Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5
Gunk on bottom. This stuff claims to be a golden ale but from the start I am suspect. A little yeasty on the aroma with candy tones in the background. Pale-ish yellow brown a little on the light side. Hazy. No head and no visible carbonation. Strong and rather syrupy sweet for a golden ale. Has some of that typical yeasty beldgy flavors that I have come to associate with East End. Some CO2 but very little.Not real easy on the lager lovers taste buds. Now I see it has lots of different spices in there, way too much as far as I am concerned. Yep, I guess that beldgy yeast flavor is from all those spices like chamomeel and rubarb and such. This brew is not what anybody would call a golden ale but they must have looked only at the color when they named it. Weird, to say the east but glad to have tasted it.
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Newbold IPA from Philadelphia Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 6/22/10
Aroma: The nose is fairly hoppy, with some pine, grass, orange, and herbal notes
Appearance: Clearish caramel colored pour with a big fluffy beige head
Flavor: The taste is fairly bitter as well, resiny and slightly herbal, with a mild sweetness
Palate: The body is medium, with a somewhat creamy mouthfeel, and an average carbonation
Overall Impression: Overall, this makes for a middle-of-the-road to good IPA. Not special, but a little bit better then one I might describe as "decent enough." I'd drink it again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Location: Bottle at Max and Andy's Fantasy Tasting, 5/1/10
Aroma: Bit of strange nose, some vegetation, spice/ginger, lemon, floral notes
Appearance: Pours a medium golden color
Flavor: The taste is grains and spice mostly, light bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, somewhat dry
Overall Impression: This is a pretty strange beer. It wasn't anything special, but it is pretty good. I don't have a lot more to say beyond that, and the notes don't say much more either.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy apricot color with a small soapy beige head that faded quickly. The aroma was faint tangy malts. The flavor was bitter, tangy and had buttery and vegetal touches. The finish was short, tangy and buttery. Drain pour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz bottle...a good solid brown color with a tan head that comes and goes on the swirl....strong burnt malts and super strong coffee(the kind that requires multiple trips to the toilet)...flavors are not a s pungent as aroma...but good....has light milk stout qualities....the coffee is more muddled than in the aroma....a burnt malt finish and a lip stickiness...average weight in the mouth
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Amber colored pour. It’s more pale than IPA. Very light bodied. Not all that great. Rated 8/14/08
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Kenzinger from Philadelphia Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Very light bodied pale golden colored ale. Slight hop malt flavor is seriously lacking depth. Rated 8/14/08
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Walt Wit from Philadelphia Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Reminds me of a Celis White. Amercanized Belgian wit. Lots of spice. A little overuse of coriander. Taste is spicy orange peel. Rated 8/6/08
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours dark red. Initial mild hop bitterness with a dry cherry finish. Better than expected. Rated 4/10/10
cheap (9533) reviewed Kenzinger from Philadelphia Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Slight haze on a pale yellow. White rocky head. Clean sterile aroma. Decent amount of CO2 makes it pleasanat. First taste is interestingly bitter, like a pale ale that wants to be an IPA er something. I’m not a hop lover but this hop bitterness along with the CO2 almost makes it enjoyable. Shades of orval here? Chewing on green grapefruit rinds is the finish which leaves you hangen on the end.