3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Draft) Sampled at the 2011 Great Canadian Beer Festival on September 9, 2011. Deep brown. Good bite in the tongue with a lovely and warm hops base. Very enjoyable!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I used to live in Portland and drank tons of Ninkasi. This beer has always been a great go-to for me. The palate is chewy and malty with a touch of bitterness on the finish. It is a nice departure from some of the reds out there that are super hop-forward.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bomber. not sure what classifies this as an american strong ale....this category seems to hold a large variation of beer. anyway, pretty heavy malt aroma. not much hop presence. not really my style but not bad.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
22oz bottle Brown with a red hue. Lasting head. lots of citrusy hops, caramel malt, and chocolate in the aroma. Sweet caramel flat that pretty much clashes with citrusy hop flavor and a moderate to high bitterness. I’m not a fan of this combo. the flavors just clash and are obnoxious on the palate. Not a flawed beer, but I just don’t like what’s going on here.
-mobile rate.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours clear copper with a medium off-white head. Delicious blend of floral hops and caramel malt
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A clear dark red beer with a small whitish head that doesn’t last too long. The aroma is roasty malt with a bit of grassy hops, some fruit. The flavor hits with both a sweet caramelized malt note as well as some burnt toast notes and bitterness from the hops, interesting there. Finishes bitter and fairly dry, even a bit sour. Interesting beer.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 oz bottle...in Portland. Pours dark with tan head. Balanced malty / hoppy nose....lots of malt in the taste....good but not great....
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Bevmo: Once poured, a sweet malty aroma instantly greets my nose as I can tell these are high quality ingredients. Some sign of toffee or caramel malt and a decent amount of hops in the distant background that play out perfectly for a red ale. The color was a reddish tinted mahogany color with a firm layer of foam as the head. Flavors are initially bitter but then some sweetness kicks in and the only really thing worth mentioning is a caramel/toffee malt flavor and touch of hops. Not much else for me to say other than it was okay, but I wouldn’t buy another bottle again.
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