3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Fresh Hop PA-on tap-pours an offwhite head with yellow color. Aroma is orange/pine, some light/medium malt. Taste is orange/pine hops with slight bite, some light/medium malt with some sweet.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampler at Brewers Rendezvous 7/9/11. Pours a thin white head, over a dark gold (SRM 6) body....nose is grapefruit peel, pine, resin, toffee/caramel,,,,taste is toffee/caramel, pine, grapefruit....mouth feel medium, carbonation bedium. This is a nice balanced take of a Pale Ale. BJCP 8/3/12/4/7
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Strange as "Fresh Hop Ale" 5.5% 40IBU. Pours with a crystal clear golden body with a small white head. Aromas of tangerine, grass, overripe fruit, CTZ and dankness. Flavors are slightly spicy, medium bitter, grassy, dank fruity and a touch peppery. Medium bubbles with a dry finish.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap. Pours clear golden orange with a medium, fizzy white head, medium retention with spotty lacing. Aroma is fresh citrus, floral, and pine hops, biscuit malt, and tropical fruity esters. Flavor is light malt, moderate hops, light bitterness, tropical fruity esters and a dry finish. Light body, low warmth, medium carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured clear orange on tap at Strange with fluffy white head. Aroma has notes of citrusy orange, grapefruit, touches of pine, going into caramel and toffee notes. Taste is nice and hop forward, with notes of orange, pine and some grassy spice notes, touch of caramel, finishing fairly clean, not too bitter and dry.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured a somewhat cloudy bronze color, with a lingering beige head. Very hop forward, with aromas of citrusy hops and pine. On the palate, this one was light to medium bodied, with biscuity malt, citrus zest and piney hops. A very hop centric and delicious pale.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 12/20
Displayed as 5.5% and 40 IBUs. Honey gold in color, with a foamy white head. Rich caramelly aroma with a peppery-pine presense. Some belgo-funk was also in there. Slight spice taste, with white pepper, sweet pale malt, with a dry toffee ending. An average, albiet very well made Pale
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On Tap at Strange Brewing Company, Denver 16/09/2010 As Pale Ale "Strange or Bards" ABV 5.5% 40 IBU
Hoppy aroma. Golden coloured smooth on the palate and a little pale. Hoppy and fruity pineapple flavour with a hint of dryness and bitterness in a malt finish.
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Tap @ brewery. Goldenyellow appearance with a very small head. Well rounded nose between the pale malts and a mild hoppy aroma. Pale malty body with a cleanser-like, bitter hoppiness.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy amber pour. White head. The nose is lightly citrusy with a mix of lemon and orange. Light grapefruit and a soft resinous character. Light bodied with a softly earthy bitterness but it’s quite restrained on the IBU front. Fresh and a little bit grassy. A nice piny nose as it starts to warm up. Lightly resinous even… pretty tasty.
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