Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
4 oz. taster at Atlas, where they run $2 to $2.50. Deep black with a strong coffee nose. Taste brings home those deep coffee roast malts, and a very dry finish. There is a slight taste of "staled stout" sourness, but only very slightly. Maybe this one, um, "pales" after I’ve had two of their specialty IPAs, but this comes across as a standard stout. Might interesting to try on nitro or cask.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
4 oz. taster at Atlas. Okay, my first time with a Galaxy hop beer. Comes with a coppery IPA color, a thin scrum of foam. A nice smell of citrusy hops, but nothing out of the ordinary. But when I sip it, ah! A big tropical fruit note that I cannot identify. The descriptions for this hop elsewhere suggest passionfruit, and since I’ve never had that, I’ll go along. A little juicy like a muskmelon, but still with a citrus tang. First sample from Atlas that left a noticeable layer of lace, and it’s all around the glass. Still plenty of bitterness and resin to the hop as well. Quite fruity by the end, and the alcohol becomes more assertive as I drink further.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
4 oz. taster at Atlas. My nose has a bit of a cold tonight, but this is the first beer here where I really got a good whiff before tasting it. Thanks to the elevated alcohol content (which the beer list now shows as 8.7% instead of 10%). A nice alcohol delivery system that can sometimes overwhelm the hops. Lots of chewy malts matched to a full citrus hop note. They say grapefruit, but I didn’t see it as being that tart. Just some citrusy goodness. I would almost think this beer could hold its own against a Hopslam.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
4 oz. taster at Atlas. Nut brown color, retaining some thin foam. Its smell does remind me of the old Goose Island Hex Nut Brown. There is some spiciness in the taste which I can partly lay to the style being followed, with just a bit of malt spice coming from the rye. But this is generally a milder style, though this examples kicks it up just slightly.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
4 oz. taster at Atlas. Coppery amber color, with just a ring of foam that was like that when they first poured, before I got to the two lighter beers in this taster. Clear and present APA hop smell from the start. Taste is fully formed American hops that are overwhelming the malts with dry hoppiness, big on pine resin. The minimal alcohol note lets that hoppiness really push through.
McDermottDrink (4593) reviewed Oktoberfest from Burnt City Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
4 oz. taster at Atlas. Light amber color with a persistent thin layer of foam. Amber malt smell, but then I taste it: a big peppery German hop taste. By now I’m talking to the brewmaster, who says, no it’s not dry- or fresh-hopped, and it’s been in the tank 3-1/2 months. Well, I’m not used to big hops in any Okto, but I am a hop fan even if it might drive a beer off the style sheet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
4 oz. taster at Atlas. Cloudy yet brassy amber color, with a robust yet thin layer of foam, as the first taster in the series. Does have the malty, slightly yeasty taste of a Belgian ale, which I could only pick up in the nose after the first sip. As the lightest beer in the lineup, this could have been a plain blonde ale, but it’s interesting they went with this wit as their "opener." Slight bubblegum and lemongrass note., a with a slight bitterness in the background. Feels more alcoholic than it really is, thanks to a slightly chewy malt profile.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a near clear deep brown with a gray head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of cured meat, peat and smoke with underlying roasted malts. Flavor begins with peat and smoke that mellow in to a dry finish with roasted malts and coffee.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Atlas Golden Ale from Burnt City Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear pale gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has light grains and hay with a nice crisp grassy hop note. Flavor has a bit of grain and hat with an nice grassy finish.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Atlas Brother Mauro from Burnt City Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a deep amber with a tan head that dissipates comeyely. Aroma has a deep grain note with a hint of toast and a good amount of dark fruit, especially plum. Flavor has notes of bread and toast up front with only a hint of underlying dark fruit.