3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at sacramento chilli cookoff. Pours amber with off white head.. taste was lots of red malt with a slight oak vanilla flavor.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On keg at Sacramento beer and chili fest. Aroma was roasty. Flavor had some sign of barrel/oak aging with a bit off vanilla. Flavor wasplain otherwise. Palate finished dry.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap at the brewpub. Copper with a lasting head. Caramel and grain on the nose, with a touch of toasty oak. Flavor is the same with a lingering bitter finish of oak. Medium body is balanced, lightly sticky and has medium carbonation.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap. Pours clear amber with a medium, frothy off-white head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is caramel and cookie malt, fruity esters and earthy hops. Flavor is malt forward with medium hops and bitterness, light fruity esters and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Aroma slightly oaky, brown in color... Flavor is caramel, toffee malts, with hints of oak, not terribly complex for a wood-aged beer... Kind of disappointing, but drinkable...
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampler @ Rivery City -
This one probably intrigued me the most before actually trying it. The description says it’s aged on oak, but after tasting the beer I did not get any oak character at all. I did get some light hop notes, but nothing that would scream an IPA at me. Some light iced tea notes, with some woody/earthy hops made this one kind of remind me of some kind of bitter/ESB. Decent.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Amber-gold with white head. A middle of the road red ale, not much wood noticed.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at West Coast Brewfest 2011. Pours cloudy amber with a thin beige head and a toffee aroma. There is also a toffee flavor with a bit of carbonation and finishing bitterness.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(Draught) Pours a clear amber body with a medium beige head. Aroma of wood, caramel, biscuit, and grass. Flavor of caramel malt, citrus, earth, subtle wood, and light pine with a bitter finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Name: Wooden Head Ale
Date: July 06, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear amber, wispy off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, light hops
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice bready character, plenty of earthy bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4
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