4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at HDG. Pours a hazy deep brown with amber highlights and a frothy lasting head. Aroma is very hoppy- lots of mint, pine, and citrus- orange peel. Sweet sticky malts, lots of caramel, some chocolate, nutty, more toffee sweetness, lots of piney citrus notes and a smooth bitter finish. Nice full mouthfeel and goes down easy. Great American Strong Ale.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Flying Saucer Addison: Pour looked dark, with a tan head, but the beer had some see-through red hues to it. Aroma was hoppy, but my nose was a bit stuffed, and I couldn’t detect too much. It was a tangy hop quality though. But the flavor? WOW. This is an intense hoppy taste that attacked my tongue harder than most IIPAs or hoppy barleywines. Malty flavors were mild, and hidden until the beer warmed up a bit, but they taste like black coffee. So yeah, you have bitter black coffee flavors to balance out a bitter hop onslaught. Just a crazy and demanding experience all around. I was surprised that the mouthfeel was at a medium level, but even then I had to take my time with this. A very bleak beer for sure, bitterness balancing bitterness.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Aroma is slightly hoppy,with some backing sweet malt,in no way does it predict the huge simcoe and amarillo taste that hits you upon first sip,bittering is even more extreme,cant recall having a brew that was this dark and this hoppy. excellent,I need more
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pint at Summits in ATL - Aroma is pure hops plain and simple. Pours dark brown with a medium head and great lacing. Flavor is citrus, floral, and piney hops. I think they are all there. A bit of burnt malt in the back at a vain attempt to balance it out. Palate is tart, sticky, and tart. A hop heads dream and quite tasty.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A black pour with almost no head or lace. A malty citrus aroma with a hint of chocoffe. A nice sharp had hop and toasted malt bitter. A slightly sweet wisp on the initial sip that slips to a hard bitter. I couldn’t wait long enough for it to warm to ideal drinkng temp. It was good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draught --> Flying Saucer. Good strong American Ale with plenty of good hoppy flavor. Nice malty backbone too but it’s the hops that make this one shine. Plus as a lab owner myslef, how can I not dig it?
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
tap at Rogue’s Portland brewpub - The ratings surprise me for this one. The beer I had, labeled "Brewer Strong Ale" on the chalkboard, which I assume is this one, was not impressive. Other than lots of malt, there wasn’t much going on the flavor and it had too much alcohol in both the taste and the finish. Maybe I’ll get a chance to rerate it sometime.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Resiny, hoppy, sweetness in the aroma. Pours a cloudy brown, with a rich tan head. Hoppy but there’s a huge malt flavor to balance it out. It has a sticky feeling. This would be a great winter warmer if i wasn’t in florida and it wasn’t 90 degrees still! but all in all a great beer!
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