3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Gorgeous aroma - lots of cascade and some pale maltiness too. Appearance-wise it’s very attractive. Light copper with a bountiful white head. I enjoy the taste quite a bit - more spiciness than i anticipated (not a bad thing at all). Body is lighter than expected too - making for a pretty easy drinking pale. Very pleasant all around and I’m really really excited that NB is making this! (fwiw, I’ve met arrow a few years ago, such a sweet dog).
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Now this is a pale ale I can see being stocked in my ’fridge a LOT. A really nice beer at a really nice price. Sierra who? Aroma has the classic catty Amarillo character I really love. Pine resin, caramel malts, and toasted grains. MMMMmmmm. Flavor is moderately bitter, citrus zest, earthy hops, slightly spicy with a nice malty backbone. Quite refreshing to have a quality pale ale like this. Sometimes I forget about how great a pale ale can be.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz. single bottle from the local Bloom Grocery Store in Mooresville, NC. Pours a clear orange/yellow color with a thin white head. Aroma is grapefruit, other fruits, and grassy. Flavor is caramel sweet with hoppy dryness throughout ending with a tart bite. Very drinkable, might become a regular beer for me. Cheers!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Copper with good, creamy white head / Light citrus and caramel nose / Medium body, some sweetness, balanced and although not hoppy, there is dryness on the good finish / Flavors of toasted grain and burnt sugar with notes of grapefruit and orange / Very good, not in the league with the best.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 18, 2009 12 oz. Orange-amber, with an inch of lasting foam. Aroma is a pleasant blend of resin, light honey, spicy-flowery hop and light orange. Taste is the same. Near-medium body is smooth and dryish. Crunchy lacing. By far the best of the 8 NB beers I’ve tried, and a nice session ale.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
from old rating note: bottle from somewhere along the way on pacific n.w. trip. amber gold pour with fluffy white head. grass, floral, biscuits and hops in the aroma. taste is citrus hop bitterness balancing out the honey caramel malts. good balance and crisp fairly carbonated palate. K7
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle. A pretty well-made APA. Filtered orange-tan color. Straightforward stuff in a way, a great balance between the sweet honey malt and the spicy, but cool bitter hops. A hell of a session beer, a hoppy honey ale with an herbal finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Smells Hoppy sweet, kind of like a hop fruit. Not like a grapefruit, literally like a Hop fruit, if one existed. Color is light orange with a small head. Tastes of fizzy paleness, with a full bodied mouthfeel.
Good.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Mentally comparing to FFF Alpha King which I enjoyed recently. A nice citrusy front palate following the nice hoppy but mild nose. This is light to me, but still maintaing all of the proper taste notes. A nice easy going interpretation of the style to me.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAR 27, 2010 12 oz. bottle- Pours golden with decent head and good lacing, Aroma is not much, some floral notes. The flavor is much better than the Pyramid Fling, more complex and all around a better made beer. This accents hops more, the Fling concentrates on fruity flavors, which is not bad, just different. New Belgium continues to change my opinion of them, how the hell is Fat Tire their flagship beer- I don’t understand.
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