 williamherbert (461), Syracuse, New York, USA
Oct 17, 2009 Clear dark yellow. Nicely carbonated with a minor haze. Slightly cloudy. Big puffy head. Good drizzle of lace.
Smell is a well-balanced dry, bready malt. Really pleasant estery yeast. Hops are mild and a bit sweet. Smells like a real pub ale.
Flavor is a nice sweet bready malt. Tiny hint of chlorine in the yeast, but doesn’t deter me from loving it. Hops are a tad grassy, but also sweet. Even more pleasant as it warms. Hit of sweet butterscotch/honey at the end.
Feels a bit ashy but also smooth like honey. Dry yeast brings up the rear in the feel. I am diggin this one quite a bit overall. A really good and eminently drinkable English style ale.
Radek Kliber (3926), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
Sep 13, 2009 Bottle 355 ml
Appearance: amber with slight haze , frothy white thin mid top . 2+
Nose: sweet , fruity character , bit funky with leafy citrusy hops.
Flavor/Palate : Mid bodied , caramel malt based , quiet sweet with mix of various hops. Some sourness with funk on side . Was that intended? Beer with some potential if done right.
McGarnigle (303), Rochester, New York, USA
Jun 20, 2009 From a bottle. Congrats to the brewery for that (and to the TV commercial running on cable). Just barely hazy golden beer, good head (that would be the wheat). Light-ish body. Very faint hop aroma (Cascades I think), but not much hop flavor. There’s a certain taste that comes through on so many of their beers; is it the yeast? Hard to describe, sort of grassy. Biscuit malt body. Decent beer.
blipp (1631), Newark, New Jersey, USA
Aug 24, 2008 Draft at Buffalo Brewfest. Pours gold with a white head. Butterscothy, caramel aroma. Smooth body. Sweet caramel flavor, with toast and a hint of fruit. Not bad.
yesyouam (587), Fairport, New York, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Sampled at the Flour City Brewers’ Fest 2008. Custom Brewcrafters Canandaigua Lake Ale is solid and golden in appearance with a white film for a head. There isn’t much aroma besides a slight whiff of caramel. It is light bodied and feels a little metallic in the mouth. The finish is dry. It tastes a little sour and a little phenolic. Something seems a little off here.
Haslinger (640), Syracuse, New York, USA
Jul 27, 2008 On tap at Empire brewfest in Syracuse. A nice malty aroma, this is a very solid summer sipping ale. It delivers just as the description says. I liked it a lot and would buy it again
Hollywoodt (174), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
May 10, 2008 Draft. Poured a dark amber color with off-white head. Aroma was malty and a touch sour. Malty flavor that was just a little sweet. Nothing to write home about.
scottw86 (180), Maryland, USA
Nov 12, 2007 A very interesting mix of malts and hops. A hoppy aroma and a medium gold color. Not bad.
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