3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Had this quickly after the straight Pale Ale and enjoyed this one a bit more. On draft at the brewpub. Nice hop aroma with some pine and pronounced citrus smells. A sort of faint amber color with a short offwhite head. Caramel malt flavors add to the body. Good bubblegum hop flavors as well.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Random bottle I had while visiting North Caroline. This stuff was very simple but very to style and refreshing. Highly sessionable with a great malt body and a much more prevalent hop presence than I was expecting.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the brewpub. Amber in color. This is more like a lager than an ale. The hop flavoring is very harsh and not a smoothly mellow as the Southern Pale Ale.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at the brewpub. Small white head on top of a straw colored brew. A touch of hops and straw in the nose. The flavor is a very thin, a bit of hops, but it’s just so perfectly clean tasting and finishes completely balanced. I could have a good time chugging this stuff all night long.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Date: 02/02/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark copper, fine white head, streaks of lace,
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma with light floral hops,
Flavor: light sweet malt flavor, touch of crystal for sweetness, light floral hops for balance, long bitter finish,
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
on tap-pours a dissipating off white head and gold/amber color. Aroma is mild citrus hops, faint medium malt. Taste is citrus hops-some bitterness, very dry, some medium malt, roasty. Good carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On Tap. Pours a coppery color with a smallish white head. Aroma is caramel malts, floral hops, citrus. Flavor is caramel, grapefruit, light orange. Palate is medium to light bodied, medium carbonation, finished lightly bitter. Decent.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Nice amber pour with a huge eggshell head that coated the glass all the way. There is a lot of sweetbread in the bouquet... almost like toffee meets dough.... interesting. This starts off with quite a bit of caramel malt, and is immediately contrasted by a pale, biscuit note. Just like their APA, this has a nicely bitter finish, only with bit more residual sugar, accompanied by a tinge of copper. At first, to be honest, I actually thought this was a combo of their APA and amber ales. However, upon further scrutiny, it’s a brew of its own, introducing special biscuit bitters and copper into this recipe. Not bad... the sweetness tends to stay "just" this side of cloying, but it was a nice way to round out the 4th of July.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
pours out a nice clean golden yellow color with a nice white head. aroma is very clean and somewhat yeasty. flavor was bland and watered down. i didnt expect much from this beer and that is what i got in return
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a sunshiney golden amber with a fluffy head of off-white. Aromas give a crisp hop air with the added feel of baked bread. Snappy hop flavors whack the tongue. Bready malt base; crackers and biscuits. This beer nearly dessicates my palate and leaves me with a shriiveled tongue. Dry, dry, dry, with a whipcrack of hop bite in every sip. Seems to me to be a meld of their Guilford Golden Ale and their Natty’s Pale Ale with a sprinkle of Bayonet ESB thrown in for good measure.
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