Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bosco's Fred Scheer does an excellent job with this IPA. Hoppy, smooth and the bitter is just right. Very enjoyable IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
This is the first beer that I've had that was brewed from a recipe in Charlie Papazians' book that I didn't brew myself. I couldn't have brewed it any better. No homebrew taste at all ;.) A good brown ale. Had it cask conditioned, but Charlie autographed a bottle personally to take home!
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Way too sweet, hitting a nice rich roasted chocolate note but growing incredibly cloy in its lactose indulgence. Raisin-cherry on the back end with a cola-ish overbearing fade.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Boozy and sweet, packed with tons of apple esters and funky Brit yeast. Bread and dough on the finish yet a floral bitterness eases the alcohol on the fade.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Surprisingly hop-forward IPA, piney and resinous with a citric undertone. Deep sweet caramel malts offset the bitterness, yet the finish brings a prolonged hop assault, seriously dry and mean. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Decent version of the style, hitting a deep Nutella malt vein with apple esters accenting the sweetness. Finishes bland but the nuttiness is appreciably pronounced.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Solid Scotch ale, smoky peat on top of bourbon-tinged caramel-toffee malts. Finishes with a mild bitterness highlighted by smoke and grain. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4
Straightforward cream ale, corn sweetness on top of a Euro-hop funkiness. Easy to drink, easy to forget.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Classic old-school IPA, floral hop bitterness balancing a caramel sweetness. Finishes dry and perfume-ish. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Caramel bomb, massive malt front giving up bread and esters, with a mildly pungent hop finish. Clean fade laced with apple. Interesting, even if it’s not all that great.