3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Blue Palms (labeled at 11%). Pours with a very muddy and unappealing dull yellow body with minimal head (didn’t transport well?). Looks like a mimosa. Aromas are very yeasty, grassy, apple, grainy, mild phenol and florals. Some alcohol. Flavors are grassy, yeasty, grainy. Medium esters, orange marmalade and a bit of 4VG. Low carbonation with some alcohol. A bit oily on the palate.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft at Fifty Fifty. Slightly hazy medium dark gold pour with a white head. Grainy bread, very yeasty, banana, grass, booze, and quite sweet. I don’t like it much.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle-pours a dissipating white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is dry/yeasty, barn, light malt-toasty. Taste is dry/yeasty, apricot, barn, sweet light malt.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Amber beer with an off-white head. Fruity ester aroma with light yeast. yeast and malt flavor with light caramel and summer fruit. Medium-plus bodied. Fruit, malt, and light yeast lingers.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle courtesy photomike. Pours clear gold with a fizzy off-white head. Aroma is a little cheesy, along with notes of banana pith, cloves, and peppery alcohol. Pear/apple/banana fruitiness comes through in the flavor but not very strongly. Accents of bubblegum and spices. Boozy. Dry finish. Not enough depth in flavor to justify the alcohol here.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours an ugly light brown. Aroma- earthy, sweet, herbal notes, sunflower seeds. Taste- herbs, overripe bananas, weird funkiness. Meh
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Fifty Fifty. Night before the Burn. Pours golden orange bwr, sweet caramel nose yummy rich yeasty 7.4.8.4.15
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Growler from the brewpub... golden with minimal white head. Nose was malt and yeast with a bit of pepper. Tasted hot, peppery with a smooth dry buttery finish. Maybe a little boozy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Growler fro the brewpub. This beer seems to have changed from when they started brewing it. The alcohol is higher--11% now, and it is dryer than earlier reviews indicate. Opague orange in color with a lasting frothy white head. Orange, clove, and peppery alcohol aroma. The flavor is dry wit peppery alcohol, herbal hop flavor, light doughy malt, bubble gum, and some banana pith. Finished quite dry. A dry, spicy, and alcoholic tripel. Good elements for the most part, but I think this would be better if it was a couple points down in alcohol. The heat just gets too in the way of drinkability.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
GABF 2008. Bright orange golden pour with a thin head. Okay nose of honey, grains and clove/coriander...flavor is similar but with some banana as well. Eh.
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