Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
I really enjoy this beer - especially as it warms in the glass. Pours an amber/burnt-gold that is clear with a white head. Head was full and frothy, but with large bubbles it dissipated quickly. Aroma of sweet grain and slight melonoidin with perfume and flowers. Taste is well balanced floral and malt, with some chewy bread and an orange background.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at City beer. Pours with a clear golden hued body with a small white head. Aromas are odd, grainy, popcorn, peanut butter. Floral hop aromas, tea like. Flavors are floral, nutty, grainy, grassy, resiny. Lively bubbles dry finish, low bodied.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Honey Saison from Almanac Beer Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Beer Rev. Pours with a clear yellow hued body with a small white head that fades. Aromas are estery, grainy, spicy, light oak, medium hop character, floral. Flavors are sweet, bready and grainy, dry with a metallic finish. Some spicy phenolic character and light vanillin. Medium carbonation.
bb (18607) reviewed Cali Fresh Hop Ale from Almanac Beer Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Light grain adn light hop aroma. Butter and light grain flavor with light hops. Medium bodied. Crisp finish. Butter and grain lingers with light hops.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy aroma. Fruity malty spicy flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
75 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, fenel spiced and toasted malty. Bitter, fenel and slight herbal. Ends dry and spiced.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught at Blue Palms. Almost clear, amber/brown liquid with medium off-white head. Aroma of pepper, belgo yeast esters (banana, bubblegum), biscuit, light dark fruit, cereal and toast. A bit bland. Taste is dry and light to medium bitter with a malty backbone, some biscuits. Medium bodied with medium to high carbonation. Not too fantastic.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from the Folsom BevMo. Pours clear copper with a creamy/bubbly near beige head. Aroma is mildly earthy with hints of the lighter stone fruits. Over some lightly cooked caramel. Nice smell. Near med body. Flavor is earthy, with light fruit, and the cooked caramel suggests more as diacetyl/butterscotch. There is definitely some herb in this - not sure I taste anise, but arguable. With a little time this turns into a nicely earthy and reasonably bitter drink with fruit notes. The butterscotch, if there was any, gets lost. Nice ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample at the Central OH BA Tasting at From The Vine on 06/02/2012: Cloudy yellow-gold color with a medium white head that recedes steadily. Strings of lacing. The aroma consists of berries, malt and oak. Medium body with an oaky character and notes of blackberry, malt and a bit of funk. The finish is tart and fruity with a lingering berry aftertaste. Above average overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Blue Palms. Pours with a crystal clear, medium amber golden hued body with a lasting white head that leaves great lace. Aromas are spicy, phenol, earthy, low esters, light citrus, anise, grassy, phenol, a bit sweet. Flavors are malty, bready, biscuity, a touch sweet, lightly metallic. Fennel, light cola, anise, earthy. Quite a bit of bitterness (a bit too strong). Some floral notes. Fuller carbonation, medium bodied.