Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Not a very good dubbel. Some acid. Copper color. A little banana and yeast. Thin on the palate. I do appreciate Skyview’s generosity in sharing.
JK (8181) reviewed Johnny Blood Red from Titletown Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Light red color. No hop presence, but roasted malt in the aroma and lightly roasted in the flavor. Very dry. Simple but good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Another from Skyview. Cloudy, copper color. Thick white head. this is a good looking beer. Aroma has light hops. Flavor is light hops as well with malt, and a very salty taste. Some grassy flavor, and interesting in that is is more focused on malt than hops.
JK (8181) reviewed Green 19 IPA from Titletown Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Thanks to Skyview for sharing. This is a very good ipa. Dark orange. The hops are everywhere in this beer. Poweful, citrus and herbal hops in the aroma. Flavor is more hops, bitter, some citrus, fruity. Medium palate, and very well down. Poured from a growler.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
The mystery growler at the Cellars tasting. This is a scotch ale done right, but perhaps a little too light. It has a nice smoky aroma, but not too much smoke, as well as sweet malt and rotting fruit. Flavor has a little more smoke and lots of malt sweetness, a fairly sweet beer overall. It could use more alcohol perhaps, and maybe more malt, but definitely a success. Black beer poured from a growler. Low carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Amber, very clear; initially good carbonation but no head. Biscuit nose, dry candi sugar - not much else. Very sweet taste, overcaramelised sugar and overripe banana - oh, and maple syrup, pancakes included. Actually it ought to be honey, but that's not what I get. Bit oily mouthfeel, thinnish texture however. Loads of alcohol and -burn. Beer falls flat totally after sometime. Biscuity aftertaste. Overly sweet - and it seems a bit oxydized. Not the best.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Nearly black but with a red shine; yellowish head, quite fast gone. Portwine, molasses, dark purple or red fruit in the nose, sucade, and lots of very rich malts. Taste yields rather roasted sugar, molasses, fruity esters and liquorice. Obviously sweet, the balance comes from the burnt sugar and the esters, at the verge of fruity-sour. Beer gives an extremely attenuated impression, on the verge of becoming thinnish. Not empty, however, one percieves the underlying malts. Todd has driven the demand for well-attenuated abbey ales to an extreme here by the use of molasses and candi sugar. One wonders if he hasn't goen too far by nearly outfermenting everything. The nose is a sheer marvel of complexity.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Winter Warmer from Titletown Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Amber, light-clear; small yellowish rim. Buttery nose, caramel. Sweet, and an extra taste - well, I know there's palm sugar in this, but I definitely seem to get coeur de palmier/palmheart. Extremely well-bodied and yet dangerously drinkable. Amazing - it's not overly sweet, and yet it's a perfect sugar-aromated winter warmer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Made with molasses and buckwheat honey by Todd Ashman) Deep dark brown, no head. Nose of rubber, molasses, but not really sweet. Taste of rubber, liquorice, sweet (not sugary, neither malt) - like maple syrup. Well bodied, very sticky liquid. This is not quite a brown ale, Todd tells me, but an American porter. It's a style I wouldn't dig - if it weren't brewed by this magician.