3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Snifter. Rating #3. Nice looking brew, dark reddish/amber with a light tan head. Nice hippy, caramelly aroma, very rich. Smells great. Big hop bite with a decent balance of sweet malt, really nice. (1520)
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep amber/copper pour with creamy white head and lace. Caramel malt, resiny hops, and a hinto abv. Caramel malt, rock candy, nice warmth, and a medium bitter. Medium full bodied with good carbonation.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
on tap-pours a light tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is citrus/pineapple/pine. Taste is citrus/pineapple/pine hops, sweet medium malt-caramel.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
tap at the brewpub during RBWG-deep copper hue with a soapy white head. sweet hop nose-floral and lite pine with some cheese. woody and somewhat lite alcohol. sugary sweet flavors here-not enough hops to dry this one out. almost sticky in the mouthfeel. becomes cloying. not well balanced but with some more hops in the boil, this would be a very nice beer verging on a hoppy barleywine. an ok beer but needs just a bit of work.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Glowing amber red color/ beige head. Fresh pungent pine sap, spicy caramel aromas. Smooth medium mouthfeel. Fresh floral, pine sap hop flavors on a solid spicy caramel malty base--very good.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
4p diablo rojo 9.2%
Nice rich bronzed copper. Clear w/ an almond head3/5
A: caramel, peach, spicy earthy hops, some citrusy notes,oniony dank. Typical 4p hop aroma.... But almost numbingly abundant. 7.5/10
F:mild malty sweetness is very well balanced by hop spice and dryness. Big lingering at of nobles and hoppy parching. Some skunky dankness on the finish
8/10
Crisp dry and incredibly easy drinking 4/5
2/28/11 on tap at the pub
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap @ Four Peaks during RBWG 2011 weekend - Pours a clear deep copper color with a small off white head. Nice lacing. Aroma is pine hops and light caramel malt. Flavor is lightly sweetened malt, esters, and floral hops. Medium body. A very nice beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap in Tempe. Pour is deep copper with an off-white head. Aroma shows notes of caramelized grapefruit, pine, and toffee. Flavor shows the same with some underlying spiciness. Overall body is moderate and sticky with moderate bitterness on the finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(On draught at Four Peaks Tempe). Pours clear mahogany with off-white head. Aroma of bright hops: grapefruit, mango and bread. Taste is a sweet malt backbone with bitterness throughout. A little spice reminiscent of rye. Medium bodied with an oily texture. Bitter finish. Nice beer that is hop-forward rather than malt-forward: just the way I like it.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Four Peaks
Appearance: Pours clear copper with a big off-white head plenty of sticky lacing
Aroma: Pine resin and sweet caramel malts
Taste: Pine resin, grapefruit and malty
A nice beer. This was Four Peaks beer that was blended with other local breweries to make the Voltron Collaboration Imperial Red.
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