3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
brewtopia 10/21/06, this beer was lightly nuitty, malty, and lightly hoppy in both taste and aroma.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Clear, tea colored, thin applesauce head. Woody, musty lagerish aroma. Dry, fizzy, woody malting, light char or coffee. Thin bodied, but chalky. Finish is musty, moderately heavy bittering. Aftertaste is parched wood. Nice tap handle. On tap, Ginger Man, NYC, 3rd PBWT trip.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tap at Hop Devil Grill. Dark brown with little head. Malty nut aroma. no strong finish to the beer, bit on the plain side.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the Waterfront Ale House - a decent dark lager, especially for a Heartland product - munich malts are very prominent, and an unexpected, woody, smokey quality makes thing interesting - the finishing hop combination is questionable, making an almost soapy finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Waterfront Ale House. Clear brown/dark copper with a mostly diminishing fizzy head. Faint malt aroma, flavor of toasted malt, honey, pecan with a slight hop back. A little soapy on the finish. Started out with a light to medium body, refreshing and tasty, but seemed to flatten out very quickly and ended rather watery. Not terrible, but not inspiring.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Kelly the brewer brought this to the NYCHG meeting last night. This is a beer made in Greenpoint but under a different label and not available in any Heartland locations. Only on tap so far, he had a growler to share. Pours with just a bit of lacing. Color is a clear brown. It is mainly a malty aroma, like a very light doppelbock. Taste is less interesting, but crispy without any off-putting aspects. So its what he was going for and did a nice job.
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