Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bomber from Beer Run. Pours a clear amber color with a large bubbly tan head. Average head retention. Aroma of big caramel malts, raisins and floral hops. The taste is bitter citrus hops with caramel malts that are a little overbearing. Medium bodied, low carbonation and a lingering bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.[ Trade by Meilby ]. Clear medium to dark amber brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, nutty, moderate roasted, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, grass - hay, acidic fruity - berry notes. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110912]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Location: 12 oz bottle from Colonial Wine and Spirits, 10/3/11
Aroma: The nose is sweet malts (caramel and toffee), with some earthy, English hops as well
Appearance: It pours a rich mahogany color with a foamy beige head that leaves good lacing on the glass
Flavor: The flavor is light and balanced, it is medium sweet, and lightly bitter, with a distinctly English feel
Palate: Light bodied, slightly watery, and a creamy, low carbonation feel that you might expect in this style
Overall Impression: I actually only got this one becuase I thought it would get me my Montanta tick, but the label lied to me! It is no longer made in Bozeman, Montana (as the brewery apparently has closed), but it is now contract brewed at Olde Saratoga. Oh well, I guess that's what I get for buying this one purely for the state tick. Anyway, this was a decent example of an EPA. It isn't amazing or anything, but it works well enough for what it is trying to be. If only it could have been from Montana...
Meilby (14731) reviewed Black Dog Ale from Spanish Peaks Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 355ml
Pours cloudy brown/dark amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, grain, caramel and floral hops. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz bottle from the State Store
Appearance: Pours crystal clear orange/copper with a nice sized off-white head that dissipates fairly quickly leaving some lacing in the glass, lots of carbonation bubbling in the glass
Aroma: Raspberry, honey and sweet malts
Taste: Raspberry, sweet malts with some hop bitterness in the finish
Decent beer, just enough raspberries to notice but not too much that it’s hard to drink.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
This bottle is from the time it was being brewed in Monterey County, CA. Pours orange tinged gold with a small white head. Smells a bit fruity over pale malt. Medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor is a bit bready, and the hop is rather fruity. Better than many. Clear bottle, but it had been stored in a dark room, and it wasn’t skunked at all.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma is sweet with wheat and light fruit notes. Flavor is similar with the sweet wheat dominating a bit more and the finish is a bit dry. A bit sweet for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
I’m having a hard time reading my notes. I don’t remember why I rated it so high. Pours apricot. Nose and taste is floral citrus. Rated 1/8/0
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Nice refreshing pale. Amber gold pour. Lots of floral nose. Taste is dry citrus and light spruce. Rated 8/14/02
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Smells exactly as advertised--honey raspberry. Taste is a little on the light side. Rated 8/13/02