2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Date: 01/28/2006
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewfest, Atlanta Cask
clear gold, huge grassy hop aroma with a bit of pine sweetness, sweet pine flavor with tons of bitterness,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at the 1/27/07 Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting: Pours a slightly hazy transparent copper orange with a thin, airy coating of off-white head. Sweet orange and grapefruity hoppy aroma has some toasty biscuity malty notes. Body starts mildly sweet, revealing some piny grapefruity flavor and bittering hops toward a thinner bittersweet finish. Could use some more caramel malty sweetness and body, but has a good hoppy presence.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
2006 Atlanta Cask Ale Challenge Slightly hazed copper color with a minimal "cask" head. Big grapefruit and the flesh of citrus fruit aroma mixed with pine. If you smelled your hands after moving pines trees around that is the piney smell you would get. Caramel malt flavor has a big floral and citrus hop running through it. Mildly bitter finish that is semi-dry. Lightly warming.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
This pours a hazy amber with big apricot hops and a touch of pine in the aroma. Great fruity smell. It’s a touch light in the body, but that could be because it was gravity dispensed on cask. It’d benefit from a hand pump or forced carbonation to build up the body. I’ve been asking Sweetwater to make one of these things since the ABV law changed here and they’ve finally obliged.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Atlanta Cask Ale tasting
Bright gold color with a minimal head.
The aroma is straight pine and somewhat one dimensional.
The pineyness from the hops overpowers the flavor somewhat, really holding back the malt. A bit thin bodied, but not really bad, just a bit lacking in depth.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a light orange color with a white head. Aroma is of sweet malts and a nice grapefruit citrus hops. Flavor has a decent malt backbone with a long wonderful grapefruit bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at Atlanta Cask Ale. Cloudy orange color. Big grapefruit and pine aromas. Very overpowering. Some citrus fruit tastes. Not as sweet as a lot of doubles I’ve had but I’m not complaining. You better like hop aromas if you ever get this one. I could smell it across the room.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: APR 4, 2006 On cask at the Atlanta Cask Ale tasting. Poured a thin but clear looking golden orange. Sweet hops that burst forth with citrus (orange). Though bright, there are some hints that suggest this may be a thin brew. Fortunately this impression is incorrect. Body is adequate and sticky/slick (depending on where you are in the taste). Sweet malt starts the taste but it quickly becomes the platform for big orange hops. Finishes with nice citrus and bitter pine. Dryish at the end. Overall, a bit lacking in body and carbonation (due to being on cask) but it’s good.
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