Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
On tap @ the new location in downtown Fort Collins. Pours a fairly clear golden yellow appearance with a white head. Aroma is pretty bland. Some herbal, chalky and grainy notes. Flavor is a little bitter but not so bad. Kind of twangy, lemony flavor. Soft mouth feel. Not too bad.
Despite my handle, beers can get too bitter, unbalanced, for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Olive waxed 22 oz bottle, bought at Liquor Shed in Casper. It pours a clear pale gold with a 2 finger head of foam, nice lacing and the foam is persistent. The smell is of fresh hops...nice notes of citrus, light grapefruit, lemon zest, that latter bringing some pungent tones. The taste is very oddly bitter. Very bitter. More than just a grapefruit/lemon bitterness, it crept into the aspirin type of bitterness, which I don’t fancy. It’s dank ++. The malt presence is minimal; I get a bit of a bready note from time to time. The alcohol is also big. A tough session is what I have here. It’s on the high end of medium bodied, carbonation is okay, the mouthfeel, though, is harsh, brackish? For personal consumption, this will be my only go at it. It’s too rough.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Howler style from Liquor Shed.
It pours purple with a good 1 finger head of purple tinted foam. The lacing is great!
At first whiff, I get some sweet notes ala Lindemans Raspberry but then a nice fruity tartness settles in, still of the raspberry pursuasion but more complex and delightful.
The taste is of a good fruit beer that resembles a Lambic in some ways. I like the tartness of the fruit, the mild sweetness is easy to cope with. Light yeasty and notes of wheat round it off. Very nice and dry finish.
Fairly light bodied with, I reckon, a little to little carbonation. A bit more fizz would help.
Sipping on this, I’d guesstimate the abv to be between 5 & 6%.
Overall, not a bad attempt at something that I don’t recommend US brewers calling a brew of theirs...Lambic.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
22oz bottle picked up at the brewery (2013 261/400)
Pours dark brown with a big tan head and some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, dried cocoa, whiskey, vanilla and woody. Flavors of roasted malts, chocolate, roast coffee, vanilla with some bitterness in the finish
A nice smooth Imp Stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22oz bottle (red wax, why?) picked up at the brewery
Pours clear golden/copper with a huge off-white head and good lacing. Aroma of oranges, biscuity and citrus. Flavors of oranges, bready, caramel and bitter citrus
This was OK. I like a IIPA that is not sweet and doesn’t have tons of caramel malts, which this delivers. But I didn’t enjoy the oranges in the taste. I did like it more as it warmed up.
Sledutah (12313) reviewed Frontier Daze IPA from Freedom's Edge Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
22oz bottle picked up at the brewery, yellow wax (why??)
Pours slightly cloudy golden with a medium sized white had and lots of sticky lacing. Aroma is grassy and fruity. Flavors is bitter citrus, floral and pine resin
The more I drink this the better it gets. Very nice and easy drinking IPA. Drank on IPA Day!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at the brewpub
Dark brown with a small beige head and light lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, vanilla and coconut. Flavors of roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla and coffee
Nice and smooth
Sledutah (12313) reviewed 1890 I.P.A. from Freedom's Edge Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at the brewpub
Clear golden with a small white head and some lacing. Aroma is floral and citrus. Flavors of floral, grapefruit, mild citrus and some bitterness in the finish
Nice, clean
Sledutah (12313) reviewed X (TEN) Pale Ale from Freedom's Edge Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewery
Cloudy straw golden with a small white head and good lacing. Aroma and flavors were floral and light caramel
Mild throughout, clean.