notalush (7339) reviewed Hold Steady - Coffee from Ratio Beerworks 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Turbid purplish brew - coffee totally dominates this - I’ve had the base beer and I can hardly taste it’s character here - tastes like straight-up cold coffee - some vanilla bean character and moderate bitterness/roast - maybe a bit of maple - kind of watery, very sweet finish - meh.
notalush (7339) reviewed Repeater from Ratio Beerworks 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Tap at the brewery - clear gold - decent creaminess to the texture - husky malt character - garlic/onion hop flavor - woody finish - sugary sweetness on the tail end - needs a lot of work.
notalush (7339) reviewed Domestica from Ratio Beerworks 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Tap at the brewery - more along the lines of a cream ale - seems.designed as a gateway for the hipster pabst drinking crowd - soft texture - simple, kind of sourish malt character - lightly floral hops - light breadiness - light corn/dms on the tail end - put it in aluminum tall boys, man.
notalush (7339) reviewed Hold Steady from Ratio Beerworks 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at the brewery - dark purplish red - a decent rendition of the style, with sufficient malt depth and richness to satisfy what one looks for in a scotch ale - some toffee/caramelized sugars, light plum, faint earthiness/smoke - the sweetness is a bit sticky, lacking any kind of balancing character (mineral, savoriness, acidity), but still pretty good.
notalush (7339) reviewed Dear You from Ratio Beerworks 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
(Tried again to get a better read - still pretty muddled and simple, but on the tail end there is some spicy, citric hop character, and there are very mild pineapple esters - some potential, but needs a lot of tweeking) Tap at the brewery - I got all excited when I saw a 5.5 Saison on tap - sadly, this was pretty disappointing - pours a turbid gold - aroma and flavor are subdued, bland - dull yeastiness, some soft wheat character, moderate tartness - other than that, not much happening - no snappy malt character, no phenolic yeast expression, no esters - just yeastiness and bland malt character - nothing off, at least, so it’s not offensive in any way - I’ll try later batches and hope for improvement.