7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Color is...unclear due to the bottle. But guesstimate orangey yellow. Strong hops citrus hit and malts. Pretty decent.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from The Food Emporium, 1175 3rd Avenue, New York City. Pours clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, hop, fruit, veg, malt, light herb and chocolate. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Bittersweet and caramel finish.

6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Pours a clear copper with plenty of foam sitting on top.

Smells of caramel malt, fruity, with a pleasant bitterness.

Kinda sweet and bready from the malt, hops bring fruity and flowery flavours.

Bottle has 06A16 stamped; I reckon that would be a best before vs bottled on date.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12oz bottle - 8oz Jewbelation conical glass - Total Wine in Bellevue - ~$1.50

No date on bottle. Pours an amber honey color with a medium long lasting head. The thicker halo lacing never fully fades. Clear beer, appears completely filtered. The beer seems to be a an English IPA, the hops are not assertive, faintly fruity and lightly bitter. The rest is present and very British with fruity yeast tones, dusty malts, and a slightly sweet tea character. A sweetness and fruitiness ends the beer, not sugary but a definitely nice fruity yeast and sweet malt end. Its a nice change of pace for "IPA" and I enjoyed it. However, its probably not something I will return to.

6.4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Undated (definitely a late 2013) bottle from Half Time, drunk 2/15/14
Bronze body is somewhat hazy, despite the bottle resting in the fridge for quite a while. Strange. There is also no head to be coaxed out. Rather still in the glass...
Yep, quite burtonized as advertised. Lots of limestone, earthiness, very light acidity and a touch of salinity. Spicy hops are quite evident and help add complexity while a touch of bready malts are mostly dry and unassuming. A bit of diacetyl in there as well. Not overbearing and it works in a British IPA most of the time, though it certainly clashes with the clean, peppery spiciness of the hops. Moderate aroma strength, no alcohol noted.
Carbonated enough in texture and not yeasty or nutty so I don’t know where the haziness is coming from. There is a touch of something on the bottom. Half Time keeps their place well-lit and warm so it could just be protein break. Maybe the bottle is like 5 or 6 months old at this point? Dosent seem bottle conditioned either. Oh ya, and the flavor, there’s that too. Nice hop presence, with lime, hay, black pepper and just a touch of orange zest. It is balanced by a lightly sweet bready maltiness and finishes lightly bitter with plenty of mineral character and a bit of vanilla-like flavor. A touch of wateriness, but nowhere near the low carbonation I was expecting based on the complete lack of head. I guess playing with the pH and chemical content of the water can do that to the head. Anyways, Ive talked way more about that than is necessary. Drinkable beer, love the mineral flavor and the hops are done well. Could use a bit more crispness as the honey (butter) cream-maltiness doesnet go too well with what the hops are doing here. Still, Susquehana Brewing seems a major upgrade from Saratoga (not that that’s saying much). Why don’t they have this stuff brewed at Two Roads? Would imagine this stuff would be significantly better fresh on tap.

8

Solid malty hoppy

5.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Drought. Amber color with loight beige faomy head, doughy aroma with a bit of hops, sweetish taste with even less hops! Low carbonation and abrupt finish; very strange for an IPA!

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home in Salisbury. Pours perfectly clear gold with a moderate, creamy head. Nose has dry hay, husky grains, dry orange and various stone fruits. Light to medium sweet flavor with melon and peach, some bitter citrus rind and pine, touches of bubblegum. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Not warming on the finish but does provide some boost, along with further melon, light bread, peach, orange and pine. Nothing wrong here.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 5/23/2013. Pours slightly cloudy orange copper color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of orange zest, grapefruit, pear, floral, caramel, toast, bread, grass, and floral earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of hop and malt notes; with fairly weak strength. Taste of orange zest, grapefruit, pear, apple, caramel, toast, brown bread, floral, pine, grass, and floral earthiness. Fair amount of earthy pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, light fruit, caramel, brown bread, toast, pine, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance of hop and malt flavors with light yeast fruitiness; with a great bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly creamy, crisp, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with no warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good English IPA style. Nice balance and complexity of hop and malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

6

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 12

Bottle. Amber body with a frothy, off-white head. Raw grain and leafy hop aroma along with notes of biscuit, flowers, caramel, toasted grain. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Subtle hops are balanced with caramel tasting malts, but the malt bill comes off husky and unclean.