Buffalo Bills Brewery Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Devil

 

Buffalo Bills Brewery in Hayward, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Strong Ale Regular
Score
6.40
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 23 Ticks: 14
This California Strong Ale was first brewed in 1986 and gained notoriety appearing in Newsweek Magazine. Brewed with a variety of hops from Tasmania, Australia, and Washington state, it has a smooth malt character with a hint of sweetness and a fruity aroma. A favorite at the Hayward Brewery… 8% ABV.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Tap. Pours clear orange Amber, small off white head, great lacing. Aroma is malty, Bready, caramel, candi sugar. Flavors is medium sweet, light plus bitter, a bit of a metallic finish medium body.

Tried from Draft on 30 Apr 2017 at 15:31


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Poured into a Michelob Celebrate! tulip. :) Pours coppery gold with a slight white head. Aroma of malt and some rather unusual hops. Med body. Flavor is malty, but there are some floral, fruit and herb aspects to help with that. There’s a tree bark/twig aspect. It tries to be astringent, but not quite dry enough for that. This isn’t super today, but it’s nice to see the past brought back, and this would have been dynamite 30 years ago. I’m liking it.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2016 at 20:02


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Wood, orange, toffee malt, and orange peel aroma. Amber with small head. Moderately sweet orange caramel malt and mildly bitter herbal hay/orange peel flavor. Good body. Pretty sweet - nice.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2016 at 19:53


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Bottle: Hazy amber with a tall, yellow-white head. Honey, grain malt, leafy hop aroma. Taste is mild and sweet...caramel malt, grain, a little bit of tea and fruit. Actually, pretty good....a nice surprise from a brewery I haven’t been too impressed with over the years...

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2016 at 18:26


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy orange-apricot color with a medium sized foamy orange-white head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was dry, minty, herbal, a bit earthy and had a piney presence. The flavor was tart and tangy mint, perfume, herbal hosp and faint citrus. Medium length tart and tangy min and perfume finish. Medium body. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2013 at 18:57


3.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

the devil on a sunday. from a bottle garnered from vintage. clean smell, somewhat volatile. nice thik creamy head. fades to a cloudy pale looking thing. first taste is rather alky. comes across like medicine. seems like much more than 7%. aroma goes somewhat metallic. I know buffalo for the milder beers, somewhat surprising. nasty nellie from the pirates. for a strong beer, it does have decent carbonation sizzle. overall, not impressed

Tried from Bottle on 26 May 2013 at 12:33


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Pours burnt orange color with off white head. Bread dough aroma with some caramel and alcohol. Sweet caramel and bread dough flavors with some grassy hops and slight bitterness. Slight alcohol burn. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

Tried on 11 Apr 2013 at 20:44


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Poured up on tap at Buffalo Bill’s with clear copper body and gold edges supporting up an off white head and leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is a little spicy with hops as well as some floral hops too. The taste is similar with a mix of spicy to floral hoppiness followed by a modest amount of vague hop bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 01 Apr 2012 at 07:09


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. Amber beer with a cream colored head. Malt and light spice aroma with light grapefruit. Pine and grapefruit flavor with light spice. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and pine lingerswith malt and light spice.

Tried from Draft on 02 Dec 2011 at 08:48


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy orange with a minimal white head. Aroma is mild hops fruity. Bitter, dry hoppy and light roasted malt flavoured. Dry toffee like note from the malt. Bitter and mild fruity finish.

Tried from Draft on 16 Feb 2010 at 06:18