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Local Craft Brewery with a focus on small batch beers, fresh hop flavors and oak fermented and aged wild ales in Geneva, Illinois.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a clear gold with small frothy white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is strong pine, wheat. Thick mouth, nice bitterness, dry finish, pine, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2015
at 14:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle from Binny’s South Loop location. Cloudy pale straw color with thin head in my snifter. Aroma is mild fruity Belgian yeast and a slightly floral hop undertone, pleasurable. Taste is an extension of the aroma.
The yeast and hops are at a great level of balance. The fruitiness from the yeast hits the tongue upfront with the hops showing a strong presence in the finish. Lightly grassy and mildly lingering pine notes. The body is in the medium range with a yeasty chewiness. No date on the bottle but it’s clear to me this is on the fresh side. Should be killer on draft!
The yeast and hops are at a great level of balance. The fruitiness from the yeast hits the tongue upfront with the hops showing a strong presence in the finish. Lightly grassy and mildly lingering pine notes. The body is in the medium range with a yeasty chewiness. No date on the bottle but it’s clear to me this is on the fresh side. Should be killer on draft!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2014
at 11:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Long man and Eagle on Turkey Day! Amber , mildly hazy, no head. Nose of toasted grain and earthy hops... Subtle the whole time. Flavor is delicate and elegant. Toasted malt, light yeast presence with a earthy hops with low bitterness. Texture is Not oily but slick. Very nice overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2014
at 14:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle pours with a deep gold body that has copper hues and supports a thin off white head. The aroma offers up yeasty Belgian spices and various light skinned fruity esters that have a banana, apple and a sliver of green bell pepper like fruity hoppiness. The taste starts with nice hoppiness that’s even with hop flavor and hop bitterness that picks up herbal, grassy and vegetable like fruity notes (what?). It then gets into yeasty Belgian spices mixed with fruity notes. This is a nice hoppy brew where the hoppiness is more forward than the Belgian yeasty spice notes and that works for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2014
at 14:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle. Peachy pale yellow body. Thin white head. Zesty, sharp citrus bite up front fades into a clean, easy, malty finish. Has a real nice carbonation, they certainly get that right. Almost has a salty Gose like thing going on. This is a pretty phenomenal session beer. Well exceeded my expectations, wish they made this in reasonably priced sixpacks. Unique and great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2014
at 20:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Pours a hazy muted orange-tan with a big, steady, foamy vanilla head. Pleasant citrus tinged Belgian yeast aroma. A pretty solid BPA, approaching BIPA. Captures the style well...at least for an American Belgian Pale Ale. The hops are pronounced and have some nice depth, from tropical to pine. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2014
at 19:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at Standard Market. Slightly hazy amber color under a thin. lacy head. Citrsuy hop nose. Taste is very hop forward, with a strong bitterness more like an Anchor Steam. Bitter aftertaste with just a hint of grapefruit at the back of the palate. The lighter alcohol lets it go down nice and easy, and leave just a hint of Belgian aromatic pale malts at the end.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jun 2014
at 19:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Enjoyed on tap at Emporium Arcade in Chicago, IL while watching a Star Wars marathon. It's just decent. Appearance is a cloudy gold with a nice white head that laces to the glass. Aroma of light spice and tropical fruit, definitely smells like a Belgian ale. Taste finishes bitter with a moderate tart, more complex fruity elements in the flavor. The more I drink the better it gets.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 May 2014
at 17:29