Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Old Fashioned. Filtered amber-brown, soapy head. Mild smoky flavors, nice smooth malt tones. Deep toffee flavors complement the mild smoke. Sweet, doughy. A little one-dimensional, watery body. A little bit of soapy hop balance. Drinkable, enjoyable, standard...in a good way.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Old Fashioned. Yellow-tan. Thin oily head. Pretty solid for a WI Pils, a little more hop presence. A touch buttery, but solid enough hops to balance it out. Peppery, pretty true to style. Respectable..for a WI Pils.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed India Ink from Titletown Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Old Fashioned. Opaque black with a nice rusty beige head. Quite mellow and restrained vs. a big West Coast BIPA. Medium to full bodied, with some mild bitterness. Chocolate tones, mildly rough and sandy. Sub par, mild for the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Old Fashioned. Deep almost opaque black brown. Patchy, soapy beige head. Deep sweet chocolate, coffee, brown sugar aroma. Medium bodied, somewhat watery, but all around pleasant. Not unlike a Dunkel or Schwarzbier. Some coffee notes as well. Not much going on hopwise. Nutty toffee finish. Maybe a mix between Porter and a Brown. Pretty decent, another enjoyable offering from Titletown.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Old Fashioned. Caramel thin color, thin head. Mellow, floral malt aroma. Medium bodied, lots of fruity ale notes. Rather well balanced, captures some nice English Ale characteristics. A little too fruity at times. OK. Toasted licorice notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Old Fashioned. Deep brown-black with a reddish-tone. Steady, thinnish beige head. Smooth and drinkable with a nice creamy chocolate touch, minimal to no hop character. Mellow, with an almost Porter-like feel. Not much bock pungency, but it still works out OK.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draft at Old Fashioned. hazy orange-tan, yellowish color. Oily head. Clean and crisp aroma, a hint of sugar. At least tastes in the ballpark Pils-wise, which is more than I can say about a lot of Pilsners in WI. Easy drinking, with a decent hop balance. Still sort of misses the mark in that it was too stich and sweet. Sub par, but drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at Old Fashioned. Hazy orange-brown color, thin steady head. Floral orange citrus aroma. Quality IIPA that really hits the spot. Clean mouthfeel, with a grapefruit-orange finish. Certainly an unapologetic asskicker, butstill very mellow for the beast it is. Toast malt tones. Great. 2015 rate not as positive, found it more par for the course, pine citrus, classical IIPA. 7-3-7-3-15
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
This beer is a good example of a brewer knowing the strength of the hops he is using - very lean, clean malt bill, allowing the NZ hops to shine - earthy, peppery, minty character that eventually subsides and leaves behind a white wine grape quality - dryish malt base is just enough to give the hops something to ride across the palate on - pretty nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Quite a light, crisp, and drinkable belgian ale, with a lot of dry, crisp, crackery malts and herbal notes that compliment the mild phenols from the yeast fairly well - the yeast character is fairly mild, but there is a slight fruitiness and acidity that livens things up - a tad bit peppery - there are many better belgian ales, but this will do in a pinch.