Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
On tap at Main Street, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has plenty of waffle character, gentle chocolate, and sugars. Flavour is extremely sweet, with plenty of chocolate-dipped waffles—as advertised. There’s not much malt backbone, and this is still much too sweet. Gimmicky nonsense, but not terrible—marginally better than the non-chocolate version.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Big Zesty Fox from Main Street Brewing 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Main Street, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma has some citrusy hops, powdered citrus fruits, and some perfumey hop oils. Flavour is a little better, with lots of citrus, grapefruity hops, and floral notes. Pretty thin malt base, finishing on citrusy hop oils and citrus fruits. Not bad but the hop expression is a bit clumsy and the citrus powder doesn’t help.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On cask at Main Street, pours black with a small beigr head. Aroma has subtle cocoa, a touch of lactose, and toasted malt. Flavour has English malts, cocoa, and gentle lactose. Constructed reasonably well, finishing lightly sweet and chocolatey. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On cask at Main Street, pours a clear amber with a small tan head. Aroma has dry bready malt, not much else. Flavour has a little more hop content, with light bitterness, dry bready malt, and a touch of dried toffee. Finished lightly bitter. Very easy-drinking and unassuming. Decent.
crit200 (5324) reviewed Vinyl from Main Street Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
Brown, head fades immediately. Tinny dry malt nose and palate with vague bitterness
mcberko (47456) reviewed Big Swell XL from Main Street Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Steamworks - Mt Pleasant, pours a cloudy pinkish amber orange with a small white head. Aroma has some rotting tropical stone fruit, a touch of lactose, and light lacto. Flavour is milky above anything, with plenty of lactose, yogurty lacto, and fruity guava. A bit too sweet and a bit too milky. Not good.
pictoman (9684) reviewed Notorious Lager from Main Street Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Taster pour from Armin. Poured from the tap @ Notorious Fox. Clear blonde gold with minimal white head. Basic, corn malt, uninteresting lager. Probably made for the locals.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Tunnerman's: X-Ale from Main Street Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Amber, bright. Cask head. Toasty, caramelly, moderate bitterness, more on the crystal malt than the Good Best, though they do have similar character.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark amber and bright. Medium head. Some toasty malt, caramel, cask juiciness, moderate bitterness.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Tunnerman's: Town Clown from Main Street Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Slight haze, thin head. Light, some juiciness, mellow leafy hop, lowish bitterness.