2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft at the brewery
Medium dark orange and brown color, with a very sharp clarity. Nutty, creamy maple flavors, slick and uncarbonated, ith a sweet finish of nuts and maple syrup. Fresh tasting, but simple.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Nutty, roast, chocolate, earth. Pours brown, some haze, thin head. THe flavor is rather straightforward with nutty notes, light sweetness, and an earthy moderately bitter finish.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Dark amber, receding tan head. The sweet nutty malt aroma seemed promising, but tasted kinda thin. Light bodied, low hopped. Tart thin finish. LF (Lagerboy Friendly)
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle from Spinnakers Spirit Merchants, Victoria
Brown mahogany color, with small head. Strange aroma of roasted malts and light durian. Lean body, with mild caramel flavor, and a hint of vegetables and cardboard. Low bitterness, with a very light trace of liquorice in the end.
Failing on many points: no nuttiness, poor malt presence, and even poor hopping.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
650ml bottle purchased at the brewpub store for $5.00CAD. Very good. Not available on tap.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub - Victoria BC
The dark malts with the spices added made this easy to drink and had a great after taste.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
I’m enjoying my first one as I write this. Pours with just a slight head; nice taste ("nutty", perhaps?), and no unpleasant after-taste. I do like this beer and would definitely drink it again.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue sur place, le 27 avril 2009; oeil : bronze, claire, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : beaucoup de malt, légère poussière, léger cendré, léger sirop d’érable; bouche : beaucoup de malt, légère poussière, léger cendré, léger sirop d’érable, léger brûlé, finale en malt avec présence de léger sirop d’érable brûlé, corps moyen, peu carbonatée, texture légèrement poussiéreuse, un peu aqueuse; en résumé : bien
ENGLISH
Glass, 5-ounce, draught, on the premise on April 27 2009; eye: bronze, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: lots of malt, light dusty, light ash, light maple syrup; mouth: lots of malt, light dusty, light ash, light maple syrup, light burnt, finale in malt with presence of burnt maple syrup, medium body, not much carbonation, slightly dusty texture, a bit watery; overall: fine
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown, medium brown head. Quite a rich aroma of nutty chocloate. Same flavour dominates the palate, along with some coffee and brown sugar. A nice brown ale.
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