Fergus (31329) reviewed Jaded Raver from Black Hammer Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
On tap at the brewery in sf. Clear amber , orange coloured pour with a small fading off white head. Aroma is brown sugars, toffee, raisin, berry. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, toffee. Burnt sugars, caramel, nutty, malts, raisin. Some carbonic acid. Palate is highish carbonation, semi sweet, gassy. Decent malt character.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Blue Me from Black Hammer Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at the brewery in sf. Pale dull yellow / golden coloured pour with a fleeting halo of white head. Aroma is big parma violets, artificial, light grains. Flavour is more parma violets, carbonic acid, light blueberry muffin. Palate is light, watery, carbonic acid, gassy. I don’t care for this.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Hopportunistic from Black Hammer Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the brewery in sf. Translucent golden. Orange coloured pour with a sticky white head. Aroma is nice tropical / lemon citrus hop, slight spicy, orange rind. Flavor is composed of spicy citrus, toasted pine, rubber, dirt. Palate is medium bodied, high carbonation, light hop resin. Light mouldy hop in the finish. Assertive rough hop bitterness.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Sunrise Set from Black Hammer Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the brewery in sf. Slight hazed pale yellow coloured pour with a sticky thin white head. Aroma is sweet earthy honey, zesty, lemon, grain husks, slight rubber. Flavour is composed of zippy, lemon, tart citrus, slight citric acid, honey. Quite interesting. Palate is crisp and tart and refreshing, highish carbonation. Super dry finish. Lingering zippy lemon.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Witless Zombie from Black Hammer Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at the brewery Sf. Pale golden coloured pour with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet slightly nutty grains, spicy hop, slight orange rind. Flavour is grainy, slight lager note, semi crisp in the finish. Palate is semi sweet, crisp, moderate carbonation, pretty simple beer. Little thin. Not much wit yeast character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the brewery Sf. Very pale yellow coloured pour with a fading thin white head. Aroma is nice fresh grains, clean pile, light noble hop. Flavour is light grains, slightly watery, oils, slight spicy hop. Palate is light watery, slightly grainy, high carbonation. Quite refreshing and interest enough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at Black Hammer. It pours a brown color with a khaki head. The aroma has strong vanilla and cocoa powder. The flavor is also strong with vanilla some roasted malt and chocolate. Pretty sweet with an earthy/toasted bitterness. Ok. Another heavy handed vanilla stout.
joeneugs (1999) reviewed Hopportunistic from Black Hammer Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
This was labeled as Hopportunistic #2, but it is also a Citra APA, so Im guessing its the same beer just a different batch. It pours a lightly hazed orange color with an off white head. The aroma is nice and potent with big mango grapefruit and some floral hops. Strong. The flavor is the same. Very hoppy grapefruit notes and florals. A little hop spice and bitterness in the finish. Hints of tropical fruit and some honeyed malt, but not a lot. Pretty solid hop forward APA. A little more attenuation and it would approach Cellarmaker quality in terms of hop explosiveness. Well done.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On draft at the brewery. It pours a light golden orange color with an off white head. The aroma is lightly malty with a little berry fruit. The flavor is bready and a little toasted with some sweet maltiness. Good earthy bitterness in the finish. A bit too caramel heavy and sweet, but certainly not bad.
joeneugs (1999) reviewed Sunrise Set from Black Hammer Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Black Hammer. It pours a pale yellow gold color with a white head. The aroma is light wheat with lemon and orange. The flavor is the same. Lots of tart, orangy lactic acid. Very simple flavor profile with hints of wheat malt in the finish. Pleasant tartness, but pretty generic. No major off flavors. An ok quencher.