2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bought a single just out of curiosity, wasn’t expecting much at all, suprisingly though, not bad at all. Pours a hazy amber color. Slightly malty but a little watery. Nice caramel nutty flavor.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tried in a British pale ale/esb tasting. Had this one a while in the cellar, along with a few other Brit ales. More or less what you expect from a British pale ale, toffee and light malt with a touch of hop thrown in. Quite different from American ales with the emphasis on complexity and malt rather than hop. Pretty good session ale but nothing that will lead to overly fond memories.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled, 12oz??, pasteurised. At Mike’s, cheers. Amber with white bubbly head, carbonated. This was a well traveled bottle, thin watery caramel beer, hardly a bitter in character, although there is a boiled tea like character. Sweetish on the finish, quite poor.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Well since I haven’t had it in more than a year, I’ve read it isn’t distributed stateside anymore, I’ll rate it as I remember it! Amber to light brown color. Nice malt and hop aroma. Flavor is fairly malty for a bitter. Hints of toffee and I believe williamette hops. The mouthfeel is decent, just a bit on the light side. I’m not sure about why, but this was just a good solid beer for quite a while!
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
WHAT ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND FROM AN ENGLISH BITTER.mostly watery and bitter aftertaste,with a slick/creamy mouthfeel. low carbonation and slightly sweetish with a toffee flavor. recessed hop profile infused with a tea like quality. hey if you like it....
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
June 2005 - Blah. It looked pretty, but I like to drink ’em, not look at ’em. Poured nice rich red color, clear as day and left nice lacing on the glass. There wasn’t a lot of taste in this one, though, and what was there was bitter (not hop bitter, just...um...bitter). Oh well, at least I can say I tried.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Almost as good as Bass. Goes well with lots of foods, particularly pub foods that bring out its underlying spiciness.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAR 9, 2009 I had this one on tap at the Beer Sellar in Newport, KY. It was a lot lighter than I expected, almost toffee in color. The smell and taste were both caramelly and rather spicy, I definitely detected cloves. The taste was surprising and Im pretty sure was a little off due to problems with the tap or something. I’ve never seen a beer look so cloudy before (besides an unfilterted hefeweizen of course). Overall, I did enjoy it but I know I’m going to resample this soon out of a bottle or a cleaner tap system. (Re-rated 3/10/09-) This time I got to try it bottled and I was definitely much more impressed. Wonderful session bitter with a nice sweetish malty taste and appetizing finish. Still not the best ever, but I am glad I gave this another chance, and have definitely decided not to rate anything from the Beer Sellar’s dirty drafts again. I realize now just how OFF those flavors were when I originally tryed it. (Overall: The Beer Sellar- View:10, Selection:9, Freshness: 1)
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