2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Location/Date:Bottle on November 15th, 2012.
Appearance: Pours a clear brown.
Aroma: Aroma of toast malt, a lot of spruce.
Taste: Kind of leathery, lots of spruce, some sweet molasses.
Palate:Medium light body, no carbonation, light aftertaste(of spruce of course)
Summary: This is a solid made beer that is really different than most others, and it delivers on what it offers...but spruce isn’t something I really like in my beer. Maybe it’s just me.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: NOV 18, 2012 Sweet, rustic, roasted, spicy, hoppy scent. Light pale brown color. Sticky white lace, though minimal. A real roast backbone. Cinnamon, pine, dark sugar taste.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Norwegian spruce, nice, Alberta spruce, nice, wait, what, no AMERICAN spruce in an ale designed by BEN FRANKLIN? Bottle, pours a dark brown with light hints of ruby and a quickly-fading tan head. Touch of spice in the nose, taste brings out a nicer caramel malt with a touch of roast and beautifully rounded molasses, spruce spicing is deft and subtle. Crispy medium-full body not harsh or biting. Not a pulse-pounder, but graceful and balanced and a joy to drink.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Interesting brew. NIce spicyness to it. Don’t remember too much about it though. Have to revisit for better tasting notes =)
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
12oz Bottle. The pour was a clear chestnut brown with a large (2-3 finger) off white rocky head that was mostly diminishing down to just a small collar with poor lacing.
The aroma was of a light bread malt, spruce hops and an earthy yeast with hints of molasses, caramel and a light honey sweetness.
The taste was lightly bitter sweet and mildly malty with a touch of molasses throughout, and then became lightly hoppy yet very mildly sweet at the end. The flavor lasted only a short while after the swallow with the flavor fading quickly off the taste buds.
Mouthfeel was light in body and watery in texture with a very soft carbonation.
Overall the aroma of this brew was stronger than the taste. Although light in flavor, what was there was very tasty and rather satisfying...
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured a unique copper-like color; one finger head. Aroma is definitely spruce, with pine, caramel. Light bitter taste, slight malt sweetness. Medium-light bodied. Average carbonation. Taste is same as aroma. A unique brew. Recommend trying.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a deep amber with a thin white head. Aroma of spruce ginger and caramel. Taste follows, spruce is strong. Different taste, cool to try but not my kind of beer.
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3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours clear orange with a slight, thin white head. Aroma of spruce tips, banana bread, toffee, slight caramel, brown sugars, yeast, fresh pine, and slight hints of maple. Medium bodied with a clean, slippery, moderately spicy palate. Finishes clean and piney. Very interesting, tasty, sessionable brew . Maybe yards second best beer next to fresh philly pale ale.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours chestnut brown with offwhite head. Aroma is caramel and sprice. Taste is sweet with a hint of astringent bitterness. Light to medium mouth feel. Very tasty.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Was hoping for strong spruce taste/aroma but I’m not getting it. That said it is a pretty good beer.
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