3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20500mL Bottle, purchased at Downtown Wine & Spirits - Somerville, MA. Minty resin aroma, nipped with orange and rosemary. On the palate, this is okay. It reminds me of early attempts in the brewing world to make hoppy, bitter lager and it was kind of middling. This has a clean, but strong bitterness, but not a ton of hop flavor. The lagering is clean and crisp, but the malt has a flavor like too much Crystal malt or Special B that turns me off a little bit. Sadly, one of my less favorite Jack’s Abby experiences.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
50cl bottle. Large beige head atop crystal clear amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, some resin/pine, light bread, grapefruit/earthy, chocolate. Taste is moderately sweet, bread, grapefruit, resin, some pine, chocolate. Medium body, light stickiness. Alcohol presence known but not overpowering.
3.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Really good. Like an American pale ale but a lager. A bit too bitter for me but I am not. Hop head.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle in a lager glass. Pours amber with a lacy, cream-colored head. Aroma of citrusy and floral hops and some pale and toasted malts. Flavor the same with a nice amount of hops for this style. Average texture. A pretty good beer for the style.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500mL bottle purchased from Leary’s for $3.30. To snifter it pours a rusty amber gold with a trim off-whitish fluffy head. Aggressive aromas of American hop pellets, krill oil, caraway seeds, lager yeast, pineapple syrup, moldy peaches (did you catch my music reference there?), burnt fabric and guava. Starts off a tad fruity and malty, with notes of piny and citrus hops, grapefruit zest, and green tea. Honey, vitamins, yeast by swallow. Good beer. Perhaps a tad too much hop bitterness, but overall a pleasant experience, I’m officially a fan of this brewery.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500mL bottle courtesy of radarsock. Cheers, Ander! Pours a mostly clear sunset amber with an off-white head. Nose is light caramel and bread with some earthy hops. Flavor follows- nice assertive malt character with hints of lager yeast and some sweetness among the light earthy and piney hops. All in all a nice, medium-bodied Vienna.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from gn0sis. Pours a nice golden red with a fluffy, persistent white head. Big citrus and pine aroma. Taste is very hop forward, very fresh and bitter. Drinks like a hoppy red ale. Very well balanced.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Resinous IPA type aroma over faint caramel background. Copper color with lacy tan head. Bittersweet malt taste which is is mainly bitter with a striking, crisp sweet malt strip down the middle. Not caramel flavored, but something starchier. Definitely the strongest and bitterest vienna style lager around, an ’imperial’ version of that style. Good product continues to flow from the lager lovers.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Wow - this is like a sheep in wolf’s clothing - more like an IPA than a Vienna style lager. Pours beautiful hazy crystal amber with a decent white head. The aroma brings decent sweet and somewhat tangy hops. The flavor brings some sweet hops and tangy malts as well, very decent for the style.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
50cl bottle pours a clear, honey brown with some frothy white head. Nose was inviting if not a little muddled, some lemon, citrus peel, grass, pine needles, a little malt, biscuit. Flavor was nice too, sweet, malty, crackers, lemon, grass, a little lemon grass. Medium, dry finish. Well balanced.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Clear gold with some leg and head. Aroma is very nice combo of American pine, ripe tropical fruit and grassy, spicy character. toasty grains done through. The flavor is very balanced with distinct hop and grains coming through. Great beer. Can’t wait for distro in NyC.
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