3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at Moeder Lambic, Brussels, for the Stone beer festival. Sampled on September 16, 2011
Clear dark copper color, lasting fluffy tan head. Sweet, malty, fruity scent. Malty, grainy, harsh, bitter tate. Moussy mouthfeel, medium dry bitterness. Prolonged dry grainy harsh bitter aftertaste.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Amber color, medium head. Medium bodied ale. Very hoppy, medium bitterness. Nice balance of malt and hops, taste is slightly spicy. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter. Etched beer bottle.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 20, 2005 Bottle (650ml). Shared with blankboy, GregClow, jerc, tupalev - courtesy of yours truly. Poured cloudy red-amber-orange with a large lasting foamy-bubbly off-white head. Aroma of typical rich, resiny citrus hops, solid malt backbone, touch of sourness - straightforward but nice. Taste is a solid if unspectacular west coast pale ale - plenty of malt, the bitterness is there but not overwhelming - very easy drinking. Creamy, average body. Very nice, not their best but a pleasant mild session brew.
3.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Very nice balance of hops and malt. Delicious. One of my favorites.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks to Sarah for the bottle. The body is a slightly hazy dark orange and almost copper color. The head is light khaki and a hint of yellow. The aroma has some oranges and caramel. There is also a hint of flowers A very tame smelling beer. The taste is toasted walnuts with some caramel and iced tea. There is a little bit of bread crust. The body is smooth with a light amount of carbonation. A good expample of the style, but more subtle than I expected.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear copper color with creamy off white head. Light aroma of malty caramel – like malts. Nice flavor of roasted and caramel malts then crisp pine hops for good balance. Tasty brew.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bomber, dark brown pour, malty nose with a bitter finish, this didn’t really work for me maybe old bottle, I have like the other stones I have tried a lot better
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: SEP 9, 2005 Thought I’d finally give this a more realistic rating:
Bottle. Dark amber, slightly orangish with a good beige head. Big hop aromas (pine/citrus) with a caramel backing. Clean tasting, surprisingly malty (toasted malts, some biscuit), but the citrus hop flavor with a bit of spiciness dominates. Flavors some together very well and strike a balance - an in your face balance when you consider this is a pale ale, but balance none the less. It still wins our blind taste tests.
I’ve had this beer many times and it has never failed to impress. In a blind taste test of 8 southern california pale ale’s, this beer came first on 7 of the 8 taster’s lists.
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