4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a deep, deep amber caramel color w/ a medium, semi creay froth with beachball spatter. Lacing is faint w/ a thin ring. Aroma of fat, chewy caramel malts and a slight hop crispness. Medium to full nectar w/ mellow residual effers. This brew is chewy w/ thick malts hinting at caramel. There a defined citrus rind componant bursting through from start to finish rendering a bludgeoning bittering factor. This brew rocks. Highly recommended.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
This is an excellent ESB. "Amber" doesn’t do it justice. Great body, big citrus with the bitterness. Lovely colour. Yum!
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: JAN 31, 2007 Very malty and smokey with sharp hop bite to it - Very smooth with nice flavor - lots of complex malt and a roasted caramel taste - Smooth and soft .
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. Pours a garnet color with an ivory head. Fruity malt aroma. Fruity flavor with tons of caramel malt notes. Good hop flavors.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep reddish-amber color with a thin tan head. Good lacing. Hops and malt on the nose. Bigger than what I was expecting....good hop flavor (grapefruit and pine) mixed with nice sweet caramel malt tones.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Medium orange amber, nice head that just leaves a sheet of lace on the glass, beautiful beer. Aroma is quite hoppy and inviting, a touch of floral and lots of grapefruit. Flavor is sweet, a bit of caramel, then a good bit of grapefruit. Some green apple as well, and a bit of yeast. Really liked this, I’m on a roll with ambers today.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A balance of malts and hops. Very red in color. This is a pretty nice amber. Goodmalt flavor with a hint of hops at the end. A little bit of caramel. Low carbonation on all of hales beers.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Little aroma, dominated by Carmel malt. Looks great. Medium amber body. Good malt taste with just enough hops to balance.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nice amber color,large off white head that has a good hang time then fades slowly to leave a decent lace behind.The aroma was malty with a nice hop presence and maybe a slight fruit and caramel side coming through as well.The flavor was very nice.malty up front with a mild but decent sweetness then it changes to a nice hoppy flavor with a medium bitterness and some mild caramel notes coming on as the brew warms up.I don’t know i think it’s a little under rated but i guess to each his own.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Ivar’s in Seattle, summer ’06. Pours a thin amber with a very high level of carbonation, the latter of which turns me off with most beers. Aroma is sweet hops with orange and pine dominating. Flavor is a bit ol’ bite of hops with orange, grapefruit, and strawberry bringing up the rear of this flavor parade. Full and coating mouthfeel. Fantastic beer; definitely will repeat this one.
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