Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Clear yellow color with a hint of pink. Aroma of raspberry. Flavor is slightly sweet and tart raspberry with a quick, crisp finish. Easy drinking and light.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Apple cider opaque color with a sweet syrup aroma. Sweet cinnamon taste with a moderately sour acid finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Slightly opaque yellow with a dank, grapefruit peel and pine resin aroma. Taste is citrus hop bitter with some sweet malt underneath. Heavy bitter hop aftertaste. Good for the style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Dark copper color. Caramel malt taste, wood, with floral hop bitterness and subtle sweet whisky or scotch underneath.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Cinnamon and nutmeg aroma. Flavor is an interesting combination of sweet Belgian tripel, bubblegum, intense pumpkin pie, and alcohol. Thick and rich, pumpkin pie spice is overpowering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark brown color with a pepper aroma. Creamy porter flavor, slight roasted coffee bitterness, some malt sweetness, that ends with lingering hot pepper burn. Covers the high alcohol content well.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Amber color. Slightly sweet but more malty take on a tripel. The red malt hides the typical bubblegum sweetness of a tripel.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy copper color like apple cider. Different flavor than any beer I have tried. Taste is tropical fruit sweet, little hop bitterness. The aftertaste is hop bitter and lingers, takes a while to register.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
roasty, black, frothy, tan foam, full body, creamy, long finish, A solid oatmeal porter.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
A great example of an ESB, a style of beer not too common in 2017. Nice malty flavor.