3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20bomber pours dark brown with finger of sustaining, bubbly tan froth. Aroma of cocoa, milk, chili. Flavor is a nice burnt roast with lingering chili pepper on the finish. One of the better chili beers I have had, although I haven’t had a lot.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bomber with a very pretty label. Pours dark reddish brown with a tan head with a bit of lacing. Pretty earthy nose, with some chilies, kinda green pepper, and tobacco. Very watery mouthfeel. The chilies pleasantly burn the back of my throat, but it’s mostly dirt, the smokiness is more like cigarette smoke, and overall way too thin. It has potential.
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
From the February 2013 3R6P tasting. +++ Sampled form a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a small foamy brown head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was dry chili peppers, chipotle, toasty malts and anise. The flavor was hop peppers, smoke, old shoes and rubber. Very long and smoky rubber finish. Medium body. Not good at all.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber poured a clear reddish brown with a small lasting tan head. Aromas of roastiness, smoke, bakers cocoa and light red chilies. Palate was light to medium bodied and smooth with a dry warming finish. Flavors of smoke, roastiness, bakers cocoa, earthiness and red chilies with a smooth dry warming lingering smokey finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a dark brown with a half finger of tan head that dissipates quickly, Smells slightly roasted, malty, nutty, caramel. Flavor is roasted malt, coffee, vanilla, bitter chocolate, slightly smoky up front, fades into vegetal and pepper tones with slight chili heat that lingers. Moderate carbonation and medium-light body. This beer uses the peppers nicely, wish it had a little more heat though. An interesting, enjoyable beer.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Really loved the aroma of this beer. Slightly smokey, toasty with a nice shot of chilis. Rich dark color. Full of big flavors of smoke but not overwhelming like some Porters; this one is smooth. Along with a good dose of spice on the finish which lingered for a long time. If you like full flavors and smooth you will like this one. Found it at Lukas Liquor where the beer guy said they just added items from this brewery.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: DEC 3, 2012 650 ml. bottle. Pours a medium, well retained, light beige head,, with minimal lacing, over a clear reddish brown (SRM 20) body....nose is chili powder, coffee, light chocolate, very light hints of intestinal gas of a barnyard type (? the light smoke)......taste is dominated by chili spice, light coffee, hints of chocolate, finishing with a lingering chili burn......mouth feel light, near watery, carbonation medium. The chiles were used with a relatively heavy hand and dominate the malt backbone too much for this to be at all balanced. A bit more chocolate malt and some other toffee/caramel sweetness would have made for a much more interesting, and balanced beer. Finally, the odd barnyard aroma is an obvious mistake, but may have been the smoke. Could there have been a pre-filtration infection? BJCP 6/3/8/4/5
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottle.
Head is initially small, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing.
Body is dark brown.
Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (cocoa powder, roasted grain), with a strong note of manure, lesser notes of vegetable/pepper and smoke.
Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter, unclean, slightly husky.
Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic, moderately burning.
Liquid cattle excrement? Almost. Not being mean, it’s just that the primary aromatic component is cow patty, uncannily so. Smells exactly like being in a cow pasture. I’m all for farmhouse character in beer, but it just doesn’t work at all here...it’s too overtly fecal and the other aromas are few and mild. Dirty aftertaste, rough malt, and the awkward chile burn among all of this just makes it worse. Rather wretched, to be perfectly honest.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Thin translucent coffee brown with light carbonation. Nose is mostly chili with some smoke becoming more present as it warms and a bit of dark cocao. Taste is pretty one dimensional chili and there is definitely a nice burn on the back. Disappointing...had high hopes for the possibilities of this even though the other Eddyline’s I’ve had have all fallen short. More body and carbonation and some sweeter malts could really bump this up.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap "5 oz." sample (that could not have been more than 4 oz.) at Socorro Springs Restaurant & Brewery in Socorro, NM. Menu and board list ABV at 7%. Opaque dark brown with off-white head and very good lacing. Aroma of dark malt and chili pepper. Taste of dark malt, light chocolate and chili pepper. Spicy hot. Medium/light body and medium/low carbonation. A quite decent chili pepper beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
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