Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draft: (@ brewpub....listed as 5.3% , 50 IBU) Hazy, dark yellow with an off-white head. Light fruit wood smoke aroma. Grain malt, honey, smoky taste. Ok.....but the smoke doesn’t lend a lot of richness....just more of an out of place bittering than anything.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft: Pours clear....yellow gold with a small white head. Honey, grain malt aroma. Taste is creamy grain malt, vanilla. Sweet..... Very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Though retired, I had this well before it was.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a dark brown color. Bar pour didn’t have any head.
The smell had a light nuttiness with a roasty malt. There was some light chocolate in there as well.
The taste followed the nose.
On the palate, this one sat light for a brown ale, perhaps a little more watery than expected. Pretty sessionable.
Overall, no complaints from me, could probably have downed a fair amount of these in a session.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy orange to light brown color. Bar pour doesn’t yield any head.
The smell had the normal \"soapiness\" of English malts extending throughout the beer. Light somewhat spicy hops are underneath.
The taste followed the nose.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionable aspect about it.
Overall, I say this was a good ESB worthy of having again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a gentle dark brown close to black color with a thin white to off white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute. Some light stringy lacing slid into the body.
The smell had a dry roasted coffee bean with a super light underscore of chocolate.
The taste was dry, light chocolate with a lighter dose of the coffee bean.
On the palate, this one came across right at a medium on the body. Sessionable? Maybe...
Overall, this was a pretty good Irish Dry Stout worthy of having again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a gentle hazy red color with a light transparency about it. Bar pour yields a film of a white head that dissipated within less than a minute.
The smell had some bitter citrus-like hops with a light underscore of sweet caramel malts.
The taste was sweet, balanced between the malts and hops, and came across somewhat crisp.
On the palate, this was about a light in body. There was a slight sessionable aspect about it.
Overall, decent red ale worthy of having again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a red to copper color with a slight transparency about it. There’s a small white head that quickly faded.
The smell had some sweet malt up front with a light spicy hoppiness about it.
The taste followed the nose.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body. It showed a decent drinkability about it. The carbonation was actually pretty smooth but then again it was on tap.
Overall, pretty good beer worthy of having again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy light brown with some light orange tinges around the sides of the glass. A soft thin white head died within less than a minute. Mild stringy lacing slid into the body.
The smell seemed to have had English malts up front with a light bitter grassy hoppiness running underneath.
The taste was basically the same.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body with a fairly decent sessionable aspect about it.
Overall, I say this was a decent English Pale ale to have again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
on tap-pours gold with an offwhite head. Aroma is soft medium malt. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel/bready, some earthy/spice hops.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
on tap-pours copper with an offwhite head. Aroma is medium malt, hint of spice. Taste is sweet medium malt-roasty/some chocolate, some spice/citrus hops.