3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20On tap at the Iowa Craft Brew Festival 2011. Pours a hazy golden color with a big head and good lace. The aroma has lots of fresh piney hops and mild floral characteristics. The flavor is dry and nicely bitter with a bit of toasty malt and a good dose of fruity hops. The beer is somewhat spicy overall but lacks a certain depth (for lack of a better description) I feel like the palate could have been a little less thin, but overall I enjoyed this one.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at the brewpub. Pours cloudy copper with offwhite head. The aroma is fresh citrus hops--grapefruit, orange, rich and juicy. The flavor is grapefruit, lime, kumquat, and slight pine. Juicy hop character with mild bitterness to the finish and a crackery malt profile. Good.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sample at the brewpub. This brew is a hazy orange-amber color with a wispy white head that diminishes to a film quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. Hoppy aroma with some citrus and malt in the background. Medium body with a hops flavor that is on the astringent side, with just a touch of malt and citrus behind it. The finish is short and bitter. Just average overall.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tried at the 4th Annual Festival of Iowa Beers. Floral/fruity aroma with a hint of something like tomato sauce or marinara.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft at the brewpub. Served a bit too cold for me. Poured a hazy medium orange color with a thin white head. The aroma was subdued overall with light caramel and some citrus from the hops. Light body with only mild hop bitterness that peaked at about 3 out of 10. The hop flavor was also relatively modest with citrus and grass notes. I also detected some cooked vegetables occasionally. The malt backbone was fairly thin with a biscuity flavor. Decent beer. Certainly nothing offensive in there.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hazy copper with clean white creamy head.
Strong fruity aroma.
American hoppy flavor, light bitterness.
Somewhat watery but a good session beer.
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