3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/200.75 l - Rye punctuates a seltzerlike palate. Lace is nice. The color’s good too. Good not great.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(3/2012) .75 bottle. Amber hazy. This was a pretty good ale. Belgian yeast, some funk. Choriander seeds. A bit of darkish bready malts.
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2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap at Churchkey during CBC week. Pours a hazy burnt orange with some spitty, white head. Nose of wood, rotten apples, stale malt, orange. Flavor of stale malt, light wood, dried orange. Nasty. Sweet finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma is very floral, noble hop aroma with some rye. Taste is rye tang with some bitterness up front, hop flavor and some farmhouse funk and spice. This one is extremely well balanced, probably the best rye beer I’ve had.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 ounce bottle. Pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of citrus, florals, yeast, and spice. Taste is similar with a hint of pine. Nice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Churchkey for CBC thanks to nimbleprop and nmann08. Listed as "Wild Wytchmaker". Low haze, deeper orange pour. Medium foam. Nose is sticky oranges, celery, strawberry candy. Taste is tart strawberry, minerally, minty. Lighter, aerated body.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled as Jester King Wytchmaker Organic Farmhouse Rye I.P.A. Hazy golden color, short white head. Aroma of fruity hops, some pine, grapefruit. Slight woody, but the farmhouse yeast is quite soft. Great soft bitter taste, full bodied. Easy to drink. Great balance. Lovely stuff.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml bottle in a tulip. Pours deep copper/brown with a lacy, light beige head. Aroma of piney and floral and citrusy hops with a little rye spiciness and light fruits from the yeast plus a good amount of caramel and pale malts. Flavor the same with a nice blend of everything. Average to smooth texture. An interesting IPA.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 750ml. @ 4th Borefts Beer Festival 2012, Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands.
Clear medium to dark orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, pine, grass, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120928]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
why would make an ipa sour? jester king is a weird brewery, but this was actually oddly nice
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle. copper orange pour. citrusy hops with a touch of funky yeastiness. Grassy notes, solid bitterness, touch of pine. Nice IPA
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