bhensonb (22605) reviewed Coastal from Heater Allen Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Belmont Station. Pours clear copper with a large frothy white head. Aromas of citrus and stone fruits. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is caramel with lots of citrus and light stone fruit. Malt harshness is not subdued. It leaves an impression of underlying paper. Gets fruitier with time. Goes mildly astringent. It’s a pretty tasty beer after some struggling. Bitter, but not excessivelly so.
Troopie (5667) reviewed Pils from Heater Allen Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Poured dark orange red with thick white head. Moderate lacing. Darker than most pilseners. Medium aroma of hop, new hay and fresh grass. Medium flavour, maltier than say.. Pilsener Urquell, balanced. Lasting hop finish. Worth having another.
jcr (3164) reviewed Mediator from Heater Allen Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 12
Bomber. Dark amber/copper body with a tan short-lived head. Aroma of malty caramel, cinnamon, toasted grain, chocolate and an off smell of dirty feet. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly bitter. The early sweetness conveys a flavor of caramel with a hint of dark fruit. Some roasted malt taste follows along with the funkiness that showed up in the aroma. Medium body, smooth to watery texture, lively carbonation. This had lots going for it, but hard to get past the odd aroma and flavor as slight as that may have been.
Irishboy (4674) reviewed Mediator from Heater Allen Brewing 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Belmont Station. Nose of banana, caramel, and a bubblegum note. Clear cherry brown with a medium beige glass lacing head. Flavor is caramel, banana, and light notes of chcolate and bitterness.
Troopie (5667) reviewed Schwarz from Heater Allen Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Poured black with thin fast disappearing beige head. Aroma of malt, coffee and caramel. Malty flavour, with more coffee and caramel. Thin finish, with a bit of hop. A good workaday swartbier.
theisti (5540) reviewed Schwarz from Heater Allen Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 oz bottle courtesy of DA. Pour is black ruby darkness, with a firm one inch tan head. Nice cascading settling. Aroma of roasted smoky maltiness and some sugar cherry sweetness. Both are pretty muted, though it comes across as soft and nicely melded. Taste roasted malt and the bright cherryish sweetness from the nose. The smokiness lingers nicely through the aftertaste. Some cocoa in the taste as well. It has a lighter side of medium unfiltered palate which really nicely accents and brings out the roastiness. Well made and super drinkable. Thanks for sending this my way Derek!
theisti (5540) reviewed Bobtoberfest from Heater Allen Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
22 oz bottle courtesy of DA. Pour is hazed orange copper with a one inch white head the falls pretty quick with no lacing. Aroma of apple sweet maltiness with some nice sharp acidic sourness. Fresh nose. Taste is the sour, sweet maltiness to begin, with an earthy grassiness that picks up midway through. Nice transition of flavors and good complexity. The aftertaste is bitter and also a bit sour. Palate is medium-thin, quite drinkable. Nice Oktoberfest. Thanks for sending this one my way Derek!
theisti (5540) reviewed Coastal from Heater Allen Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
22 oz bottle courtesy of DA. Pour is ruby brown, hazy with a 1/2 inch off white head. Fair amount of lacing left behind. Aroma of sweet dark fruit and brown sugar caramel sweetness. Taste is mostly the caramel maltiness, though is drier and earthier than the nose would have suggested. There really is quite a bit of flavor and complexity in this. Like the Heater Allen Pils, it is pretty simple and straight forward and complex at the same time. Palate is thin to medium, very drinkable. This would be a very nice winter session beer. Really impressed with this brewery. Thanks for sending this my way Derek!
theisti (5540) reviewed Pils from Heater Allen Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
22 oz bottle graciously provided by DA. This beer was brought to my attention by bvc, who said he thought I would really enjoy it. Pour is cloudy golden yellow orange with great settling and a one inch clean white head that falls fairly quickly. Pretty in the glass, visibly unfiltered. Aroma is earthy, herbal hops, there is a bit of bitter edge of orange citrus. Some floral mixed in to the nose; a fresh and complex nose. Taste is earthy, grassy, herbally, slightly bitter orange citrus and chunky, chewy maltiness - really alive and unfiltered. Nice mineral element throughout. The hops and malt are both present, vibrant and balanced. The flavors are clean, straightforward and simple in their way, but delicious. Wow, really nice one. Perfect mix of being crisply satisfying and drinkable. Thanks to Derek for sending this gem my way, thanks to Brandon for telling me about this beer - you were right!