Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle from Riley's in Madison. Black, thin frothy brown head, good retention. Aroma of roast, cocoa, coffee, a bit of plum. Taste is cocoa, caramel, berries. brown sugar, hint of anise. Medium bodied, low carbonation, mild booze, decent balance but risking being a bit too sweet. Nice beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle from Hy Vee Madison. Hazy amber, large frothy tan head, good retention. Aroma of floral and resiny hops, toasted malt. The taste is toasted malt, resin, floral hops. Hints of tropical fruit. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle from Hy Vee Madison. SLightly hazy amber, large frothy white head, good retention. Aroma of tropical fruit and pale malt. Taste is tropical fruit, papaya, mango, pale malt. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
12 ounce bottle from Woodman's Sun Prairie. Hazy amber, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of yeast, pepper, plum, pale malt. Taste is yeast, spice, bubblegum, plum, stone fruit. Medium bodied, lingering yeast and spice. Nice beer. I've had 4 LL beers in the last 2 days. They've stepped up their game.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle from Cannery in Sun Prairie. Hazy amber, large frothy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toasted grainy malt, floral hops. Taste is citrus and floral hop, grainy malt. Medium bodied. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle from Woodman's Sun Prairie. Hazy gold, large foamy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of resin, lime zest, pale malt. Taste is toffee malt, citrus, resin. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness. Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle from Woodman's Sun Prairie. Just says "pilsner" on the neck label but there's some antlers over that word so I'm guessing this is the same? Clear golden. Large pillowy white head, decent retention. Aroma of snappy Noble hops and pale malt. Taste is floral and herbal hops, pale doughy malt, a bit of toast. Medium bodied, crisp. Quite nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Tap at Old Fashioned. Lake Louie is really on the ropes, and should probably be put out of our misery. Another loser. The raspberry takes center stage, in a sweet, artificial, sugary way. Very weak example of a Baltic Porter. Underattenuated. No enjoyable character. Bad. Friendly numerical score for such a craptastic beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Really more of a dark malty berry beer. Not bad for that, but as a Baltic Porter?!? All I can say is I'm glad I just got a small glass.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the Madison airport
Pours clear dark brown with a medium sized beige head, good lacing. Aroma of toasted malts, toffee and dark fruit. Flavor is malty, toffee, chocolate and raisins
Ok