4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: OCT 26, 2007 This is bright golden, bubbly, with a thick active white head that foams up big and fast, regardless of efforts to keep it under control. The head lasts and stays thick to the end, leaving thick, nice lacing that covers the glass to the very end. The aroma is mild, faint yeasty bread and definite lemon peel citrus. The taste is bready malt up front with mild sweetness, rapidly giving way to mildly bitter hoppiness, and a hoppy, floral finish leaving a pleasant floral aftrertaste. It is crisp, with a fairly full yet lively feel. It is very refreshing, smooth, balanced, exceedingly drinkable and tasty. The first sip seems kind of disappointing, but its true full character takes over after that, making it very satisfying.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours cloudy with a thick white head. Mild, pear like aroma. Very refreshing taste, some grapefruit but not much else going on. Strong tangy after taste. Definitely not very complex, but delicious all the same.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Good fruitiness mixed with a hop punch and decent maltiness. Pretty good bitter all around.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Clear copper orange; medium white head. Light aroma, mandarin orange? DRY, hoppy flavor, leaning towards metallic, but Not in a bad way. Soft grainy aftertaste. Light bodied, very drinkable. Consider this my introduction of sorts with British beers; I don’t know of anything like this in the U.S. The kind of beer that you want to have around in large quantities, simple but very effective. Unfortunately a little cost-prohibitive here though.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep gold wolor with thick lasting head. Wonderful aroma of Challenger hops with solid malt backbone. Flavor is a pleasant balance of hops and malt in delicate combination. Finishes with a slight apricot flavor. Very nice session beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Amber body, big white head with good retention and lace, fruity, hoppy nose. Well balanced malt and hops, has that Maris Otter character, rather thin, quaffable.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Much better than their Ivanhoe, had warm w/a faint aroma. Taste is dry and hoppy. A nice ale, really reminds me of like an American Pale Ale than a bitter. Good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Small head. Fruity nose, flavor of apples and lots of malt, some burned sugar and hops. good to linger with in front of the fire. Enjoy!
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