3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark gold with a good white, soupy head. Perfectly clear. Aroma is big hoppy. Smells slightly old, but not really skunked. Long, lingering bitterness. An IPA of pils.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Largish draught sample at the brewpub. Honey-gold in color with a touch of head lasting, little lace....light Saaz aroma, bready and like the lager touched by butterscotch, more pronounced in this case and a bit much, but the pale malt and hints of baked apples help to compensate....on the tongue, honey-sweet with faint lime citric tartness at first, the sugar dying quickly into a very dry, grassy, herbal finish that gets quite bitter indeed, clean and lean and hard right to the end but with plenty of malt substance to back it up. I liked the lager just a bit more, but these guys clearly know how to do German styles right.
2.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
pours out of the bottle. clear rusty-orange. small white head. smells like the seashore and yellow-gold apples. tastes really salty and yeasty - pretty much like ocean water then with hints of warm, unsweetened, sparkling apple cidar. seems strongly bitter until your palate acclimates to it then you can pick up the subtle roasted malts towards the end. watery, smooth texture. not particularly enjoyable but not awful.
2.7 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at the brewery: Did not experience any of the claimed hop aroma. In fact, there was no aroma at all. None. Golden in color, clear, and sparkling. Small white head that diminished quickly. No lacing. Slight hop presence in the flavor. Malt backbone. Bland overall. Well balanced. Medium bodied. Average carbonation. Slightly below-average Pils. Just no real standout flavor. Best of the three lighter beers I tried this day.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From the brewpub at the 12th aniversary party. Clear golden color with a thin white head. Light corn aroma with hints of sweetness. Mild sweet flavor with a corn background.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clean hops with a nice hop, pine aroma, typical of Legend. Honey is predominate in the taste combined with raisons. Sharp ending of mostly hops.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 ox. Bottle. I’m a little shocked. Little skunky aroma that I’m used to with pilsner beers. Yellow color with white head. Fruity and hoppy flavors.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Medium yellow with thin ringing white head. Aroma is bubblegum and butter. Flavor is butter, sweet grass, light hop. Medium palate.
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