3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Market Street Wine Shop, Downtown. Pours clloudy red with a medium head and decent lacing. Aroma of toffee, raisins and whiskey. Light body with a strong raisin taste. Decent.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A light cloudy amber pour. Minimal head. Fruity light flavor. Medium body. Minimal carbonation. A tasty beer worth trying again
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Notes from last year.
Sweet raisiny beer. Pretty light in body with good carbonation and a pleasant alcohol taste. An ok beer.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Transparent brown body with no head. Aroma is mild - slightly sweet caramel and fruitiness. Undistinguished flavor - mostly a malt flavor followed by a nice mellow, balanced finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
cloudy brown with a small creamy beige head. flavor has notes of prunes, figs, chocolate, red wine, and caramel. fruity aroma with some caramel.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours medium brown and cloudy, with a small but lingering head. Aroma is fruity, with a strong green apple character, along with hints of malt and hops. Flavor is light crystal malt up front, followed by a hop bitterness and some more fruity character. Finish is butterscotch and hops.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Poured into pint glass... no head, not much lace. Nice dark amber color. Wonderful aroma, caramel with fruit notes. First sip and the alcohol is quite evident. Flavor is similiar to aroma. Palate is soft, with little fizziness. Can really feel alcohol effect by midglass. This is heady brew!
1.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 5/20
UPDATED: MAR 14, 2008 Bottle at Ace in the Hole, Graton. I found this to be odd for an ESB and not that good. Its a dark, hazy brown with a thin light tan head that dissipates quickly to essentially nothing. The aroma is mostly baked apples, yeast, a bit earthy. The taste is similar, being predominantly baked apples, yeasty bread, earth. It has little sweetness and almost no bitterness. I guess if one wants a beer that tastes mostly of baked apples and other fruit, this is great, but for me this was not enjoyable at all.
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