3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours dark with a finger of off white head. Very dark red to black color. Smell is a faint lager sweetness. Taste is more malty and ashey. Not bad for a lager.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Pours dark black, small head. This has convinced me maybe once and for all that I do not care for most lagers ( outside of Sam Adams and Brooklyn Brewing Company ). Taste is dry, flat and watery, with no finish. NO ! Quaff score 2 / 10
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Passable, black lager. This would be pretty boring without the dark aspects which add some nice complexity. Nothing to see here.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Very dark brown pour with a smaller white head. Aroma is chocolate malt and a soft roastiness. Lighter palate - lighter than you might guess based on looking at it. Taste has pretty good depth - chocolate malts, roast, and maybe a touch of sweet molasses. Decent brew.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Very smooth and easy to drink, surprisingly clean finish. Dark lager isn’t something I would normally seek out, but this definitely seems to be an above average example. I’ve always been fond of Full Sail, and this doesn’t disappoint. Caramel, chocolate, roasty, black, clear, brown foam, clear, light sweetness, medium body, creamy, average carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from New Beer Distributors, NYC, drank at The Dessie whilst packing for the next phase of the adventure, 19/12/11. Deep ruby ringed with beige. Inviting aroma more complex than expected; chewy dried fruits, molasses, liquorice. Sticky mouthfeel at the ABV with fig and soft lightly singed barrel. Tweak of roast in the finish. Really decent chewy dark lager somewhat like San Miguel. And I love the stubby, cough medicine style bottles.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Did you know that there is a rock, paper, sissors game under each cap. Anyways I won against the cap and got the beer free at a bar. Pours a dark black/brown with medium tan head. Aroma of grain and dark malts and some chocolate. Taste reveals some super drinkable brew. Light roast, toasted, chocolate. Not bad and certainly is getting me to step in the rhelm of appreciate for the super sessionables.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
11oz stubby bottle pours almost black with some red highlights when held to the light and a small white head that leaves very little lacing. Aromas of lightly roasted malts and a bit of dark chocolate. Taste is roasted malty sweetness with hints of chocolate and a light citrusy hop bitterness. Modest carbonation and body. A fine easy drinking dark beer which is great as an everyday drinker.
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