7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught Hazy orange-amber; small white head. Slightly sweet, cakey, with a hoppy (!) overtone all the same. Good balance with sweet, heavy malts, and a good USA hops dose, dry, resiny, to the point that retronasal, I seem to get pure spruce. Well balanced, smooth, nearly heavy MF. Very good balance, rare in WC overhopped IPA’s.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2006
at 09:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Impossible to get a head on (tried myself, this time (!)), orange-foxy ale. Grapey, rich hops nose, good USA hops. Sweet-bitter orange marmalade and hints of alcohol. Taste is again typical orange marmalade. It’s discreet for an ’Imperial’, but that helps actually its delicacy. Medium to well-bodied impression; slick, alcohol in the aftertaste. Serious attempt at delicacy rather than at overwhelming bigness. Bravo - I’ve had plenty of different...
Tried
on 17 Apr 2006
at 23:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hazy straw colour. The aroma is strawlike with a hint of citric hop. Light lemony/tangerine flavour with hints of fresh crunchy pale malt and light bitterness. Off-dry finish. Typical of Washington State golden ales - an actual gateway beer instead of a macro clone.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2006
at 23:23
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 4
Draught at the brewpub. Hazy reddish. Strong grapefruit aroma. Sweet and thick with plenty of hop induced lychee and grapefruit flavour. Like in the other beers here the mouthfeel is syrupy and sticky. The finish is very bitter, but sticky sweetness still gets the upper hand.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2006
at 02:33
2.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Draught at the brewpub. Dark black. Sweet and thick, fruity with raw mouthfeel and notes of licorice. Lots of molasses, corn flakes and unfermentables. Way too sweet. Not good at all.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2006
at 02:31
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draught at the brewpub. Pale amber. Rich aroma of lychee and grapefruit. Sweet with clean mouthfeel and near full body. Finished of with fruits and pleasant bitterness. This was the one beer I actually liked here. There is enough hops to cover the malt profile that I really don’t appreciate.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2006
at 02:29
2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Draught at the brewpub. Hazy dark brown. Sweet and fruity with thick, syrupy mouthfeel. Molasses covers all other flavours. Thick, raw and unpleasant. All the things I do not waht a scotch ale to be.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2006
at 02:26
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draught at the brewpub. Clear nut brown. Dryish and lightly roasty with notes of grapefruit. Medium bodied with mellow mouthfeel and slightly inky finish.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2006
at 02:24
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Draught at the brewpub. Cloudy pale amber. Medium sweet with hard, syrupy crystal malt character and only some vague resiny hops to try to cover it. Raw and harsh.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2006
at 02:23
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Draught at the brewpub. Cloudy yellow. Aroma of apricot and avocado(!?). Sweet with light body and clean mouthfeel. Notes of syrup before a lightly spicy finish.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2006
at 02:18