3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a four-finger creamy head that fades quickly to a ring leaving some lace. Clear amber color. Hoppy nose. Good carbonation and medium bodied. Flavor is sweet/hoppy then a serious hoppy/bitter finish that doesn’t really linger. $1.89 for a 12oz bottle from Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, Me.
Dead Guy is an alias for White Crane Bitter Ale it isn’t anything like Dead Guy, different ABV, different look & taste:
White Crane pours a four finger cream head that fades slowly leaving a good lace. Cloudy brown/amber color. Light carbonation and medium bodied. Malty/hoppy nose. Flavor is an almost sweet caramel, the hops are trying to dominate. $2.30 for a 12oz bottle from Glen Beverage Glen, NH.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a nice honey-amber colored ale with a decent head. Smells of sweet fruity esters with a hint of malt. Mouth feel is good, not too light. Tastes of sweet malt with a little bit of tang on the back end. Overall a great maibock, would drink again.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nice medium bodied, copper in color, nice hop balance against the the malty goodness. This is one of my favorite everyday ales, I’d drink it more if it were priced lower.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Reddish-amber color, no head. Rich, sweet, tangy, and malty. Lively carbonation. Toasty, nutty, and brown sugar notes.
4.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Quite possibly my favorite Ale! This has been one of my favorites since back in my college days (Florida State Univ grad. 2001). The pour from the bottle is a beautiful copper color with a cloudy/white head. The aroma is of hops, spice and has a medium body and the aftertaste finished strong. Just the right bitterness - every time I want a quality Ale Dead Guy is what I pick up.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Caramely malty aroma. Pours an orange color with a pale amber head. Tastes caramely with a slight bitter finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12oz bottle, pours a dark amber with frothy off white head. A touch of hops in the aroma, very malty a bit sweet, overall a fantastic mass produced beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle. deep yellow gold. foamy white head. bready hop aroma. decent daily drinker. a step up from many other mass produced beers.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Fairly stern and well stewed signature hop scent. Bottle was perhaps overchilled but murky ear wax brown throughout, insignificant head - again perhaps due to the fact the bottle looked like it was in the fridge for weeks. Speaking of weaks (lol) a sticky zest on initial taste doesnt add much more to the undercurrent of lingering fizz. An earthly, honest malt stamp to finish but nothing special. I recall being more impressed with this on first tasting years ago. (Bottle, Blackfriars, Glasgow)
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