3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20caramel, bread, floral, pale, hazy, minimal head, white foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, lively, bitter, long finish, Pretty average IPA.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
OK, I confess the numbers are meaningless here. It’s one of the beers I drank during my family reunion in Santa Fe, but I don’t really recall it and my notes aren’t quite helpful. Yet I wanted to include it in my list. I’ll remember it next time!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
This was a pretty good standard IPA. The hops are there but quite a bit of caramelly malts as well. I enjoyed it.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Golden with a white head. The aroma is full of floral hops with some biscuit malt notes. Flavor is more of the same. I get some lighter biscuit and pale malts, as well as some floral and perfume-like hops. Low bitterness. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle @ the Great Best Western Las Cruces tasting of 2013 with yarn connoisseur, Rachel. Pours a bit hazy, burnt orange appearance with an off white head. Spicy, somewhat resiny, grapefruity hoppy, light cat pee, toasty malty aroma. Tangy, spicy, a bit peppery, piney, grapefruity hoppy flavor. A bit over the top but not bad.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
bottled, thanks to bu11zeye, golden amber color , mostly malty caramel with some slight bitter notes
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a nice cloudy honey color in the glass. Nice sweet citrus and banana aroma. Muted piney bitter flavor with a slight bitter citrus tang at the end. Overall, a drinkable brew but not too complex.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(12oz bottle thanks to bu11zeye) clear copper, fine white bubbles. Nose of caramel, honey, bit medicinal, liking the smell.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft at ABQ brewpub. Pours yellow with a thin white head that leaves a lot of lacing. Slight floral note on the nose. It does coat the tongue. Slight hop flavor with a touch of bitterness. Meh!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Thanks to knm for the bottle
A: Pours a slightly hazed caramel color with a small sopay cap, retention is decent
S: mellow nose, piny and resinous, caramel malts, and earthy yeast. Pretty malt forward, kind of grassy
T: interesting flavor..not really what you would expect from an IPA, but more pale ale like. Lots of malts, caramel, grassy and herbal hops. Bitterness is lower than normal
MF/D: Medium body, herbal/vegetal finish, carbonation is nice. Pretty drinkable but not really typical of the style
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Copper color in the glass. Aroma of citrus, pine, and resiny hops. Moderate bitterness on the palate. A middle of the road IPA.
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