4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft @ The Mills (ABV - 5.5%) - Dark hazed gold, creamy white head. Fresh flowers and cinnamon earth aromas ride lighter waves of white peppered apples and ginger. Great complexity for a lower ABV. Well balanced spiced florals and hints of fruity earth flavors round to quick dry finish. Never sweet and super drinkable for this type of beer. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation. I love when a brewer steps away from the norm to bring out the creative side of the spectrum, and ends up doing it very well without a doubt. Great stuff...
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft pours golden in color with a slight haze and a good thick head. Major aroma of orange this year. Medium body with some fruit and a bit of bitterness in the beginning. Nice body and easy to drink.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap @ Bel Air location. Pours a hazy gold with a white head. Spicy aroma. Taste is caramel malt and more spice. Very smooth and easy to drink. Good beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 14, 2008 Draft @ Arundel Mills. Pours a hazy, bright orange color; solid off-white head with fine-bubbled lacing; nice, bright pour. Loads of soft, well-integrated spicing in the aroma; picked out grains of paradise, and something that seemed like ginger; Jim mentioned there’s cardamom (definitely) and chamomile; very nicely integrated, soft-edged spice profile; touches of orange peel. Lively carbonation. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: chewy, orange-tinged maltiness and loads of soft spicing; cardamom, grains of paradise, suggestions of ginger (maybe this is chamomile; maybe I need to drink more tea); lightly toasted malts and the slightest touch of orange-tinged sweetness; nicely spiced, very drinkable Belgian ale. Enjoyed this quite a lot. Medium finish: loads of lightly toasted malts, breadiness, and soft, lingering spices.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cloudy orange yellow color with a white head. Aroma of cinnamon, orange, yeast, and caradamom. Taste is yeast, cinnamon, cardamom, and some citrus sweetness. Nice beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
pours a hazy gold-orange. lots of carbonation. aroma of spice, orange, dough. taste is sweet carrot juice, cardamom, clove, ginger, orange. tons of subdued spice. very complex, yet light-bodied.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Straw gold pour with a creamy head and lace. Corriander and candied sugar on the nose. Cinnamon, clove, and an odd after taste of yeast. Creamy mouthfeel with a bit of aggressive carbonation on a medium bodied beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draft @ Arundel Mills location) Served in a shaker. Pours cloudy light gold/amber with a smalll biege head. Aroma of spice (ginger?) and light candy-malt. Mouthfeel lightly pebbly, a bit dryish and wooden. Broken light sheets and dabs of lacing. Flavor of spice and light candy sugar-malt, perhaps slight banana. Maybe slightly better than mediocre.
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