3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(draft) Crystal clear copper body topped by beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, rye spicy, some caramel. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, some pineapple, rye, caramel. Medium body, some resin, light acidity.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle-pours a tight foamy light tan head and dark amber color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel, rye, secondary pine hops. Taste is medium malt-caramel, rye, secondary pine/herbal hops. IPA meets special bitter. OK carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft... Clear, dark, ruby ale with a small, creamy, white head. Nice retention. Earthy hops, lots of pine, spicy rye and mild grapefruit constitute the aroma. Full-bodied with a skim-milk mouthfeel and dancing carbonation. Moderate pine and citric bitterness, rye dryness and low residual sweetness. Finishes crisp, snappily bitter and dry.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Capone’s. This one combines 2 of my top favorites (Rye and IPAs!). Poured a medium amberish/copper color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of rye, floral, citrus, and bready. Tastes of rye, toasty, citrus, caramel, grains, and bready. Lighter bitter finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Barcade. Deep amber colour with a thick white head. Aroma is quite spicy. Lots of rye malt character and a bright piny simcoe spiciness. Quite fresh and piny tasting. The palate is very crisp and firm with a nice assertive hoppiness. Light grapefruit flavour as well. Hoppy but not all that bitter. Solid IPA.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Frisco Grille: Pours a transparent deep bronze with a thin, stringy-lacing wispy white head. Mild aroma of fresh piny hops and lightly sweet toasty caramel malt. Starts with pretty good fullness and light malty sweetness with a crisp bittering hoppy presence and light citrusy hoppy balance before a drier bittersweet finish. Needs more assertiveness hop character, but an ok IPA.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours copper with a tan head. Smells of resin, some pine, earthy. Tastes resiny and sticky with a light bitterness on the finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Capone’s. Pours blackish with dark brown edges (I was surprised by the black color in this) with off-tan head. Nose is rye oumpernickly malt, spicy hops, roasty caramel, some earthy peaty notes. Tastes a bit more significant than it smells, with hefty rye malt, caramel, dark chocolate, some nuts, hoppy citrus, and some spiciness. Very good.
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