3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tallahassee, Fl. - New Leaf Market - 12 oz bottle. Dark orange pour with a thin white head that dissipates quickly - very autumn looking. Sweet aroma, with some sweet molasses and brown sugar. Flavor is sweet as well with some brief hints caramel, pumpkin, and molasses. Smooth, clean mouthfeel. Pretty solid.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep amber beer, thin white head. Aroma is sweet and lightly toasty and malty wit abit of herbal spicy hops. Pretty nice balanced. Sweet but not sticky. Biscuity with lots of chewy munich malts. Pretty solid interpretation.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Medium average brown body with a thin, even off-white head...light malt presence; otherwise, not worth noting....swift, slightly alcoholic streak to the back of the throat...medium flavor of nut (?) and malt...smooth and unobtrusive overall...a serviceable lager that holds a bit back and offers a VERY drinkable late summer substance--one of Mendocino’s better, though as with all their beers, this exhibits a reserved character.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: SEP 24, 2008 Pours a glowing dark red/amber with a medium off-white frothy head. Rich toasty malt aroma, light grassy hops, some spicy cinnamon. Flavor is not quite as interesting, alcohol is immediately apparent, some lovely toasted malt and cinnamon, but also some bland typical american lager characteristics mixed in, crystal and caramel malts. Similar to a lighter version of Capital’s Autumal Fire. Medium body with softer soda carbonation. Really pretty good stuff...
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nice auburn color with malty nose. Flavor is rich maltiness. A bit on the heavy side for an O’fest, but a nice beer all the same
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: AUG 21, 2009 355 ml. Clear copper with a small head that disappears. Nose is faint but has notes of spicy wood, earthy molasses and marshmallow. Flavor is woody molasses, grilled corn, some sourish fruit, and slight pepper, all with some toasted-nut malt holding it up. Palate is light-medium, dryish, and very tingly on the tongue. Pretty good marzen.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a clear amber with a thick white head. This beer has a faint aroma of grapefruitty hops and malt. The taste, likewise, is of fairly bland malt with a hint of grapefruit and plain old hops bitterness. It’s pretty balanced and overall a good beer, but there’s nothing particularly exceptional about this beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured a clear copper amber color with about a 1 inch tan head. There were some carbonation bubbles visibly rising in the glass. There was a nice sweet maly aroma to the beer. There was a smooth mellow flavor, just a touch sweet and a mild bite on the finish. This was a very good drinking beer, very smooth, nice flavor and not filling.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: Pour is amber/golden with a nice off-white head. Aroma is biscuity with light hops. Flavor is light malt with light/medium hop characters. Real easy drink and blended real well. May buy again.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Nice dark amber body with a quickly dissipating off white head. Sweet aroma of malt, caramel, biscuit, and apple pie. Moderate carbonation on the somewhat thin palate. The flavor mirrors the aroma fairly well. Sweet and malty all of the way through. Caramel, brown sugar, and a touch of apples. The finish is crisp. There’s not much to speak of in the hop category. A pretty good Octoberfest.
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