3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Pours dark reddish amber with good head on draft. Aroma is hoppy with pine and floral scents but is subdued. Taste is heavy on malt and strong bitter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours cloudy, amber with ruby highlights. An off white head of creamy foam that fell slowly and left a cap with some fine , sticky lace. Nose is toasted malt, fat, sweet and nutty. There is the faintest whisper of chocolate. Light yeast. Hops are earthy with orange, grapefruit and dark fruits behind that. Light sweet pine and a little dank and oak as it warms. Taste is mellow and malt forward with toasty caramel, bread and grain. Toffee sweetness. Hops are oily and bitter with some light sweet pine, citrus and floral. Body is a little on the heavy side with a little butter and prickly carbonation. Finishes dry with a short lived bitter on the back palate and another whisper from the chocolate as the malt steals the show again to bring it to bittersweet. It’s not boozy but it is rich.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very enjoyable, strong hops with lots of flavor and smoothness. Nice amber color but not a strong aroma
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Perfect malt profile with a thick caramel chewiness. Big and hoppy and slightly
sweet. Really good red ale/IPA.
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3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle. Pours red with a white head. Very tasty ale similar in flavor to an IPA.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nice classic cascade aroma. Very much citrus. Ruby red in color with light body average size white foamy head. Very drinkable beer makes you want another one
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2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Extremely bitter. Good but the aftertaste is a little strong. With a better finish would be better
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4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Have had from both tap and bottle in Ithaca, NY. Rating is based on tap, although bottle was not much worse. Great red ale.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at pony bar HK. Pours a deep, murky amber body with soapy off white lacing. Aroma is cascade, spice and light malt. Mouthfeel is medium with notes of bitter grapefruit skins, light citrus, malt and spice.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle, best by Dec 2012...better drink up! Served at around 40-45F.
Pours semi-hazy copper/red with a two finger off-white light beige head that recedes to a small foamy cap and leaves some decent lacing behind.
Aroma is piney, citrusy, somewhat earthy hops, good malt of dark fruit and caramel. Good strength.
Flavor is caramel malt, dark fruits (black cherries), decent hop kick with some citrus and resinous hops, mild sweetness, mild to moderate bitterness, a little alcohol.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, a little sticky, moderate carbonation.
Pretty good hoppy Amber Ale. It’s right at the best-by date so I bet the hops would be really nice if fresher.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Lots of hops right up front followed by a nice, smooth malty backbone. Kind of sweet in the finish.
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