2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap at McCoys. Pours a copper color with white head. Caramel, light hop, slight bitter flavor. Mediocre.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at the brewpub. Malty, fruity aroma, toasty, mildly citric and sweet with notes of red apple skin, earthy hop and faint cellar must. Lightly hazy copper color with a slight, fading head. Flavor is gently bitter to start, turning sweeter and fruity with toasty caramel malts, and finishing with a dose of faintly spicy, citric hop flavor. Some lingering spruce. Semi-dry, moderately carbonated palate, body is medium. Certainly a passable example of the style, has some hop to it.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Date: February 25, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear copper, fine white head, spidery lace
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma, touch of bready character, light floral hops
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, light balancing hops, touch of bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Shaker pour at the brewpub. Has a clear reddish copper color and a lightly sticky lacing. Aroma is lightly fruity hops with a clean, lightly dusty maltiness. Taste has the hops turned down a bit but and more grassy as well. Pretty simple stuff, hop centric.
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