4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hearty brew with matlry fruit-like aroma. Similar to brandy with a citrus-like edge to it. Hints of caramel flavor. Smooth texture, medium body. Excellent with wintertime thick stews.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sweet, hoppy aroma. Nice malty flavor with a soft mouthfeel and a bit bitter. Not goin crazy over it, but can;t complain with this one.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Amber brown color, slightly cloudy, with small off white head. Aroma has lots of caramel and malt, hint of maple syrup. Flavor is decently bitter, with a roasted barley undertone, crisp and clean. This is an interesting brew, not your typical pale ale. It has its share of bittering hops, but it has almost no hops in the aroma at all. The aroma is more like a scotch ale, but the flavor is like a rich ESB. I was a skeptic when I saw the twist off cap, but I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by this one.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle - Pours a nice reddish copper in color with very little head. Aroma is of both caramel maltiness and floral hops. Flavor is fairly strong of hops... nice mix of citrus and floral flavors. There is also a good amount of malt in the flavor profile and the balance between hop and malt is OK. The finish is nicely hop bitter and clean. While I do not think that this beer is quite a good as it has been rated by others, I do feel that this is a very drinkable beer that I would enjoy having again.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nice foamy pour. Cloudy yellow qppearance. Hop aroma is citrus. Begins malty, then Bitter grapefruit taste kicks in. Other fruit lurking in background. Hard carbonation. Fresh and drinkable. Refreshes. Lace remains in glass. Thanks for sharing, Radek.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours copper with white head, some lacing. Caramel and fruity malts, with floral, grapefruit hops. Mouthfeel is slightly creamy. Finishes dry. Nice Pale ale.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours a light amber. Kind of watery. Very little head. Not as hoppy as I was expecting.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 31, 2004 Bottle: Medium dark amber with a thin white head. Medium bodied. Aroma: sweet caramel, malts, pine, mild spicy floral hops. Very nice full flavor. Caramel, sweet malts start things out with the floral, spicy, and grapefruit hops and a nice earthy tone balance things out. Smooth & crisp.
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