3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours hazy apricot with a foamy 2 finger whiteish head. Lots of citric and fruit aroma over mildly roasted caramel. Medium + body with biting, foamy carbonation. Flavor is mild roast malt with a big dose of grapefruit rind hop. It finishes pretty darn bitter. Fruit? Seems to have gang aglay.
Earlier Rating: 6/22/2007 Total Score: 3.7
Aroma is something of a yeasty citrus. Reddish copper color with a white head that laces as it diminishes. Very smooth, low carbonation, medium bodied. Creamy. HOP!!!! Yes, there is some malt here, and there is some sweetness, but, hey, who cares. Hop. Hop. Hop. Burn my taste buds. Dry, spiced bitter finish. Washes those jalapenos right out of my palate. Fantastic.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(35.5cl bottle) Cloudy, bright orange to amber colour with a firm mid-sized and slightly tanned foamy head. Apricot and lemon fruity and slightly woody hoppy aroma with a mildly sweet malty background. Moderately bitter flavour, medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Solid malty base with lemon- and grape-fruity, slightly woody hoppy notes, lingering into the dry and aromatic (not brutally) bitter finish with licorice and nettle-like spices in the aftertaste (16.II.09).
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
red colour, fruity aroma, great bitterness, too much carbonation
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask (gravity dispense), GBBF, August 2005. Not that brutal, but firmly assertive. Orangey copper colour. Clean hoppy aroma. Oranges on the palate. The hops are not over the top and are well integrated. Sharp, crisp and fresh. Very juicy. Top drop.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured a medium, hazy amber color with an averaged sized, off white head. Citrus aromas and tastes (mainly oranges) Light pine as well. Nice bitter bite. Slightly sweet. Nice balance.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 12 OZ. Hazy dark amber hue with medium head that lasted the complete brew. Complex citrus and hop aroma. Medium body. Very good complex flavor of malt, citrus and hops with a long bitter finish. Very good ESB.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUL 26, 2006 From a 12 oz bottle. Hazy orange coloured beer, thick creamy head with great persistence. Aroma is fairly clean, light orange citrus with a bit of earthy/spicy noble hop character. A hint of lean maltiness. Flavour is spicier than the aroma suggests. A bit of orangey hops. As it warms the spicy hops really come to the fore. Earthy lightly bitter finish. Quite a nice brew, but I think I prefer UK versions.
Tap. Cloudy amber colour, thin head. Aroma is lightly oaky, some mushroomy character. Flavour is fairly hoppy, earthy, woody flavour. Light toffeeish notes. Slightly sulfuric notes coming off of this one. Okay, but it doesn’t really do it for me.
6/3/6/3/11
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a hazy copper golden with a thick nicely lacing off-white head. Fresh hoppy aroma leads into a clean crisp malty body with a smooth bitter finish. Palate is chewy, semi-sweet and dry. A good bitter.
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