Bitter with chocolate, ashes, mocha, dry finish if some restsugars present. Hint at hops. Light, gristslickness, medium carbonation. Very passable brown ale, easy drinking.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at la jolla brewhouse. Clear brown with a cream colored head. Nice nutty aroma, with some spicy hops. Flavor is a richer, hopper Newcastle. Good.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Draft at brewery in Coronado, CA: Brownish strained wood color, nose of nothing. Just a bit of nutty caramel. The flavor is bland, dry, metallic. Finishes watery, thin. Wow, this sucks.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. Rich brown beer with a light tan head. Nutty malt aroma. Mollases, light chocolate, andf rich toffee flavor. Medium-plus bodied. Toffee lingers with malt, caramel, and light piney hops.
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