4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Strong iced tea in the nose. Pours a light amber in color, fluffy head. Taste is generous in body, sweet caramel malt, earthy hops, slight bitterness, tangy and delicious. Nice brew.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
The Lure:
Well-trained caramel and butterscotch malts lift the resinous, grapefruit hops high above their bulging arms. Screams "Come and get me".
The Festivities:
Resinous, wooden hop bitterness proliferate on the full caramel/butterscotch soil. Oranges fall to the sweetness and marry both allegiances.
Transcendence:
A boiling mind taking a break.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Orange blossom, grapefruit and pine hop nose with some bready, biscuity malts and a caramel/tffee character in the aroma. Dark, clear, copper coloured body topped by a fine-bubbled cover of off-white head. Biscuity, toasty malts with orange, floral, spicy, pine-like hop flavour and a touch of underlying caramel. Fair bitterness is never overwhelming. Medium body is fairly malty with a dry finish and moderate carbonation. Bottled on 2-Dec-04. Trade, Feb. 2005 - Thanks, hopscotch! Enjoyed with MartinT, Olivier_MTL and Rastacouere.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a deep coppery-brown. Crystal clear with a lacy thin light tan head. Nice. Smell is surprisingly hoppy. Light grassy aromas underneath with light caramel aromas in there somewhere.
Quite a hoppy flavor for a regular pale ale. It’s quite grassy and crisp. The darker malt would not lead you to believe that it would be this light-bodied. A nice light malt profile followed by an assertive hoppines. Quite refreshing with a bitter hoppy finish. A nice surprise, would not have expected this to be so complex or so tasty.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Orange hue with a gentle off-white ring. Fresh and crisp aroma boasts plenty of caramel malt developing a nice toffee and cookies side to pair with the rich hop profile, orangey and earthy, yet bright and vibrant. Surprising salty notes complement the vegetal, algae-like, earthy, herbal and globally natural flavour components. Pleasant oily medium body presents crisp carbonation that match well with the zesty hopppiness. Good stuff! Thanks a lot Hopscotch!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled beer of the month. Solid APA. Nice crisp hop bite to it. Finished a little dry.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Cookie and light hop aroma. Pours a transparent amber with a nice off-white head with good retention. Malty up front with a good amount of caramel. Finishes bitter and then the caramel sneaks back into the aftertaste. Well balanced APA.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a light filtered amber with a small loosly bubbly head. Aroma of caramel and huge amounts of diacetyl with a soft earthy hoppiness. Ranks right up there with Samuel Smiths in terms of diacetyl. Flavor is butter cookie with a caramely maltiness and some grassy hops. Quick, very dry finish with a very hard, alkaline, harsh bitterness. Nothing great but interesting to try an American Pale mede in such a very English style. Ringwood yeast?
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