3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at Lancaster. Dark tan color, but not brown, clear, carbonated, no head. I am not a big fruit beer fan, but this was well done and not overly sweet. Nice spice to balance.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
slightly cloudy brown with no head and little apparent carbonation. Aroma is slight cloves. Body is light, and flavor is slightly light compared to the dunkleweizen they had, which featured similar flavors and yeast. Rye spice is very restrained, instead you have a smooth clean session beer that has very light malt sweetness, grain, hop, and yeast flavors (which I’d say are most distinctive with slight clove contribution). It’s all right, but I"m not getting it again, I"d rather the Dunkleweizen.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap, Iron Hill Lancaster. Lighter than expected color, light brown color, some head. Caramel malt base, a bit weird, with a sweet grainy rye finish. Kind of bland.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Look very cloudy body. Very smooth on the palate. This one is ok, some hops but not very impressive.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Nice smooth finish and clean on the palate. Not my favorite in this category but definitely in the middle of the pack.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
An interesting hybrid of a beer. Pours from tap dark brown with a thin white head. Big Belgian yeast sorts of flavors on the nose. Has some nice freshness on the tongue with the estery flavor but tempered by the rye so it’s not cloying. Finishes clean.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUL 27, 2011 Re-rate, July 2011, Lancaster location, hazy orange appearance with a big head: Not as good as my prior experience, probably just around average, so I’m merging these two ratings and the numbers will be dropped to mid threes. Similar experience except this was just more dull and bland with some residual caramel sweetness.
Original rating: On draft at the Phoenixville location. Pour was amber to brown in color, nice full head on top. The aroma was caramel, brown sugar, some cocoa, spices. The flavor was brown sugar, cocoa, caramel, bananas, spices, rye with a bit of a bite. The mouthfeel was full and tangy, quite nice. Well done, IH.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
on tap at the media location. poured a hazy amber with an off white head. Aroma of banana and rye. finished a little sweet. all together a decent drinkable rye beer.
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