2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft @ Half Acre Brewey, Chicago, IL. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma. Slightly sweetish fruity malty grainy flavor with some weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty grainy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
I must confess that I don’t understand the previous six ratings. My only explanation is that what I got from the tap at the bar had barley that came from the wrong half of the acre. Looked fine, a deep golden body with a substantial head. Smelled off, soured pale malt with a whiff of grassy bitterness. Tasted off, some bready malt, an odd sourness and metallica, but at least had a solidly bitter finish. I’ll pass on this in the future. <font size=-4><a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp? Chicago, IL<font size=-1>
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
This was decent, but had some sort of flaw... I couldn’t pick up on it for sure, but it was drinkable...
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Thanks to Alex to bringing this retired beer to enable my ticking...12oz bottle into my Rochefort glass...A nice dark gold with two fingers of white head, ok retention, no lacing. An above average looking lager...Aroma is pretty malty and lacking in skunk which is a big plus for an American lager. Malty toffee and caramel mostly, tart apple, only a little hops on the back...Taste is pretty decent again pretty malty, coffee, corn on the back, some tea in the middle, no skunk again nice, a light bitter finish. Some sugar in the middle, this reminds of a homebrew in taste and quality...Light feel distracts but this is drinkable.
An above average lager, don’t really care that is being retired because despite being drinkable this isn’t something that I would get to have arond the house, at a bar maybe.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle, via jsquire. Pours a hazy orangish body with a small fizzy off-white head that faded to a thin film quickly. The nose is bready and lightly toasted malt. The flavor is slightly sweet with toasted malt and a slight almost rye bread like earthiness. Finishes with a fairly bright citrusy hop bite. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a watery texture and fizzy forced carbonation. Overall, nothing special, but well above what I was expecting from it. It really has the hopping level of an APA or some of the lighter IPAs.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle. pours gold with small white head. nose of sweet malt and spicy hop notes. this fresh bottles yields a pleasent citrus and spicy hop character, clean malt back bone. nice lager.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz bottle from Poag Mahone’s (Chicago, IL). Pours a darker golden hue, faint orange, good carbonation with fairly big white head that laces decent. Aromas are lighter, floral hops and sweet grainy malts that mellow out. Initial shows light bitterness up front, lemon and florals come, moving to grain, mellow sweetness, a touch citrus. Not a dominant beer, but a decent session lager, leaving a fairly potent bitterness for the style on the palate. Not bad at all
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz. bottle via trade with jsquire - Pours a hazy amber color with a one finger thick off white head. Very light spotty lacing. Aroma is very light malt and herbal hops. Faint soapiness too. Flavor has an odd maltiness to it. Medium body. To be honest, I’m not getting much Lager character from this beer. It is somewhat smooth, but not real palatable. It’s just an odd beer. Thanks Jeff.
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