2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a deep dark brown with aroma of roasted nuts. Taste of slight sweet caramel with a hint of roasted honey. A clean finish to this beer that leaves a minimal airy aftertaste. A good drinking beer that sneaks up on you with its ABV.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Sampled on 2/20/2010. This amber ale pours a medium brown color from a 22oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is caramel, fruity with a touch of tartness. OK, this bottle probably has a more than a touch of infection but….
A medium bodied Amber Ale. The malts are fruity and sweet, tart and funky. The hops are floral. Nice carbonation. Decent balance. This one might have been a decent amber if it weren’t infected. Although a sour amber ale might not be a bad idea. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is tart.
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Not expecting too much from this one based on earlier reviews. Poured a dark mud-like color. Aroma of caramel, yeast and fruit; not bad. Flavor was pretty weird; almost like overripe fruit. Pretty sweet. Some sourness as well. I hope this wasn’t what they were going for.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Ironically, the appearance is not amber nor lively like Lady Liberty’s winds, which always, quaintly soar through fields of pure freedom grain--CAAAWWWWW!!! Did you hear that eagle? No? Of course, nobody did. Moreover, this is not what I would expect to be drinking at some tailgate party. It is not light and it is not quaffable; it is somewhat burnt, it smells somewhat like burnt caramel popcorn, but noticeably and perhaps in ignorance of TailGate Beer’s Quality Control, it is somewhat sour. The brew was able to be drunk, but afterward, I did not care to tailgate--which in such cases would entail drunkenness. Above all, the label depicts cloudy straw-yellow colored beer like if Lady Liberty had freedom diarrhea. So, very boo... :o( ... Booooo!
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Porters Pub, UCSD. Pours a hazy brownish-red with a foamy off-white head. Herbal aroma, with malt, grass, and sugar. Tasty is very herbal, with sugar, malt, and yeast. Lingering sharpness. Eh.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bomber from Windmill Farms. Deep purple in color. Aroma is somewhat sweet and sour. Not very hopped for the style. Roasted malts and sour dominate. Doesn’t really drink like an amber. Seems more like a Slightly sour porter. Or maybe a sour brown. Maybe the labels got switched on the bottle or something.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Tap @ Porter’s pub at UCSD. Pours amber clearlish with a tan head. Light malty nose. Taste is somewhat malty, kinda blech. Drinkable though. actually kinda putrid
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: OCT 3, 2008 Bottle from Wes of Tailgate beer co. Pours a very deep dark amber hue, with an off white head that disapates rather quickly. The nose has hints of sweet malts and touches of caramel. Taste begins with a nice roasted malt charateristic ends rather badly. Its the best of TG’s beers.
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