3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
amber, caramel, medium body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, nice ale sitting by the campfire in Smoky Mountain National Park.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Mellow Mushroom, Greensboro. Pours clear deep amber with a small tanned head leaving lacing. Aroma is sweet malty bready and fruity. Flavor is similar to aroma with pleasant fruityness and has a slight pungent and spicy touch with a nice bitterness that gets stronger towards the end. Finishes bitter fruity and dry.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 ounce bottle poured a copper color, aromas of biscuit, malt, earthy hops, and some light citrus. Flavors are the same with a little caramel in the aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours clear deep amber with a small off-white head with some lacing. Aroma of roasted malt with a bit of citrus. Flavor is somewhat sweet malty with caramel, citrus and pine flavors and a mildly bitter finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft at Momo's Tennessee St. Pours an amber color with a foamy tan head. Aroma is caramel, toffee, and baked bread malts with the lightest touch of hop bitterness. Flavor is generally sweet throughout, kind of buttery, with the addition of nuttiness and touch of hops. Ends sweet and slightly dry.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I cut my teeth on this beer, and it’s always an easy one to come back to. A mild hop character rounds out a malty backbone to this pretty little amber. What is particularly Gaelic about this ale I am not sure, perhaps it comes from the lineage of the people who founded Asheville, but definitely not the brewery, which was founded by a gentleman with the last name Wong.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
From the botle poured a pale amber brew with a thin white head which dissipated rapidly. Aromas of malt and hops with a slight tip to the malt side. Flavors were also malt and hops leaning towards the hoppy side with a dry finish and a slight hop after taste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a nice dark brown on tap with thick tan head and solid lacing. Smell is caramel and roasted malts. Taste is malty with a bit of bitter piney finish. Well balanced but leaves a dry, bitter mouth. Very good beer.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at EBBC12. Roast malt, liquorice, a strongly bitter finish. Does not come over as well balanced.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
This is a deep amber brew with a small and brief head. The smell is citrus and tart hops, but there’s a tone in the aroma that I don’t like. Kind of a dirty socks quality that I sometimes detect in brews that I think are a little too hoppy. The hops in the flavor are definitely strong, but it’s actually not really too hoppy. Slightly dry, a bit thin, somewhat grassy. Nothing to write lovesongs about, but not bad.
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