3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Tiffany Beer Mug (yeah, I know, but it was a 5th anniversary gift from my work and actually pretty cool).
Appearance: Clear, rich copper but it struggles to form a head.
Aroma: Fairly dry caramel, cherry, biscuit and noble hops.
Taste: Semi-sweet at first with cherry and caramel before becoming more biscuity and spicy on the finish. Nicely balanced and it has a sweet core that is not at all cloying.
Palate: Moderate carbonation, smooth, fairly light body, semi-dry finish.
Overall: Another winner from Penn, as the 4 beers I have had from them (alas, two were in my pre-review days) have been well above average examples of their respective German styles.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle, light hazy light brown colour with some rusty streaks, fruity aroma with some caramel notes, flavour of caramel with some dried fruits that add a note of sourness. Quite drinkable but nothing too exciting.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
bottled, thanks to cavie, amber color with thin ring of foam, aroma and flavor have some carrot juice and caramel
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottle from Cavie. Amber pour with a small white head. Aroma is caramel, grain, and sweetness. Taste is metallic, astringent, and some pumpkin.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle from box. Clear amber color with a small white head. Aroma is malty and tea leaves, with a little dry notes. Flavor is dry and malty. Meh not too interesting.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Beer of the month, pours magnificent orange with a peach to beige nice head, aroma of bread, butter cookies, vanilla, butterscotch and marmalade, flavor is acidic and metallic with some american hops, vegy off-flavors and dough, light to medium bodied, something wrong with this beer’s flavor
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 ounce bottle. Pours a clear copper with an average tan head. Aroma of malt and caramel. Taste is similar. Somewhat sweet, not much in the way of hops. Decent.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Beer of the month club. Hazy amber with a small white head. Aroma of malt, some caramel, some acidity and fruits (lots of apple). Sweetish-sourish yeasty flavor with some malt and sour fruits. Finishes with more sourness. Rather light-bodied. I think something went wrong here, but it’s still drinkable.
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