3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft at the Trappist in Oakland. Cloudy golden color, bright white head, nice lacing. Aroma and flavor are very lager-like. OK.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at The Trappist. Into chalice. Pours a glowing orange with a medium white head. Webby lace. Orange candy nose. Taste is cleaner, bitter, nutty, mildly soapy, quenching bitter orange peel and grapefruit bitters. Nice stuff.
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3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Small white head. Hazy amber body. Strawy mealy floral aroma. Bitter-sweet grassy strawy grainy taste with fruity notes. Mid-bodied. Sharpish dusty mouthfeel. Bitter floral fruity aftertaste with perfumy grainy notes. Nice. Typical SF taste profile to it. (0.5l draft, Beer Revolution, Oakland.)
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. Amber beer with an off-white head. Mineral and malt aroma with light grain. Malt and light caramel flavor with light grain and mineral notes. Medium bodied. Light caramel and light mineral lingers with light grain.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft, Beer Revolution. A touch grainy but otherwise rather good for the style and quite refreshing. Mild light caramel/bready malt. Lightly grassy/citric/floral hops. Mild bitterness. Nice dry yeastiness in the finish. A well made beer, simple and satisfying. Listed as 5 or 5.5% abv.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours golden hazy orange with a white head. The aroma is fruity. Mostly tropical with mango and papaya. The flavor is sweet with caramel and fruit and an herbal bitter finish. Pretty flavorful for a low alcohol session beer.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Infinitely more complex version of Anchor’s Steam. The yeast in suspension leads to a slightly different taste each time I encounter it. The lingering taste of the slightly sweet/tart malt and the Northern brewer hops are, in my opinion, the best part of the beer.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the Brewing Network Anniversary party @ Linden St. Poured a deep gold. Nose was bready, sweet malt, grainy, floral hops. Flavor was biscuity, some hop bite, fruity malts, bubble gum. Medium body. Decent example of a not so popular style.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured at FIrkin Fest at Triple Rock, golden with small white head. Aromas of mild grass and malted grain. The flavor is a kind of toasted malt with some grassy, and fruity malt notes. More of a hop bite to it than Anchor Steam, but very mild. There is a malty full mouthfeel that has some slight astringent notes in the middle but a nice dry clean finish. Easy drinking beer. I’ll be trying it again.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This California Common pours a medium orange gold from tap. Small sized white foamy head. The aroma is malty and sweet, with a touch of floral hops. A medium bodied steam beer. The malts are fruity and sweet. The hops are grapefruity and floral. It very hoppy for a California Common, but I like it. It still has that nice soft round feel of a steam beer, but has a nice hop bite to it. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
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