3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle.
Clear orange colorued with a medium sized off-white head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel and gras with notes of spices.
Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel and hops.
Hoppy finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled. A amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of straw and caramel, as well as a bit of butter. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is light malty, caramelish and slight breadish. Roasted malty and slight hoppy citrusy. Bitter and roasted malty finish.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
On tap at Aidens Pub in Bristol, RI. The beer had a flat pour with minimal cream white head. The beer had a lovely amber color. The beer had a very sweet malty flavor with a creamy soft, almost flat, mouth feel with limited hop flavor. A decent beer, went well enough with Rhode Island clam chowder. Having had the beer in the bottle in was much worse on tap. There is a much more distinctive and noticeable hop flavor from the bottle.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sample at the Roc City Brewfest (Rochester), served in the taster glass provided. 19FE11.
App.: Clear amber with an off-white head.
Aroma: Quite nutty, caramel, some esters and light fruitiness, a bit odd.
Palate: Medium body, moderate effervescence.
Flav.: Caramel, biscuit, light fruitiness, a little resinous hops, light esters, bread; dry with restrained bitterness and a pleasant fruity/malty finish.
Fairly simple. Meh.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A local favorite. Nice foamy head. Good aroma, a little watery body. A local favorite though, and it always seems fresh. A good summer ale.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
A golden ale with a thin creamy off white head. Aroma of caramel malt, nutty and fruity. In mouth, a smooth nutty malt, grainy, a bit boring and mundane. On tap ate ROC Empire Brewfest, Feb. 19 2011.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear straight amber ale topped by a healthy white foam that slowly fades. Fruitier than I thought for one aiming at an altbier, this has red fruits along the lines of cranberries and a fair lemony juiciness over its bready and highly grainy malts where I expected more toast and nuttiness. It remains an easy going quaffer with a fun, very soft carbonation that makes the ensemble slightly creamy. It’s also globally fresh tasting, but it fights in a crowded category and is thus not very memorable.
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