3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hoppy aroma with grapefruit and bubblegum. Hoppy with alcohol sweetness and fruit.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours copper with a big foamy off-white head and good lacing rings. Nose of roasted caramel malt and fruit. Medium in body and smooth in palate. Flavor mirrors the nose, with a bitter finish. Nice drinking and interesting and enjoyable flavors.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
16 ounce sample on tap at Rubicon Brewing Company. Aroma is virtually non-existent with scant sweetness and orangey hops. Transparent copper body with a small tan head. Starts a little floral before this becomes a bit herbal in the middle. Maybe some rye malty hints in there? Finishes with some tannins and husky, earthy hop bitterness. Decent. Pretty well-balanced.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber from Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa, CA. Pours a light ruddy copper with a slight foamy off-white head. Aromas of roasted malt and a peach/fruit floral combo. Maybe even strawberry. Medium body with decent carbonation. Flavor is a bit weak, more like strawberry, thought the bitter is pronounced. Really quite nice, with a very different flavor.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle labeled "PSA Extra IPA". A copper color with a white head. A delightful floral hop aroma. Smooth and not very bitter, but it has a nice floral almost fruity flavor. Easy drinkin’.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap at the brewpub. Hazy auburn orange with a one finger yellowish white head, pretty good retention. Nondescript pine citrus cascadey hop and caramel malt nose that I’ve smelled 50 other times, though maybe a hair fresher in this case. Gets a little sweaty when it warms. Flavor is a bit pinier with moderate caramel notes. Finishes isemi-dry with bitterness at a 3, earthy. Moderate carbonation with a medium body. Meh.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Wine Exchange of Sonoma. Pours orange with a thin off-white head and a pine aroma. There is a nice caramel malt flavor with lots of hop bitterness. Not bad.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On draft a dempseys. Pours a cloudy, golden color with a small white head. Odor of pine. Moderate lacing with moderate taste of pine and moderately bitter. Lighty carbonated, Medium body. Not as hoppy as expected for a dry hopped beer. Decent beer, not their best but would reorder if i was in the mood.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A hazy orange amber ale with a thin off white head. A light malts and hops aroma, non-descript, a bit herbaceous. In mouth, light caramel malt and light hops, not very strong, rather mushy....On tap at brewpub, August 16 2009.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Boonville Beer Fest. Yeah Dempsey’s! Way to have the same name as the classic Pennsylvania diner (R.I.P. 1946-2007). This is a decent brew from Dump - er - Dempsey’s (sorry, non-Pennsylvanians won’t get that one). Golden amber color with a white head. Aroma of caramel malt and citrusy hops. Flavor is more of the same, with earthy notes and a little alcohol. Medium body.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Golden amber with a fizzy white head. Earthy hemp aroma and taste with a dry straw finish.
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