Travlr (30173) reviewed Rotary Chaos from Ten Bends Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Draft. Crystal clear bright golden yellow color white head. Light floral aroma. Taste is subtle bitter straw . OK
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Early Bender from Ten Bends Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Draught at the brewery, 3/23/18.
Clear, dark auburn-to-mahogany. Light tan head fades quickly to nothing.
Smells acidic and grainy with lactic-like sourness, spent grain and strongly acidic coffee. Beany chocolate and just way too much dark malt character throughout with no relief from base malt sweetness.
Thin, acidic, bordering sour, in the mouth with a beany, old, stale, crusty coffee and roasted barley character. Thin as all hell, with almost zero texture to speak of and no base malt structure at all. Really quite bad.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Rotary Chaos from Ten Bends Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Draught at the brewery, 3/23/18.
Lightly hazy with an extremely pale straw-colored golden body. White head fades steadily to ring.
Smells nicely hoppy, quite NE IPA-like with juicy mango and light lime-grapefruit not growing too citrusy or acidic. No pine or resin/alcohol. The barest of cracker is found behind it, suggesting again that this one will be quite grainy and undermalted.
And yet again it is. Hard, thin, extremely undermalted. Hops are done right with clean, bright, lightly juicy, very fruity notes throughout and low bitterness/no resin. But it's just so damned thin and husky with zero malt softness or sweetness whatsoever.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Cream Puff War from Ten Bends Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Draught at the brewery, 3/23/18.
Super cantaloupe-colored with a strong haziness and a medium-sized white head that fades quickly to a ring.
Melon, peach and leafy, green, citrusy hops are straightforward and suggest low resin/pine. Some soft yeast and malt notes are quickly displaced by stronger grain/husk. Peach begins fruity and almost juicy, but quickly gets a bit monotonous and lightly twangy.
Light peach juice character in the mouth with hints of sweet malt quickly succumbing to bitter, green hop and finally mango-lime and pine. Weird and a bit dry/scratchy, especially for its size, continuing the theme of undermalted, grainy/husky textures.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Star Bender from Ten Bends Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draught at Ten Bends, 3/23/18.
Cherry-to-strawberry, very ruddy with a white head fading steadily to ring. Light-to-moderate haze.
Very amber malt-forward in the nose, kind of odd in that regard. Cherry juice seems rather meaty and a bit heavy/dull with acidity standing out on the finish, rather starkly.
In the mouth it's bready amber/medium malts with more roasted character than I would expect (more=any). Cherry juice is very attenuated, leaving light prune and cherry meat-like flavors sitting lightly on the palate. Again, it's extremely dry, overattenuated/undermalted. Just needs way more malt softness/depth. Growing husky quickly. No alcohol or flaw. Extremely high attenuation.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Motueka Session from Ten Bends Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at the brewery, 3/23/18.
Very hazy, light, pale-straw-golden with a white head receding steadily to cover.
Nectarine, lemon and very dry sauvignon blanc-like notes show proper Motueka characteristics. Quite fruity, with the yeast blending in. Cracker from the malt is quite sparse, staying out of the way. No resin, alcohol or flaw and very low juice character from the hops.
Extremely dry to the point of being husky with tons of lemon and nectarine flavor (themselves very, very dry/unripe). Earthy mineral and more sauv blanc character from the hops but it needs much, much more malt softness/depth. And by more I mean any. Because this is brutally thin and husky. Otherwise, clean, low resin with expressive and interesting hop character. Engaging carbonation and no alcohol noted.
CLW (16859) reviewed Cream Puff War from Ten Bends Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
14 oz. draft at Ten Bends shared by ClarkVV. Aroma is mango, and sour Orange creamsicle. The flavor is sour orange creamsicle mixed with green onion. Mouthfeel is thin with a mineral hint. Really hard for me to drink this.
CLW (16859) reviewed Motueka Session from Ten Bends Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
4 oz. draft at Ten Bends. Pours an unclear pale yellow with no head. The aroma is citrus, tropical fruit, pine and pale grain. The flavor follows the nose. The palate is crisp with a dry texture. Overall, really great flavor for a under 5% brew!
CLW (16859) reviewed Early Bender from Ten Bends Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
4 oz. draft at Ten Bends. Medium brown in color. Aroma is mild coffee bean, a note of roast. Body is about average for a porter. (Leans on the thin side) Coffee lingers mildly after the sip. Good
CLW (16859) reviewed Star Bender from Ten Bends Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
4 oz. draft at Ten Bends. Reddish amber in color. Aroma shows mild cherry skins and for some reason, a hint of chocolate. The cherry is very natural, soft cherry skins, mild pie filling. Mild earthy malt/ caramel. Decent.