3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a hazy orange brown. Aroma has a sweet citrusy content. Taste is sweet with honey punctuated with sour citrusy hops ending crisp.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Amber copper color with an off white head. Balanced, but hoppy in the finish. Flavor has malt, citrus, pepper.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
More than bland amber ale! Clear amber color with medium head. Fine toasted malt and bitter hop aroma and taste.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Well this was pouring a beautifully clear deep amber color, but I failed to realize this was bottle conditioned and the last little bit fell into the glass and muddied it up pretty good.Tightly bubbled white head shows moderate retention and lace. Smells a bit fruity with a fair bit of yeasty esters. Caramel and brown sugar round out the nose. Taste is sweet and malty with a Belgian flair to it. Sweet brown sugar and caramel mixed with a bit of tart dark fruit and a decent amount of earthy and yeasty esters. Medium body and level of carbonation with a sweet almost sticky mouthfeel. This is a different amber ale for sure, but quite tasty just the same. Ironically I poured this without knowing the brewers intent and had to look up the description on their website to make sure I wasn’t drinking an infected bottle.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Pours light hazy amber with loose-bubbled head, decent retention. Aroma is light sweet malt, harsh minerality, a hint of caramel. Taste is....wrong. Apple cider, sweet malt, and excessive foam dominate. Some biscuit on the finish. Body is medium, overcarbonated, has a cardboard-like finsh. Overall, Dark Horse needs to seriously re-work this one.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Clear, deep amber body. Small, off-white head, rapidly diminishing. Malty aroma of caramel, bread, toasted grain, raw grain. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery body, moderate carbonation. The flavors don’t work well together. Raw grain and thin caramel and an earthy taste below that. Bland and amateurish, especially for Dark Horse.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pour from a 12 oz bottle. Clear brownish amber brew with thin off white head. Aroma of fruit, bready malts, spice. Taste is a blend of malts with sour fruit and spice, rather Belgian in style. Interesting and nice.
1.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Clear copper of color with a weak white head. An aroma of brett, hops and bread. A flavor of brett and appels.
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