3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Copper, off-white head with good lacing (as far as I could tell in the plastic cups at the Capital City Brewing Festival). Light hop aroma with balanced malt character. Moderate Bitterness from the front to back. A little thin bodied.
2.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Flowery aroma with pale golden body and slight bubbly head. A bit weak on the hops, given the name of the beer. This is like a less potent, less flavorful verson of their pale ale.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Light butterscotch color with a few hints of cranberry. Lots of bubbles on sides and bottom of glass, though grayish, beige head is not very large. Smells of an APA (think ¾ strength Sierra Nevada smell). Taste is grapefruit and vegetable hops: sweet, tart, spicy all at once. Aftertaste is bitter and slightly roasted. This is an above average APA with a wonderful assortment of flavors, each fully developed and tasty in their own right. I’m really starting to like this brewery and lucky for me I have 2 more of their brands to try in my fridge. Sampled from a 12 oz bottle purchased at Total Wine and Beverage in McLean, VA.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Copper color, offwhite head. Aroma and flavor of fresh hops. Some malt. I like it.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
flowery hops aroma with a hoppy fruity flavor. It had a good feel to it.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sure looks like an amber, but this tastes more like a pale ale. Whatever it is, it is a great drink. Just enough caramel in the malt to keep this ale balanced. Very refreshing both in nose and taste.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted in Toronto, purchased from Cairo in DC. Deep amber colour, white light head. Intense hoppy scent, very very bitter with a slight floral and spicy nose. Flavour is more balanced, with a light spicy taste and bitter finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sparkling orange/amber color. Quickly diminishing off-white head. The aroma is dominated by a fruity hoppiness and subtle caramel maltiness. Hops really hit you on the swallow. Malt shines in the mid-taste. Med bodied and very lively on the tongue and in the mouth. The only think holding this one back from the next level is the carbonation, head vanishes very quickly and does not look quite perfect somwhow.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours with a clear amber body topped by a medium thick off-white head with good lacing. Sweet and grapefruity hop aroma with berry undertones and a very slight maltiness. Slightly sweet but mostly bitter hoppy flavor with a touch of grapefruit and a bitter hoppy finish. Medium bodied and dry.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: FEB 5, 2004 like the pale ale in its hop presence, but rounded out nicely in taste and mouthfeel with malt. affordable, wonderfully drinkable, really is more of a pale ale to me
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