3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Brown with a thick light beige head. Aroma of honey, toasted malt, and a wisp of floral hops. Also fruitiness on the nose, which was hard to pin down, but I settled on blueberry as the closest description. Flavor is mildly nutty, roasty even, with some woodsiness and a dusting of cocoa in the finish. Hops were moderate, keeping the focus on the deep maltiness. I thought this was quite good. I had absolutely no idea this weighed in at almost 7% ABV, the alcohol is fabulously well hidden.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft@ Spuyten Dyuvil. Pours dark amber with a thin off white head. The aroma is sweet and hoppy with a bit of malt. The taste is sweet and hoppy its a great amber overall.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle shared by SpringsLicker with myself, Suttree, and decaturstevo. Pours amber (surprise) with slight haze and a big yellow-cream head. The aroma is caramel, honey, some faint wood. The flavor is light caramel and cake icing sweetness with faint wood. Definitely drinkable, but not very memorable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sometime the beer is so unique that reviews seem to write themselves, or even spring fully formed from your head to the page. This is not one of those times. Thanks to Springslicker for this one.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
POurs somewhat rusty colored with an ample head. It shows notes of malt on the aromatics and then moves into the bitter finish of hops on the finish of the palate.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured a clear deep cooper color with a small off-white head that quickly diminishes. The aroma is a little thick with nutty, toasty and roasty notes. Strong honey notes as the beer warmed. Some sweetness with a light fruit quality. The flavor had a lightly roasted malt. The flavor was mouthfilling with malt. A moderate bitterness and CO2 tingle on the semi-dry finish. Medium bodied for the most part.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft. Ehh. Sort of a dark ale w/strong taste of malt, finsihes with some hops. Started off interesting, but didn’t end that way.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
$2.50 for 1 12oz bottle down on chrystie street nyc. comes on strong the first big sip or two mostly with alcohol and malt . then it settles and backs down noticeably. looks darn good in the glass with a dark amber color and dissappearing head. beer appears to be fresh - slightly bitter finish. clearly a one hit (sip) wonder. don’t think i need to pay that again for this sweetish slightly amped up amber.
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