3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A - Pours a cloudy burnt orange with 1.5 fingers of white head that sinks rapidly to form crop circles.
S - Lots of caramel malt, orange and grapefruit cascade hops.
T - Rich caramel malt that is full and has a candy sweetness to it. Hops start in quick and keep the malt in check by offer a clean citrusy middle to finish. Has some tartness on the back end.
M- Medium lush body.
Nothing fancy here. Just a great unfiltered APA with nice caramel malts and clean citrus hops to offer a refreshing and very satisfying beer.
Serving type: bottle
01-28-2011
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Poured from bottle. Murky orange with a fair amount of dissipating head. Aroma had notes of fruit and bread. Nice kick and decent bitterness, but nothing spectacular. Drinkable, but fairly banal.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: JUN 27, 2012 Copper color. The pine and caramel notes lingering about were quickly overridden by the bitterness, astringency and light metallic off-notes. Taxing.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: DEC 11, 2011 12oz bottle 12/10/11 (Jack’s Mountain Home)-44° in Lager Glass-Pours a slightly hazy orangish amber with a small white head. Aroma of hops, citrus, pine, and malt. Taste of the same with a bit more malt on the back end. This medium bodied brew is not bad. Goes down easy.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Not quite the big hop aroma you’d expect. This is pretty good; quite dry in the finish. The best finish easily of all the choc beers I’ve had. and maybe the best one too.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz bottle pours a murky brown/amber with a huge khaki head. Aroma is faint fruits and caramel, hint of roasted malts. Taste has an initial acidic bitterness into some roasted malts and finishing with an astringent bitterness. Blah.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle pours a hazy orange with a thin white head. Scent is hops and bread with a fruit note. Taste is toasted malts and lightly bitter.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma with hints of citrus. Fruity malty hoppy citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish with hints of caramel in the aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle-pours lightly hazy orange with a soapy white head. nose of oxidized hops and faint grainy notes. flavors show a decent beer here if it were in better condition. big cascade notes here and finishes pretty dry with some grapefruit notes even though there is oxidization. could be very good if fresh.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Location: 12 oz bottle from Colonial Wine and Spirits, 6/8/11, as Choc Basement Batch
Aroma: The nose is fairly slight, some light fruity, pine, and herbal hops and light malty notes
Appearance: It pours a slightly cloudy orange color with a fluffy white head and good lacing
Flavor: The taste has is pine, herbs, and citrus hops, light sweet and medium-heavy bitter
Palate: The body is fairly creamy, smooth on the palate with a later tingle and a rather dry finish to it
Overall Impression:
I was pleasantly surprised by this one. It wasn’t special or anything, but it was better then I was expecting after the Belgian Wheat I had from these guys yesterday was a real disappointment. A solid APA.
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