7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Willowbrook. Has a cloudy golden orange color with a small white head. The aroma is very hoppy with pine and floral. Decent lacing on the glass. The taste is a very light hop with a sweet fruit finish. A good american pale ale from BJ’s.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jun 2008
at 03:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Willowbrook. Has a very dark brown almost black color with a creamy medium light tan head. The aroma is roasted malt and chocolate. The taste is a sweet malt and coffee, smooth finish. Good lacing on the glass. A good imperial stout from BJ’s.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jun 2008
at 20:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On draught at the Palmdale location. This beer pours a mostly clear orange-amber color with a medium thin and foamy light beige head that recedes slowly. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Piney hops and a touch of malt in the nose. Medium-bodied and moderately bitter with citrus and hops flavors underscored by pine and malt. The finish is somewhat bitter hops, albeit on the astringent and not flavorful side. Lingering hoppiness in the aftertaste. Overall a decent effort from this chain brewpub.
Tried
on 28 May 2008
at 16:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours with a small, white head covering a clearish amber/orange body aroma is lightly spicey hops with light malts. taste is pretty hoppy, I had to double check with the waitress to make sure I was not getting the APA by mistake, WAY too hoppy for the style. Nice tasting, but very off for the style.
Tried
on 11 May 2008
at 01:37
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Pours with a yellowish, tinged clear hued sparkling body. Aroma is a bit artifical fruit. Taste is very sweet and cloying. Artifical tastes again. Too fizzy.
Tried
on 11 May 2008
at 01:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Citrus Park, FL location. Pours gold with an orange hue and off white head. The aroma is sweet citrus, apricot, raisin, black pepper, malt sweetness and some assorted spices. The taste is sweet with a pulse of sweet malts with bold fruity esters of apricots, plum, raisins, cantaloupe and pepper popping up here and there. There’s also an earthy sense to go along with some vague spice and herb notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2008
at 18:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Yellowish head, small & fast gone over beautiful accajou beer. Alcohol, rum or raisins on rum, diacetyl. Sweet, slightly roasted almonds, alcohol, again point of butterscotch, honey - also roasted, if that makes sense - and a very dry finish. Very slick, obvious alcoholwarming, long sweet-warm flowing aftertaste. Quite tasty but the alcohol dominates too much, giving even more sweetness to an already sweet beer, containing traceable diacetyl. Many thanks to Dirk for sharing!
Tried
on 03 Apr 2008
at 15:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
At the Westwood, CA location. Large, lightbrown head with light retention and lacing. Hoppier aroma than I expected (a bit hoppier than the P.M. Porter) and chocolatey. Taste is chocolate, sweet, and suprisingly hop forward. Alcohol is noticable. Mouthfeel is watery, while the bubbles are too fizzy.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2008
at 03:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Drank at the Westwood, CA location. Brown sugar and cofee in the aroma. Brown body with hardly any retention to the off-white head. Watery coffee taste. Watery mouthfeel, easy to drink.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2008
at 03:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Westwood, CA location. A nice red colored beer. Good retention of the white creamy head. Extremely nutty and malty taste, textbook brown ale tasting. Watery mouthfeel with fizzy bubbles.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Mar 2008
at 03:38