3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Appearance: lightly hazy, peachy golden hue, capped with a nice layer of creamy foam.
Aroma: oily and citric, on the quiet side, but still hoppy and fruity, getting better and bigger with time, actually, showing more of the grapefruit esters, some orange and lemon, a touch of pine...I like it!
Taste: zippy and tangy, fresh and fruity, with a thinnish body, and bashful finish. Hops lay on the palate for a decent length, and tingle the tongue with each new sip. A bit mild, but it has it’s merits. Were I a Fargo-ite, this would do very nicely.
According to the brewer, this is made with American two row and crystal malts, and hopped with Cluster, Amarillo, Centennial, and Cascade.
Very clean and smooth-drinking, and not lacking in taste. Not full enough in flavor to really please a hop-head like me, but this ale fails in that in order to favor appeasability, and I can’t quarrel with that.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
GABF 05. Pours a solid yellow with a nice head. Aroma is hoppy with notes of grapefruit. Flavor is a great balance of floral tones and sourness. Palate is slick. Good beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Light amber colour. The aroma is mainly hop - floral with tropical fruit overtones. Fairly deep bitterness with refreshing citrus and passion fruit hop elements. There is a slight woody astringency and possible oxidation to mess things up a bit, but otherwise a solid apa.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear and light golden. Smooth texture; lightish and clean. Nice aromas of pine, flowers and citrus. Mild but balancing bitterness. Very drinkable, but not too exciting.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
(GABF05) Crystal clear straw body with white head. Aroma is medium sweet, floral, light grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, some grapefruit, light caramel. Light body with some crispness.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Golden color w/ a nice white head well laced. Amarillow hop smell w/ a nice carmel offset and hitns of orange peel. Palate is thin but ok coating. Flavor is a grassy piney lingering bitterness w/ some carmel. a nice APA.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Very solid pale ale. Good flavor, aroma. Excellent to use with cooking, and drinking.
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