3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From a bottle, the first run of bottles was contracted through Minhas in Monroe WI. Pours a deep red with a medium semi-loose head that leaves some lace. The aroma is fairly pungent and straightforward with plenty of floral hops, earthiness, toasty malt, and iced tea. The flavor is earthy and florally bitter. The beer is dry with a fair bit of toasty malt character throughout.
Enjoyable if unremarkable, miles better than the bottled version of the bock, and while hoppy I’d really consider this more of an ESB.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Classic IPA, a bit unbalance and with a clear tip over to the bitter spectrum. Very muddy to its appearance
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle, Beer of the Month Club. Pours hazy dark amber-copper brown, frothy white head. Nutty, grapes and faint citrus aroma, Tastes of American hoppy bitterness with malty undertones. Light body, bitter finish, almost lively fizz. OK.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
not good either not good either not good either not good either not good either
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft: Poured amber orange with an off white cream head. Aroma brought in a hop nose. Taste gritty hops but finished thin and watery.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Beer of the month club. As "Duke Of Wellington Pale Ale". Clear amber color with a lovely big off-white head. Aroma of hops, maybe slightly stale, with citric, earthy and piney notes, and some malt, a bit caramelly and grainy. Later whiffs are more malty with light buttery notes. Sweetish malt flavor, grainy and caramelly, with light fruitiness and a moderately bitter hoppy finish. Medium-bodied. Pretty decent.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Beer of the month club. Hazy orange with thin white head. Malty aroma. Hop flavor is a but muddled and green, not overly bitter. Palate is decently full.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Amber hued straw body. Thin, soft head that quickly dissipates. Stale cereal grain character. Hay and dried grass with a touch of bitter root quality. A slight pinch of hops but nothing that truly stood out.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap. Orange malt and citrus peel hops aroma. Hazy amber color with small head. Sweet orange and moderately bitter orange peel flavor. A nice IPA.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Cavie. Brown orange pour with a big off-white head. Aroma is dry chocolate, nutty, and malt. Taste is earthy, dark toast, bitter, and a little more nuts.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Rusty colored hazy pour. Small tan head, with more of a malty aroma than a typical IPA. Not packed with much flavor, kinda flat without any complexity.
Very little bitterness with a short and boring finish. Quite watery in fact. Do not be duped by this duke. Quaff Score 3 / 10
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