3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a clear dark brown with a reddish hue. Very little head. Aroma is malty. Taste of a decent brown, with (I guess) a hemp after-taste. Not that good of a palate, a little rough. All in all, this one is just OK.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
12 fl oz bottle from Finger Lakes Beverage, served cold in a tulip glass.
App.: Deep mahogany, clear with a so-so ashen-tan head.
Aroma: Oddly sweet, grassy/grainy, a little buttery – like it was oaked for some reason, weedy (not ganja), strangely oily smelly, odd.
Palate: Medium body, moderate, rounded effervescence.
Flav.: Sort of buttery biscuit to brown sugar malt, grassy/leafy/grainy, some darker malts, a little burnt sugar, still odd; dry with a little bitterness and a somewhat clean, watery finish with lingering bitterness and dark malts (restrained).
Finally tried a Firestone Walker brew and it was THIS??
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Brown/orange color with an brown sugar head that quickly fades. The nose is light, a bit of brown bread and raisin, there’s a floral herby aroma that may be the hemp, but I’m not certain. The taste is initially tart and a bit astringent, the hops are nicely balanced by the crystal malts. The palate is light and a bit watery.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Malty and very nutty in aroma, almost like almonds. The flavor has a bit of tea up front with a decent maltiness. Could’ve done without the tea flavor, otherwise a solid brown ale.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle pours a nice deep brown that’s nuanced by garnet hues supporting a tan head. The mild aroma is a mix of roasted malts, chocolate malts and a pleasing firm level of clumpy wet earthiness. The taste is similar with a tasty mix of roasted malts, chocolate malts, some milk chocolate bar and a yummy earthiness. There seems to be something meandering around the earthiness but I can’t put words to it. Maybe it is the hemp or maybe I’m over analyzing. Along the edges of the flavor are thin rings of spicy hops. Overall the aroma is a bit timid buy everything else is spot on good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle courtesy of adsnielsen (thanks AAron) poured a clear reddish brown with a small lingering tan head. Aromas of cocoa, carmel and light toasted malt. Palate was medium bodied and crisp. Flavors of cocoa and carmel with a crisp malty finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle; pour is murky dark amber / brown with a khaki head in this glass; retention on the mild side, really, with very light lacing present. the nose is underwhelming, really; brown malts and... ale yeast and....the flavor profile follows it for me. there is a bitterness present from the hop profile, light brown malts, and a bit of herbals. an easy drinker
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
It pours dark clear amber with a small tan head. It smells of pure malts, sweet and rich like a brown ale normally is. The flavor is a sweet malt brown ale base with a huge earthiness, like green, chlorophyll almost. This comes from the hemp I assume giving the beer a unique flavor.
|
