Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Tap @ BP. Copper color with a thin ring of sandy head. Not much in the nose, sort of grassy with a faint floral hop presence. Up front the taste is sweet, with bready malt and a light citrus hop. Some floral hops in the tail helps the finish bring a little bite, but it’s a pretty tame IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tap @ BP. Reddish amber in color, topped with a thin creamy beige head. Nose is sweet, toffee and malt. In the taste I’m picking up some hints at an English barleywine, especially the yeast. Caramel, toffee, lightly bready, raisons, and other dark fruits. Surprising. At the top of the samples I tried today.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap @ BP. Medium depth brown pour and a thick finger of beige head. Nose is roast and light nuts. Some earthy bitters, nuts, and roast in the taste. Good balance... it actually could be blended with the hazelnut and raise some eyebrows I think. Still, enjoyable as is.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Tap @ BP. Pours a light amber color with a small off-white head. Definitely doesn’t look like an amber... mild aroma is cereal grains and faint florals. Taste is sort of grainy and grassy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Tap @ BP. Light golden pour, hazy, and topped with a thin ring of white head. Citrus in the nose and a little tart, same in the taste. Pretty decent wheat taste as well. Semi-crisp, it leaves a little desired in the finish as it falls off pretty quick.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap @ BP. Dark brown pour topped with a thin ring of creamy brown head. Nose is lightly sweet and sort of smoky. More smoke in the taste, but it’s sweet enough to not be called a ’smoked.’ Some espresso and chocolate to add a little sweetness. Pretty solid effort.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Draft @ BP. Golden color with a moderate white head. The nose is hazelnut, rather sweet. More hazelnut in the taste with moderate sweetness and not much else. There is just a hint of the malt base, but mostly nutty. Pretty one-dimensional.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
At MBBF 2013
Clear golden with a small white head
All hazelnut all the time, some chocolate and bready
I’m not a fan of hazelnut, but this was good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Had at Mountain brewers fest 2013
Clear amber with a medium sized white head
Toasted malts, floral and toffee
Decent IPA, mild.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Had at MBBF 2013
Clear brown with a small off-white head
Toasted malts, bready, nutty and caramel
OK