7.1

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

Just brought on at the brewpub. Chunky orange-brown. with a respectable beige head. A nicer, fresher aroma than the Red Dawn..this is more in the lines of a big west coast amber. Thick and chewy, this has a lot of caramel malt depth and a good piny hoppiness. Still has some woody, cherry, sherry amber malt notes, with that classic pungency. Not exactly world class stuff, this still lacks some cohesiveness. Has a soapy, grapefruit flavor among the thick malt bill. OK.