3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bomber - thanks to padrefan for the bonus bottle; light brown with red hues and off white head; rich, malty nose with spicy fruit, booze and vegi quality; mild burn at first sip with very dry and bitter, which seems to overwhelm the flavor a bit; nothing weak about this brew
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle. Pours a dark orange color with an average size off white head. Aroma of piney hops, citrus, and caramel. Taste is semi sweet and hoppy with very little malt detected. Flavors of citrus, and hops are however nicely balanced. Nice brew with a dry finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewery. Clear red pour. Caramel, citrus, piney hops, sweet malt, earthiness. Pretty tasty, one of the better ones.
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle: This just shows that more is not necessarily better. Everything is this beer is big, taste, aroma, ABV, malt, hops. Food Pairing: Spaghetti with spicy meat sauce.
3.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle poured into a snifter. It is very dark ruby red with a short ring of bubbles for a head. The smell is oddly slight chocolate and heavy pinecones, which makes me think of chocolate mints. The taste deviates (much like the Idiot IPA) and is very green hops almost like green melon rinds, the malts seem totally overpowered and there is a lingering bitterness. This is a very hoppy beer but I’m not sure I dig the green flavors. For some reason both Coronado brews i have had smelled much better than they taste.
Serving type: on-tap
Reviewed on: 12-10-2007 03:53:15
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Murky deep ruby pour with a creamy tan head. Big fruity American hop aroma- some earthy dark berryish notes, big caramelized crystal malt, and a twiggy note and underlying candied mango. Big creamy body, slightly warming. Big crystal malt body with some toasted character and a big hop presence. Berry like fruity notes and lots of resiny twiggy earthy hop character. Has a long piny bitter earthy finish. Big and simple, but a balanced and easy drinking big beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Blind tasting at Papsø’s
Muddy dark amber color; big creamy head. It has a very nice American hop aroma, with fruits (cedar). Good smooth mouthfeel, caramel flavor, just the necessary sweetness; strong hopping, flavorful, resiny and fruity. Very long final. Not original anymore, but surely very pleasant for hop lovers with a touch of sweetness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle thanks to stefanje. poured a dark brown/ruby with a great cream colored head that lasted forever. aroma was a very strong upfront malt backbone with some dark fruit and a touch of molasses. flavor was the same with the addition of some pine. pretty good stuff even next to the pool on a 100 degree day.
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