2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 12/20
From the 1 pint 6 fl. oz. bottle with the date clipped at February on the label. No year listed. The pour is a very cloudy copper yellow with about two inhes of puffy off-white head. The aroma is too yeasty for my pale ale tastes. Once I get around that sensation I note a crisp hoppiness in the background. Thinner mouthfeel but probably appropriate for this style. The taste is more tart than anything else but it leaves an unpleasant aftertaste. It is named after a mythical water creature that allegedly lives in Lake Champlain. The taste is just as elusive.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Explodes out of bottle for a five+ finger white head that fades slowly to a ring leaving some lace. Clear amber color. Strong carbonation and medium bodied. Grapefruit nose. Flavor is sour peach and grapefruit, lingering bitter aftertaste from the hops. $2.99 for a 22oz bottle from Beverage Warehouse Winooski, VT.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
on tap-pours a white head that laces and hazy gold color. Aroma is citrus, secondary light malt. Taste is citrus-lemon/grapefruit with some bitter, secondary light malt.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draught) Pours a hazy deep amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of toasted grain, floral, grass, and caramel. Flavor of hops (grass, grapefruit, herbal, light pine), toasted grain, and caramel malt.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks to HogTownHarry. Appearance: Orange, small off white head. Aroma: Lemon, citrus. Mango. Flavour: Lemonade, yeast, wheat, nice minor bitterness in the flavour too, very enjoyable.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Medium sweet spicy citrus aroma. Body is hazy reddish orange with a very large off-white head. Flavor a delightful blend of pineapple and moderately sweet caramel, some bitterness. Lengthy finish that is bitter and satisfying. Very nice stuff.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle (22oz). Shared with blankboy and garthicus, via trade with glouglouburp. Cloudy orange-gold pour, decent fizzy-foamy-creamy lasting head. Dry, floral aroma (frankly there’s definitely a characteristic McNeills aroma & taste) - pungent and slightly lemony. The taste seemed a little thin - weak malt, a lot of dry lemon, not much actual bittereness. Average-bodied, tart & astringent - perhaps the bottle was a little old? Still enjoyable, though.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle (22oz) shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a cloudy golden-orange with a large lasting frothy white head. Nice hoppy aroma: citrusy, piney and spicy, along with some pale malt and grain. Flavour of citrus hops, a touch sour but not in a bad way, a bit spicy and fruity and with a long bitter finish. Average to medium bodied. Pretty good stuff.
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