Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at World of Beer Charlottesville. Clear golden, thin off-white head, fair retention. Aroma of coffee, nuts, pale malt, mild spicy hops. The taste is coffee, chocolate, grassy hops, pale malt. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness, decent balance.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Keg at McGrady’s. Clear amber, thin fizzy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, caramel, bready malts, yeast. The taste is toffee, apples, caramel, yeast. Medium bodied, mild lingering spice. Decent beer, but not much like a saison.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at Sedona Charlottesville. Clear copper, thin fizzy tan head, fair retention. Aroma of earth, pine, honey, citrus, sawdust. The taste is earthy, piney hops, melon and herbal notes, pale malt. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness.
obguthr (12524) reviewed Boreal Amber from Seven Arrows Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Sweet tea nose, mild. Clear copper, medium head. Coffee, tinny, clay, mild. Light body. Tame even for style.
obguthr (12524) reviewed Aurora Pils from Seven Arrows Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
No aroma. Clear golden, thin head. Nice grainy start and end, some DMS. Grassy finish. Light body.
obguthr (12524) reviewed Eventide IPA from Seven Arrows Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tea and rosehip bouquet, mild. Clear copper, medium yellow head, good lace. Earthy rosehip, and marigold. Medium body, easy carbonation. Not mind blowing, but well made, good balance, tasty with just enough character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Rubber, grass, bready, strong spinach aroma. Hazy golden, thin head, good lacing. Spinach raw, bread crust. Light body. Weird and actually refreshing and enjoyable, but not at all resembling a German hefeweizen.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Very mild grain nose. Clear auburn, thin head. Grain, cherries, tea that order of progression. Medium body, soft carbonation. Good marriage of hearty and tangy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Green tobacco, grass nose. Clear amber, medium head. Flavor is smoked hatch chilies despite the fact that this was supposed to be a coffee infused pilsner. Light, easy carbonation. Very special. I was assured that there was coffee and no peppers in this beer, but I dug it. This bucks the notion that pepper beers require a hearty malt bill as this was a light pilsner with little malt presence.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Little aroma, save for cardboard and wood. Cola brown, medium tan head, good lacing. Wood flavor, but awfully bland. Light body, moderate carbonation. Schwarzbiers aren’t inherently exciting styles, but they can be. This one wasn’t.