3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20Pleasant, sessionable, smooth and easy-drinking brown ale. Light toast, subtle sweetness (brown sugar, caramel, honey, vanilla), faint spiciness (pepper, possibly a hint of clove) and a little nuttiness. Finishes clean.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle pours reddish brown color with fluffy creamy tan head Nice lacing on glass head that hangs around for awhile. Smells earthy with subtle baking chocolate and coffee aroma lingering around. As it warms up toffee smell is present. Tastes sweet and smooth. Medium body that coats the tongue. Good carbonation. Small hop flavor at the end. Decent session beer that is easy drinking. Definitely gets better as it warms up.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Comes out of the tap a nice clear mahogany with a thick, if not persistent, light tan head. Malty aroma has caramel and woody hints. Roast malt flavor has nutty, caramel and subtle hoppy tones in attendance. Firm body is fairly tingly and lively. A good way to welcome spring.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours a light-medium brown color with white head. Nutty, malty, light chocolate aromas. Chocolate, brown sugar, caramel, nutty, light vanilla flavors. Nice, easy drinking brown ale.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz bottle pours brown with a off white head. Aroma is caramel malts and a hint of pine. Taste is nutty and malty.
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 8/20
From a 12oz bottle, poured red brown color with a med light brown head. I smell caramel, chocolate and some light coffee. I taste all of the same with some dark fruits. Great drinking Ale.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sample at Hopfest 2013. Comes reddish brown with a decent tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, and chocolate. Taste is caramel malt, chocolate, fruit, and a touch of hops. Light and easy to drink.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a deep amber color with thin tan head. Nice lacing. Not much aroma. The sweetness from the malt comes through. A touch of nuttiness and then a dry finish with just a hint of hops. There’s not much special about this one and the flavor is a bit muted. Its easy drinking along the lines of Newcastle.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Aroma is caramel malts, toffee and mild nuttiness. The flavor is caramel malts, light toffee, mild nuttiness and a medium sweet finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Appearance: clear cola brown, with russet highlights, a quickly fading fizzy light beige head, and minimal lacing. Aroma: lightly toasted malts, caramel, graham cracker, with a hint of leather and wood. Taste: a bit nutty, rather sweet, with surprisingly crisp, almost lagery toast character accentuated by light molasses and cola. Finish: clean, crisp, and slightly sweet, with lingering toast and light nutty character. Notes: There is minimal hop presence to this beer, and it’s very light in body. Nevertheless, the sweet, restrained toasty and nutty malt notes were enjoyable.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Type: 22-oz. bomber
Glass: Karl Strauss pint glass
From: Del Mission Liquor in Hillcrest (San Diego), Calif.
Price: 2-for-$5
Purchased: April 25, 2013
Consumed: April 25, 2013
Misc.: N/A
Poured a mahogany brown color with two fingers of khaki tan head. Decent amount of sporadic and uneven layered lacing on the sides. Good retention all the way down.
Smelled roasted caramel notes first. Also nuts, toast, toffee and faint bitter chocolate notes. Had me wanting to come back for more.
Not as much flavor in the taste like the nose. Roasty caramel, toffee, chocolate milk and nuts with bitterness hanging on the tongue after.
Medium body. Oily-to-creamy texture. Average carbonation. Slightly bitter, but still smooth finish.
This beer had its moments, but it was missing something. A bit more flavor I would have rated it higher than a 3.5 (which may have a bit generous).
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