Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep copper beer with a lasting off-white head. Malty aroma with biscuit, bread crust and caramel, and a note of tea. Biscuit and caramel flavour with some hay and a mild bitterness
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
tap at ørsted ølbar. Clear red brown amber, smooth light brown head. 4 very nice well balanced hoppy and malty aroma. Supernice aroma8. Flavor is quite bitter, berries, fruitpeel bitterness, wood, very complex.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Pizza Port, Ocean Beach
Appearance: Pours mahogany with a nice off-white head and good lacing left in the glass
Aroma: Toasted malts, nutty and caramel
Taste: Smokey, nutty and caramel
Nice, clean and crisp.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the brewpub. This beer is a clear dark reddish-amber color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily. Thin sheet of lacing on the glass. Caramel malt aroma along with hops in the nose. Medium body with a well balanced sweet biscuit malt and citrusy hops character. The finish is sweet with a lingering caramel finish. Decent Amber overall.
Earlier Rating: 4/11/2008 Total Score: 3.1
Sample at the brewpub. This beer is a hazy amber color with a thin beige head that dissipates quickly. Spotty lacing. The aroma is moderately hoppy with a solid earthy malt undertone. Medium-bodied and round with subtle hops, fruit and malt flavors. The finish is balanced between piney hops and malt. Overall this is a somewhat toned-down take on the original, despite what the name implies. I was not very impressed.
Earlier Rating: 4/11/2008 Total Score: 3.5
Draught at the Solana Beach location. The beer pours a clear brownish amber color with a medium thin beige head that dissipates steadily. Thin rings of lacing with some spots. Toasted malt, hops and mild spice in the nose. Medium-bodied and smooth with moderate hops, herbs and spice and grainy malt flavors. The finish is hoppy and spicy with a lingering bitterness. Pretty solid flagship beer overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample at the brewpub. This brew is a clear orange color with a medium thin bone white head that recedes steadily. Sticky strings of lacing. Sweet bready malt and hops in the nose. Light to medium body with a pretty even balance of hops and malt flavors. The finish is bready malt at first with a mildly hopped aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Fresh, citrusy nose. Medium body with sweetish caramel and fruit. Distinctly bitter finish. 080709
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap. Clear amber golden with a small off-white head. Sweetish malt aroma. Medium body, very sweet caramel malts. No bitterness. A malt lovers paradise. 080709
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From tap at the brewpub in Solana Beach. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Crisp hoppy aroma, light fruity. Very smooth hoppy and crisp flavoured. Light bitterness and mango fruity flavoured into the finish. Crisp, vibrant and clean.
Earlier Rating: 8/6/2008 Total Score: 3.6
From tap at Solana Beach. Pours clear golden orange with a fully diminished white head. Peach and grapefruity hops aroma. Flavour is sweet grapefruity. Mild peach accent too. Fruity and dry bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft. Amber beer with an off-white head. Malt and light caramel aroma. Caramel and malt flavor. Medium bodied. Caramel, malt, and light mineral lingers.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 oz shaker pint at Pizza Port Solana Beach. Pour is slightly hazed copper golden, a bunch of carbonation and a 1/2 inch white head. Nice lacing. Aroma of fresh resin sweet citrus and pine hoppiness. A touch of toasty malt behind that. Taste is the nose, though with big resin graininess, more pine than citrus, toasty malt really comes through nice. Finish is dry and bitter. Palate is medium, thin, high carb, very bitter and drying in the finish. Super drinkable.