Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bomber courtesy of ksurkin. Pours a deep clear mahogany with dark tan head. The aroma is chocolate malt balls, earthiness and apples as well as some bourbon and wood. The taste is smooth yummy chocolate and toffee and malt balls rolling into richer chocolate goodness, smooth bourbon, mild wood notes and growing booziness into the finish. Nice stuff. Wow. The flavor notes really work well together creating a toffee, chocolate, malted milk shake like latte experience until the heat shows up and thus breaking up the level of yumminess that was attained.
nimbleprop (16838) reviewed Fred Red Ale from Blue & Gray Brewing Co. 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
22oz bottle pours a mostly transparent, deep, brick red with a thin, creamy, off white head. Nose is malty, a touch sour, apples, metallic, a little acidic. Flavor is malty, lightly hoppy, apples, sour mash, crackers. Watery finish, a touch sour. I’m not allegding infection, I think perhaps this sat too long on a shelf.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22oz bottle looks great on the pour, 99% opaque deep brown with a creamy, thick, lacing beige head. Nose smelled a little infected to me, prunes, lacto, cherries, light vanilla, some berry, burnt toast, stale coffee. Flavor is sweet, light smoke, burnt toast, malty, caramel, maraschino cherry, coffee liqueur, malt extract. It’s a touch cloying in the mouth. The barrel is nice, well balanced in terms of having enough barrel flavor, but it could have benefits from less alcohol and less sugar. Fairly smooth all the way through though, and easily drinkable. I have mixed emotions, I like it for the smart way it was barrel aged but the base beer is not quite there.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to someone who I cannot quite remember. Poured dark brown with a brown head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had a relatively strong bourbon note with roasted malt and a bit of chocolate. Flavor began with sweet grains and chocolate with growing roasted malt note and a bourbon backing throughout.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
22 ounce bottle from Elwood Thompson’s in Richmond, VA, opened on 5/10/10. Pours a hazy orange color with a medium sized head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of citrus, peach and other fruity notes along with caramel and a bit of yeast. The taste is pears, peaches, citrus with caramel and a very faint yeasty tartness. Medium bodied and pretty decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hops and sweet malts in this pale. Kind of non-descript but pretty drinkable. There was something a bit off about this one though- even though it wasn’t too bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Ellwood Thompsons on 02/13/2010. Hazy orange body with a small off-white head. Sweet fruit and spice aroma with oranges, and pears. Sweet citrus flavor, some orange, with a lot of spice. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared at the DC Local tasting. Bomber pours a translucent amber brown with a cloudy, dusty, slightly eggshell head. Heavy spice aroma, cloves, nutmeg, ginger with the sweetness of fall root vegetables, some orange too. Flavor is more spice, all spice, cloves, brown sugar, toast, oranges. Dry finish. No alcohol presence.
Drake (22940) reviewed Virginia Hefeweizen from Blue & Gray Brewing Co. 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22 ounce bottle from Wine & Beer Westpark in Richmond, VA. Pours a dark murky orange color with a thin head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma is bready with strong citrus and nutty notes. Taste is citrus, peaches, caramel and bread. Light spiciness. Medium bodied. A fairly average hefe.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at RBESG 09 Sheffield ... hazy yellow ... banana ester nose... lightfruit ... little tofee .. lots of banana