3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
on tap-pours copper with a light tan head that laces. Aroma is medium malt-bready. Taste is medium malt-bready, some earthy hop. 3.8
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewpub. Cloudy deep brown body with a thin light khaki head. Caramel and toasted almonds start the nose along with some cereal grains. The taste is orange peels a
nd bitter toffee candy. The finish has lots of the citrus along with some bread crust. Decent, sweet and fruity.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(Draught) Pours a clear amber body with a small beige head. Aroma of earth, grass, dust, light roastiness, and coffee. Flavor of earth, roasted malt, and grass with a bitter finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a pretty ruby color with a small head. The aroma is roasty with some coffee, some plum, and some mild hops. The flavor is odd, I can’t quite put my finger on why but it has a roasty flavor with some pear and some nuttiness with a little bit of mild woody hops.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
TAP: rich copper pour, no nose. Sweet, malty, mild coffee/chocolate, some bread on taste. Easy drinker, pretty good.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007
Some roast aroma. Mid brown coloured smooth on the palate and roasted with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Reddish copper creamy off white head. Toasted malts and a light hoppiness. A nice balanced brew. Slightly dry in the finish with a touch of puckering bitterness. Solid.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: OCT 11, 2009 Re-rated at GABF 2009. Pours clear tawny with an average, creamy light brown head, mostly lasting with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, straw, cereal), light hop (herbs), average yeast (earth) with notes of dates and cinnamon. Light bodied, thin texture, average carbonation, and a chalky finish. Average duration, light sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draught at 2nd Annual Festival of Iowa Beers. Clear light brown color with thin off white head. Light nutty, roasty aroma overpowered by sprucy hops. Hops dominated the flavor as well.
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