Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sample @ the Sour & Bitter event in Copenhagen. Pours clear golden with a frothy white head that slowly dissipates while leaving lots of trace on the glass. Smell is rather subtle, sweet and tiny bitter with grass, orange peal, mango, dry soil, crackers and hints of pine. Taste is sweet and bitter with bread, pine, orange peal, caramel, burnt sugar, grass and unripe mango. Mouthfeel is round, tiny oily bitter and medium bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with pine, orange peal, bread and grass.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
tap at s&b cloudy amber, small white head. aroma is spicy hoppy, malty. flavor is flowery, malty, good body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at the Brewpub in Carlsbad. Pours a mostly clear dark amber color. A sweet caramel flavor with dry grains, light but lingering bitter hops. Very smooth, a big amber ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Carlsbad. Pours a deep clear amber color. A sweet caramel and dusty nose. The flavor is rich sweet caramel, watermelon, light fruit. Very smooth and mellow, light fruity hops. Good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at PP Carlsbad. It pours golden amber, with a thin off-white head. The nose is hay, straw, grass and some caramel sweetness. The taste is grass, hay, straw, caramel and metal... not much else really. Light-medium body and fine carbonation. Easy drinking for sure, but could be a bit more flavoursome.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Pizza Port Ocean Beach. Pours with a clear copper-bronze body with a fluffy, off-white head with great lace. Aromas of caramel, fruity, hoppy, bready. Flavors are nutty, floral, fruity, caramel, pine and a bit of citrus. Lively bubbles. Medium dry finish. Decent, and pretty similar to the other Sharkbite beers.
Earlier Rating: 6/24/2008 Total Score: 3.5
Pours with a creamy, off-white head covering a dark amber body with great lacing. Aroma is of spicey hops, malts and some maple syrup. Taste is strong with some coffee malts, hoppy bitterness and a slight astringency in the finishy. Watery mouthfeel with light carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draught at Tadg’s. Pretty red-amber color with thin, fine lace. Cherry gumball nose with caramel and chocolate, nice light and earthy hops. More citrus hop in the mouth, well balanced, with chocolate, caramel. Very earthy, with nice bitterness. Nice full mouth, with full but mild carbonation. Big bitter finish seemed to get stronger throughout the glass.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap as a guest draft at Dark Lord Day at 3 Floyd’s in Munster, IN. Appearance a cloudy copper/amber with rich white head. Aroma hoppy, citrusy with slight malt. Taste plain old hoppy, pretty standard but good.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at Ørsted, Copenhagen
Red-amber color. The aroma, mild, it’s at the same time nutty and yeasty, with some caramel; light soy sauce. Solid Amber ale, with an accent on toasted nuts. And it also have a strong bitterness. A bit dry in the end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap. 7.3% ABV. Sant Clemente. Pours a beautiful, clear, reddish dark amber with a creamy and dense off-white head leaving laces. Sweet, burned caramel in the nose with some American hops. Medium-bodied, sweet nutty accents, burned caramel and a good hop-bite in the finish. Solid and an American archetype. 250111
Earlier Rating: 11/27/2010 Total Score: 3.4
On tap. Clear orangey brown with an off-white head. Distinctly sweet dark caramel in the nose with a nutty touch also. Good full body, roasted malts, again quite some dark caramel and nuts with a distinct and somewhat raw hop bitterness in the finish. 261110
Earlier Rating: 8/17/2006 Total Score: 3.4
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Slightly hazy reddish amber with a lively, off-white head that propels itself out of the bottle. Fresh aroma of citrus and caramel. Fairly light body with dry caramel accents. Hoppy, citrusy finish. Secret Santa present from Immy. 160806