6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Bronze color with an off-white head. Rich malt aroma with ligh grass and herbs. Malty, cocoa, herbal, grassy flavor. Medium body. Lingering cocoa, malt, herbal tones, and grass. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jun 2008
at 17:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Toronado. Very fruity/citrusy aroma. Dark mahogany color with a decent off-white head. Medium bodied with mild, creamy carbonation. It’s a bit of roasted malt, but mostly citrus and floral hop. Very smooth. Finishes nicely bitter. Very good and flavorful.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2008
at 22:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at Sonoma Wine Exchange. Nice grassy hop aroma. Light amber color with a great white head. Medium body with very creamy carbonation. Flavor of wheat and malt - very mildly sweet. The finish is malty, but dry! There’s a decent amount of floral and/or grassy hop. This could pass for an ale. It’s also a lot more complex than I’m able to describe.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Mar 2008
at 19:10
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Amber beer with an off-white head. Light mineral, light malt aroma. Malty, mineral, earthy, grass, spice flavor. Medium bodied. Spice, mineral, earth, malt lingers. Lots of flavor, but doesn’t all mesh easily.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2008
at 15:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Kern River Brewpub; Nose of caramel, molasses, and coffee; clear dark brown with a big, glass-lacing beige head; flavor of light hop bitterness, grain, caramel, and a light coffee note.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jan 2008
at 01:21
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at Toronado, San Francisco. Hazy golden. Aroma of peach and sulphur. Sweet and medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. salty and dense with lots of aromatic hops and peach candy. Above medium bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Dec 2007
at 07:45
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draught at Toronado, San Francisco. Clear golden, small head. Aroma of hay and bread. medium sweet with clean mouthfeel. Bready malt and dough under a blabket of hay-like hops. Salty finish. Very good flavours, but to make it really good the malt character should be softer.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2007
at 07:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Toronado, San Francisco. Brownish amber, small head. Perfumy grapefruity nose. medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Some cookie malt and caramel, long very bitter finish. Very direct and assaulting. Lovely surface but not much depth.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Dec 2007
at 07:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
I sampled both the Cascade & Chinook versions of this (they were two separate beers on draught) at Toronado in San Francisco, California. They were about the same, so here’s the overall rating: Copper coloured body with a perfect sized dense tan head. Aroma of nothing but hops - a good way to tell the difference between Chinook & Cascade is to have these side by side. Medium-bodied; Sharp pungent hoppiness in the mouth, coupled with a good malt backbone and more hoppiness to finish it out. Overall, a great sampling from these wet hopped beers - I really enjoyed the mouthful and the aroma of these. Nothing missing in my mind! I sampled both of these on draught from Toronado in SF on 27-October-2007.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2007
at 21:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Lanesplitter in Berkeley, CA. It pours a clear amber with tan head. The aroma is vaguely malty mixed with pine hops. Overall the aroma is mild. The taste is malty with crystal malts followed up by dryer roasted malts. A nice pine hop bitterness jumps in to accompany the malts. It tastes like a little brother of Stone’s ABA. I also get some mild fruitiness.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2007
at 22:47