2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Well I guess there’s not much too say that hasn’t been said, so I’ll say that overall I like Mcneill’s brews. This one not so much. Aroma has a funky smoke to it, oh yeah this bottle is from last christmas, so I have no idea how much older it may be. Poured a dark hazened yellow. Flavor is grainy to me. Palate isn’t anything to complain about this just wasn’t for me. Maybe I’ll crack that imperial stout soon.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Slighlty hazy amber color, with a small ring of a head. Burnt plastic aroma with notes of plums. Grassy bitter flavor, with grainy, cereal-like malts. Not my cup of tea.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Thanks to Frylock for this one. Orangey copper body, thin tan head. Nose is kind of plasticy - some orange & lemon. Very boozy - cereal, lemon, orange, caramel. Doughy bready finish. Very grassy.
1.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 5/20
Big time drain pour. Aroma wasn’t bad, very citrusy. Pooked nice, cloudy of course. Flavor was obnoxiously strong citrus and soap, like rotten fruit dish soap.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours amber with a thin rim of white bubbles. Smells of citrus and some sugar. Taste is very citrussy with some caramel on the finish.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured an amber color with a thin, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of caramel malts, light citrus and metal. Taste is much better. Some grains, sweet caramel malts, dough, some citrus, light bitterness, and a dry finish.
2.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: OCT 8, 2008 22 oz bottle direct from the brewery. Dark amber with a slight, quickly dissipating, white head. Aroma is is dusty, kind of like basement mold. Clean and well balanced with a slight rise in hops at the finish turning to a long moderately lingering bitterness. Drying finish. Decent, but not nearly of the caliber of other McNeil’s brews.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle: Pours to a slightly hazy light-medium amber body with a small light beige head. Shines light copper when held to the light. Aroma is light grain, mild fruit, a hint of yeast, and a very light dough. Taste is light grain, wet sweaty grains, a hint of lemon, yeast, pale malt, and light hints of salty water and bready malt. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, finishes with a hint of good grains, floral/grassy hops, and a bare hint of citrus. Excellent mouthfeel and body, no off flavors whatsoever. No sourness anywhere in my sample.
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