4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
This is excellent. Cloudy copper with a soft, thin white head. Cherry and baking spice nose. Light to medium bodied with a mix of tart cherry and a hint of cinnamon. Long finish- very dry.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap: smells like cherries, very little foam, thin and mildly carbonated; sour cherry and spice - delicious. One of my Hale’s all-time favs. Much worse in the bottle.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
22 oz. Bottle purchased from Fremont Seattle PCC for $5.25. Thin wispy quickly dissipating white head. No lace. Clear bright rich gold hint of red shade color.Soft cherry mild fruit ester minimal hop front.Medium light bodied mild sweet light cherry flavored clean smooth tasty body with just a hint of tartness. Dry clean easy smooth end.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber. Pours hazy orange with a medium collapsing beige head. Aroma is strong in cherries, almonds. Taste is sour cherries; not mouth-puckering like a sour ale but definitely nice and tangy. Highly carbonated with a medium body. Not bad at all.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From a 22 oz bottle purchased at Paul’s Grocery in McCall, ID. Pours a rich gold with a big and attractive white head Good lacing. Nose of sour cherry. Medium body. Carbonated mouthfeel. Flavor is of ripe fruit with cherty dominating. The finish is somewhat tart. Very drinkable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Rating at work. Boom. Doing illegal things. Eat a dick IT. Nose is of cherry, banana, spices, yeast, a little dough. Pours golden with a reddish brownish tint. Thin non lasting head. Flavors of cherry, phenolic yeast, banana, spice, dough. At times could be a little medicinal. Not necessarily bad. Good effort. Alcohol is hidden with the spicy yeast.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Biercafe / Belmont Station with mcberko, pours a translucnet orange gold with a thin white head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, cherries and candied sugar. Flavour of candied sugar throughout, cherries, slightly sour, Belgian yeast, funk and floral nots. Palate is fruity and yeast-heavy. Light.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours amber gold with a fizzy/creamy near-white head. The aroma is moderately bready with a trace of maybe sour cherry. Medium minus body. Slightly spicy caramel with faint cherry traces. Well, maybe more than faint, but ya gotta dig for it. The impression is of slightly sweet malt with slightly sour cherry. Sort of. The yeast/spice tends to carry the fruit along. It leaves me uncertain. Does not finish dry.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: Orangish, slight haze, moderate white head, fairly nice lacing. Bright bready nose, very faint unripened cherry. Soft floral and herbal notes as well. Malty and mealy up front, bready, sweet, slightly sticky, with very very faint pie cherry like flavors. Body and mouthfeel are moderate. Very slight tartness on the finish, a bit of dry fruitiness. Not too reminiscent of a Belgian Kriek in my book. American Strong Pale Ale with a touch of cherry. Not bad, but I was expecting a bit more.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber served in a tulip. Pours clear dark orange with a short head. Decent retention and lacing. Interesting aroma. Lt sweet, tart cherry, gingerbread, and yeasty funk. Medium sweet flavor full of yeast and malt. Medium body, soft carbonation, oily texture, and a short mid-sweet finish.
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