3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/2012oz weird shape bottle. Pours medium amber with a white head. Nothing very distinctive here just a simple easy drinking brown ale. It is a very drinkable session beer though nothing that great really.
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).
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Fairly standard brown ale, I think. Good for pairing with the first grill session of the season. Very mild, good malt flavor, good finish. Nothing standout.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Smells like dessert! Caramel, chocolate and coffee. Clear red-brown color, foamy tan head. Taste is smooth and balanced, nice and chocolaty! Medium bodied, goes down slick. Very easy drinking, 8/10
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours a clear deep amber with a light head, thin streaks of lace. The taste somehow reverses things: somewhat bitter chocolate malt grows through the palate into a warm caramel malt that lingers deep into the finish. Easy to drink.
3.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 8/20
Clean, slightly malty, definitely smooth with hints of xhocolate and almost a friity tone. Nice aftertaste!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
a good brew described well as above the brew is mellow and has quite a bit of vanilla and caramel seems like a creamy cream soda with a bitter finish. finish lingers nicely.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Aroma of coffee and cocoa. Clear reddish brown color. Starchy coffee taste, moderate bittering, not too sweet. A bit more spice and hop profile than your usual brown ale.
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