Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A wonderfully mild mid-May day, fine time to sample this 12 oz bottle of a New Mexico brewed ipa that I picked up at Total Wine in Santa Fe. I like using a tulip glass, the pour is an orange-yellow having a thin top of totally white foam. A decent smell, sort of fruity with just the barest suggestion of hops. Curious. The taste is considerably different, I get pine cones, varnish, grapefruit and cut grass finished by a moderate bitterness. Decent and tasty but not earth shaking.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Pale, lightly hazed yellow-gold with a puffy white head. Milk, grains aroma. Taste is nicely bitter and creamy pils malt. Really quite good....a little surprised at the low ratings on this one.
wombat23 (6032) reviewed Desert Pils from Rio Grande Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
As Sierra Blanca Desert Pilsner. Clear yellow, white head. Corn, grains, light malt. Some metallic notes. Somewhat bitter finish.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Desert Pils from Rio Grande Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Creamy barley malt and hay aroma. Golden yellow with giant white head. Moderately sweet milky barley malt, and moderately bitter quinine/tin and hay flavor. Good body. A solid German pilsner.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Outlaw Lager from Rio Grande Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Draft at Nob Hill. Clear amber color medium white head. Caramel aroma, subtle pepper. Taste is very lightly toasted caramel.
hauxe (4649) reviewed Outlaw Lager from Rio Grande Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Pours clear amber from the bottle. The frothy white head soon fades. Mild caramel, white bread aroma. Taste is sweet, a touch nutty, with a very mild bitterness at the finish. Body light to medium. Okay, but forgettable.
Sledutah (12313) reviewed India Pale Ale from Rio Grande Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
12oz bottle from Total Wine in Reno
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Aroma of grapefruit, dusty malts and pine. Flavor of grapefruit, pine with a lemon bitterness
Decent
Erzengel (18514) reviewed India Pale Ale from Rio Grande Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2
Dark golden and hazy in the glass. The nose is floral and grainy. The beer starts rough, unround. The mainpart is sharp, floral hop aroma together with a sharp maltiness and bitterness. Not really fitting. The aftertaste is sharp, not really well balanced and sharp-floral-bitter.
Not one of my favourite IPAs. --> 7/10/6/7
stevoj (18327) reviewed Outlaw Lager from Rio Grande Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Malty and slightly sour lager, overall body is on the watery side. Dark amber with small foamy head, initial sourness in the aroma can be off-putting. Finish is mix of sour and bitter. This one may be a matter of personal taste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle @ the Great Best Western Las Cruces tasting of 2013 with yarn connoisseur, Rachel. Pours a bit hazy, burnt orange appearance with an off white head. Spicy, somewhat resiny, grapefruity hoppy, light cat pee, toasty malty aroma. Tangy, spicy, a bit peppery, piney, grapefruity hoppy flavor. A bit over the top but not bad.