3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy reddish amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty slightly floral hoppy aroma with hints of caramel. Sweetish malty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter caramel finish.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Decent American strong ale. Mild malt and hop. Clean finish. Remarkably mild for the gravity.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brickstore hop harvest fest again. Crap not my favorite hop profile here. Band aid and rubbing alcohol. Aroma is a little more muted and tolerable with its earthy herbalness. Flavor is ruinous though and the finish is quick, faint, and citrus bitter, orange.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Amber hued with very little head. Smells of piney hops and was highly carbonated. Very little malt background. Mediocre IPA
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft at the brewery, pours dark dull copper with thin beige head. Tastes like heaven in a tiny glass! Yeeehaw it’s delicious!
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft @ the brewery. Pours hazy amber with a slight white head. Some earthy and floral hops, nutty caramel malt. Fairly malty with a bit of hop bitterness, caramel, some toast. Medium mouthfeel, same for carbonation.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Growler courtesy RealityDeviant on 04/23/2009. Slightly hazy dark orange amber body with a medium frothy off-white head. Sweet earthy and malty flavor with a bit of floral hops. Sweet floral and earthy hop flavor with a bit of caramel background. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Growler shared by Ding at the Brick Store with the usual crowd.
Pours a hazy brownish amber with a big creamy white head that shows good lacing.
The aroma is interesting and dominated by the toasted malts with some caramel thrown in. The hops are there in the nose but really just in a supporting role. Definitely not the nose of an APA.
The taste follows the aroma and has plenty of caramel malt sweetness and some floral hops that are more prevalent in the bitter finish than up front. The taste has an overall dry and slightly toasted character.
The mouthfeel is medium bodied, smooth and a bit crisp in the finish.
This is not one of my favorite Pisgah brews but it’s certainly drinkable despite not having a ton of complexity. Good but not great.
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