3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, courtesy mom. Pour is light copper with a nice off-white head, good retention/lace. Aroma of pine/grapefruit hops, caramel malt. Taste is light-moderately bitter, citrus/grass/soapy hops, caramel malts. Palate is dry, soft carbonation, moderately bitter finish. Very similar to SNPA.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: JAN 10, 2012 Bottle. Pours golden amber with a medium-sized off-white head. Aroma is caramel malt and some earthy, floral Cascade hops. Flavor is well balanced between sweet, caramel malt and Cascade hops. Good, drinkable PA. I didn’t get enough of the dry hopping to justify the name, however.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours amber and clear with a creamy white head. Light citrusy hop aroma with sweet malts also noticible. Flavor is nice balance of the aformentioned malts and hops with a subtle grapefruit rind aftertaste. Nice drinkable ale - though not outstanding.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Definitely one of the SASSIER pale ales that has ever troubled my liver. Indeed I could see having more than one of these if my stockpile of Blatz was cashed. Otherwise, not so much. Keep a few of these around for your so-called "sophisticated" friends and hoard the good stuff (Blatz) for your bad ol’ self. They won’t know why you are grinning with the solace of a dead man....but that architect of glory (Val Blatz himself) in his hallowed abode in the great ether beyond will surely say: "Fuck yeah!"
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
It poured a dark golden color with a white head. The aroma was light citrus dry hop, pale malt, and a little wet grass. The flavor was a nice pale malt base, a light bitterness and some grassy hops. A very good pale ale.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a light orange color with a huge blast of hops, pine resin and needles. Delicious flavors. Pretty dry mouthfeel. Mmm
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured a slightly hazy yellow. Aroma is pretty hoppy with some pine. Taste is also pretty hoppy with some corn and pale malts. Aftertaste is bitter with some hay. Overall decent.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear copper with a small white head. The aroma has some floral hops, light citrus, and grainy caramel malt. Clean, sweet flavor fades into a musty, light, floral hop bitterness. Light body, mellow carbonation, and a dry finish.
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