3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very full of yeast which gives it an interestering look. Orangish tan and very cloudy with a creamy white long lasting head. Aroma is yeast, wheat, citrus. Smells like a standard triple. The flavor is trong... spiced and a mild alcohol takes up resicence. For moments there are bubble gum hints. The finish is smooth and warm and the tangy alcohol sits on the tongue.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from brewery, poured a hazy copper orange with foam white head. Yeast and spice aroma. Slight pepper/clove and dry sweetness. Alcohol was well blended but something lacks in the body, a little light.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Venom’s description is right on.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Average triple. Aroma of hay and barnyard. Flavor of hay, barnyard and some berries. Nice sweet, drinkable but nothing out of the park.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Orange with a dense, rapidly accumulating head. Initial nose is spicy, with fruits and clove. The taste was too astringent for me, with an unbalanced palate of sweetness. I believe the style should have more grassy dry notes with an almost uplifting lightness to it.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap. Clear, darker amber with hardly any head. Mixed fruits on the nose. Very thick, and mouth coating on the palate with fruit and spice. Malty and luscious not really noticing the 9% alcohol.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cloudy orange with an off-white head. Laces the glass nicely. Smells like cloves and butter. Tastes like bananas and yeast with a finish that is reminiscent of candy circus peanuts. Good beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 14, 2004 Bottle date 11/3/03. Amber to copper color, very creamy off-white head. Aromas of cantaloupe, banana, malt, spice, and pencil shavings. Malty and spicy flavor (clove and nutmeg?), yeast, banana, dough, buttercream, and smoke. The alcohol presence seemed a little harsh and chemical. Rich, smooth palate. Some yeasty bitterness in the finish. Bottles I’ve had in previous years had more tart fruit and less yeast in the flavor.***RERATE Dec2004*** (Last year’s rating 3.2: 5, 4, 6, 4, 13). New 12oz bottle puchased at brewery late November, different label (elves). Pours apricot/orange, opaque with yeast. Slow bubbles expand into a frothy head as I watch. Spicy aroma of graham crackers, anise, candi sugar, plum, orange, tropical melon, and banana. Flavor is syrupy sweet, minty, candied fruits, and burnt cookie bottoms. I pour the remaining sludge of bottle yeast into my now half full glass; additional peppery, woody, and vanilla characters join the party. The initial sweetness becomes an afterthought as multiple flavors mingle and fill the mouth, becoming more complex with every sip. Plentiful yeast in here for homebrewers to wrangle. Viscous mouthfeel. Creamy cantaloupe and coconut aftertaste pairs with a stinging bitterness that is equal parts alcohol, spice, and hops. Truely a beer to be savored.
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