Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Blind Tiger. A nice beer. Pours an amber-brown with a thin, white head. Nose of maple syrup and lightly sweet malts. Flavor is nicey balanced with a malty sweet character followed up with some mild hop bitterness. Medium in body but low in carbonation. This beer finishes smooth. Not outstanding, but certainly good.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Resolution #2 from Defiant Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Blind Tiger. Very light. Pours a light gold with minimal head. Nose of Belgian yeast and slight bubble gum. Flavor was mildly sweet with just hints of funk. Very clean and refreshing finish. Low carbonation and light in body. Easy drinking but not what I expect from a Belgian strong.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Christmas Ale from Defiant Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
Tap at Blind Tiger. A lot of unrealized potential here. Poured jet black with no head. None. Decently rich aroma of dark fruits and malts and holiday spices. Flavor was sweet and rife with figs and raisins. Some licorice in there too. Medium in body with a syrupy mouthfeel. Almost no carbonation. Somewhat sticky on the finish with a pleasant, sweet aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Blind Tiger. Not bad. Pours a cloudy goldy with a small, pure white head. Big citrus aroma, with lemon zest and yeast notes. Flavor was sweet, if light, with mild yeast funk. Pretty clean and refreshing. Low carbonation and light in body. Easy to drink but not very much going on.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Tap at The Long Room, NYC. For a potent barley wine, this beer was surprisingly smooth and easygoing. Certainly there was a sweet, dark fruit aroma mingling about. The flavor was quite sweet and malty, with afternotes of raisins and ripe plums. Finish was candy-like and smooth with just mild alcohol presence. Very good and highly drinkable - which was good because the bar served it to me in a pint glass.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at The Long Room, NYC. Pours a dark, almost hazy yellow. Medium, fluffy white head. Aroma of sweet malts, corn, grass. Flavor is earthy, with strong grassy notes and a taste I would describe as raw pumpkin. Not the sweet kind found in pumpkin ales, mind you, but raw pumpkin. And it wasn’t necessesarily bad, either. Very crisp and clean.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting. Thanks David Cohen. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of flowers, yeast, honey notes, fruits (some citrus) and peppery hints. Yeasty, estery, flavor with candies, fruits (banana, apples, some peach), spicy notes (mostly pepper) and light soapy hints. Medium-bodied. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
At a tasting, small head, clear pale lemon yrllow colour, aroma of yeast, mushrooms,, tea and something medicinal. Malty biscuity flavours with notes of earth and cough drops and a strong but not overbearing bitterness. Very interesting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
750 ml bottle-pours a rocky off white head and gold color. Aroma is grain, light fruit, yeast. Taste is grain, light fruit, yeast, some pepper. OK effervescence.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750ml of the new batch - pours a very hazy gold, with a fizzy body, and a large head of enormous bubbles - a nice mixture of candi sugar sweetness and fruits (pineapple, mango) in the nose, but deeper whiffs reveal notes of hay, spices, light earthy funkiness and musky character - full carbonation in the mouth - the flavor is quite sweet at first, with a lot of fruity notes of banana, pineapple, apricot - remains sweet through the middle, with some yeasty and bready notes - on the back end, the beer dries out considerably, and some crisp, grassy notes and dry spices and herbs settle in - the finish has a very mild earthiness, and even a slight funk to it - these qualities work well with a crusty, crackery character that also develops at the end - I would like this to dry out even more, but it’s still great - I’m surprised how much I love this beer - if only this brewery did have so much batch variation and bottling issues - I would buy a whole case otherwise.