6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at the brewery bar. Pours murky amber-gold with a creamy topping. The aroma has some citrus hops, pale grains, tangerine. Light-medium sweet flavor with grainy bread, orange rind, dirty hay, grain. Neodymium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes bitter, rindy, grainy. So so. Not terribly cohesive.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2015
at 14:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery bar. Pours cloudy gold with a frothy white head. The nose has simple pale bread, some lemon meringue, tangerine. Light sweet flavor with pithy citrus fruits, pale bread, some hay, rind, light pine needles. Light bodied with average carbonation. Nicely balanced finish, a little dry and flinty, more pithy citrus. Nice one.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2015
at 14:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at the brewpub. It pours black with a thick light tan head. The nose is rich, smoked bacon, frazzles, oiliness and maple glazed doughnut. The taste is rich, bitter-sweet, chocolate, earthy roast, smoked bacon, cracked black pepper, burnt toast and umami with a dry, toasty finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. The aroma is really rather nice. Decent.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2015
at 14:27
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the brewpub. It pours murky darkest brown with a thick beige head. The nose is earthy, charred wood, burnt pine, toast and roasted malt. The taste is rather bitter, burnt pine, chocolate, some astringency, charcoal, earth with a lingering bitter - dry finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Fairly harsh. Basic cda.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Sep 2015
at 14:23
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keg at the brewpub. It pours hazy orange - amber with a thick white head. The nose is earthy, spicy, lightly herbal, bread and cereal. The taste is crisp, bitter, spicy, herbal, bitter orange, treacle cake, grass, toffee and bread with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A bit messy. Plenty going on, just not harmoniously.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2015
at 14:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the brewery. It pours cloudy golden orange with a thick white head. The nose is fresh, bready, peach, light spice and floral notes. The taste is crisp, bitter, quite dry, minerals, grass, spice and pithy citrus with a dry finish. Light body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Simple and refreshing.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2015
at 14:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
This was poured into a nonic pint glass at the brewpub.
The appearance was a glossy yellow color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than thirty seconds leaving some light speckled lacing roaming around the glass.
The smell had a sharp sweet to bitter blend of citrus rind and a bright pine.
The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors to combine in a nice bittersweet fashion. There’s no aftertaste but it had a semi-dry citrus finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation hits like a good APA and yields a substantial bitterness level.
Overall, I liked this APA more than the last one. I’d have this one again.
The appearance was a glossy yellow color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than thirty seconds leaving some light speckled lacing roaming around the glass.
The smell had a sharp sweet to bitter blend of citrus rind and a bright pine.
The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors to combine in a nice bittersweet fashion. There’s no aftertaste but it had a semi-dry citrus finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation hits like a good APA and yields a substantial bitterness level.
Overall, I liked this APA more than the last one. I’d have this one again.
Tried
on 29 May 2015
at 22:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
At the brewery: Pours a brown with a beige head. Aroma is toffee, burnt malts, hints of hops. Taste is earthier, maltier and heaver than you would get from your average English ESB, probably more so than most American ESBs too. Rich and creamy. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2015
at 19:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
At the brewery on New Year’s: Pours a reddish color with a dissipating beige head. Aroma is spicy rye with some American hops. Mostly this was a sweet and easy drinking big beer with hints of spice and some hoppiness. I found it to be less complex than what I was hoping for. That said, it did a fantastic job covering the 9%.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2015
at 19:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Whetstone Station: pours near black with beige head. Aroma is roast and pretzel. Taste is pretty light and it felt watery at first, but as I kept sipping kore of the dark chocolate and oretzel came out to redeem it. Not bad.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2014
at 19:00