Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample at the Tehachapi Beer & Wine Festival on 07/18/2015: Clear orange-gold color with a medium white head that diminishes steadily to an outer ring. Strings of lacing. Aroma of floral hops, malt and fruit. Medium body with flavors of resiny hops, rye malt and citrus. The finish is moderately bitter with a rye and hops aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
16oz. can from Total Wine, Tampa. Ambrée, col épais crémeux beige. Arôme est malté, cara pâle, houblonné donnant de belles effluves d’agrumes. Seigle ajoute un léger rétro épicé, le tout ayant qcq notes de veille levure. Palais est malté, ambre, pâle, houblonné modéré surtout sur le profil agrume. Potine d’alcool perce en retrait et le tout garde un profil légèrement épicé du seigle. Retrouve un côté C-Hops avec une amertume persistante et un ajout léger de résineux et de pin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
In a Shaker showing a finger of clean white foam and moderately filtered dark orange. The nose shows a mix of moderately intense mango and guava. The palate is well carbonated and medium bodied. Fresh flavors of light guava and a little mango. The finish shows little to no bitterness. Light and refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On draught. Full malt and a little cardboard on the nose. Clear amber with ivory/khaki head. Flavor is uninteresting malt and one dimensional. I did not get any hop action here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Hop Hideout, Sheffield. Hazy, dark gold. Film of off white head. Spicy, juicy, fusty, mandarin hop. Soft caramel. Taste is lightly spicy bitter. Nice balance by way of a toffee sweetness. Smooth palate, with a rich chew. Finishes long, fruity, zesty bitter, with that spice lingering all the way.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Mother Kelly’s, 11/06/15. Amber golden with a decent off white head that retains well. Nose is rye bread, caramel malt, bitter orange. Taste comprises orange pith, caramel malt, tangerine, candied fruit peel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close laced with hop bitterness. Decent hoppy red.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Keg at Mother Kelly’s - Londkn. Pours reddish gold with a frothy, off-white head. Herbal and citrusy hops in the nose, some pine, melon. Medium sweet flavor with some bready malts, watermelon, plum. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Lightly resinous in the finish, some bread, strawberry ice cream, ripe orange. Nice.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle, 2013 vintage. Pours hazy reddish hazel, small creamy beige head that dissipates leaving nice residual and lacing. Aroma is malty, dark sugars, a bit of cherry, vanilla. Flavor is quite sweet, out comes the bourbon with lots of dried fruits and dark sugars, date, prune, cherry, some oak, vanilla. Light bitterness and some ABV burn, but actually not bad. Full body, creamy, perhaps a bit chalky mouthfeel. Really solid effort. Kudos guys.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
15th March 2015
Hazy amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and crisp. Light malts bring mild sweetness. Tangy orange hops, some marmalade. Touch of lemon peel. Light finish with mild peel bitter linger. It’s fine but lacks vibrancy for a West Coast IPA, possibly not that fresh.