3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
hazy gold body, small off white head, quite lacy. mildly musty malt nose. flavor is musty and leathery malt. medium bodied, clean finish. a fun, enjoyable brew. quitge festy. not a favorite style of mine. a flossmoor station mugclubber shared this sample.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Canned 9/23/10 Enjoyed 10/2/10, Thanks Tyler!
Appearance: Pours copper with a thin filmy cap of white. The body is translucent and hazy. Leaves behind spotty lacing.
Aroma: Fairly sweet malt, light herbal and citrusy hop.
Taste: Bready and earthy malts, spicy hop bitterness. Lots of lingering flavor.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied, coating, with prickly carbonation.
Overall: An amazingly fresh, drinkable, complex lager. Good work.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pour is hazy copper color with a off white creamy head that dissipates to a film on top. Aroma is spicy malt and caramel along with some bread. Taste is bready yeast and malt with some great hops as well. Palate is gritty and slick and sticky with solid carbonation. This is my new favorite octoberfest brew!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Can. Not a huge fan of the style...but Surly doesn’t stick to style guidelines. Pours with a fluffy white head, pretty large. Golden brown in the glass. Lacing is heavy. Aroma is pleasing, with malt notes, some hops, rye as well. Rye was the biggest flavor, backed by clean hop notes. Very creamy, but doesn’t leave the tongue feeling coated. A great beer that I could drink way too many of. Even though I don’t like the style.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
16oz can courtesy of skyview. pours a clear, orange-amber with a thick, creamy, white head and nice lace. aroma is very nice with dry, grainy malts, rye crusts, and toasted caramel with subtle, fruity hop notes of lemon peel, orange, and a hint of apricot and just a touch of nutmeg. flavor is very tasty as well with big, grainy, toasted malts up front backed by caraway-seeded rye bread, wheat, and dry, honey-roasted peanuts with light hints of sweet caramel, grassy hops, and citrus on the finish. palate is medium bodied with crisp carbonation and a dry, bitter, toasted finish. overall, an interesting brew but not totally my style.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Can. Pours deep amber with moderate off-white head. Big aroma of fruity hops - orange peel, peach - and lots of spiciness, with just a touch of doughy yeast. Flavor is really extraordinary, such a refreshing, thrilling interpretation of the style. A semi-sweet, layered and mildly toasty clean grainy malt set against a very pleasing and lightly bitter citrus hop flavor. This might be the best lager I’ve ever had.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Can. Pours a nice amber red color with a nice 1 finger off whtie head. Very clean and crisp looking. Very slight hop in the nose but mostly the aroma is dominated by malty grain, wheat, and rye type aromas. SLight bitter taste with a nice balanc of malt flavors. Very reminiscent of german beers with a nice american twist. Nice lace left on the glass. Medium outhfeel. Very sessionable.
0.5 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 1/20
had at surlyfest 2010 amber in color heavy on the hop notes. Not as malty as most fest beers
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