Olut (21769) reviewed Palm Shade from Cruz Blanca Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from Home Bargains, Rochdale. Hazy golden colour with a small head. Juicy aroma and tropical fruit tasting brew with a light carbonation. Its citrus is pleasant only providing a low citric bitterness in this instance.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Das Bueno from Cruz Blanca Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12oz can. This is an Oktoberfest now, not a Doppelbock. Rather classic, clean Fest beer. Touches of amber malt, light caramel. 5.5% ABV, but drinks very smooth and easy. OK.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz can. Refreshing enough, well made, but the excessive lime tone isn't for me. Sort of hollow body. Hints at sour, but I guess it is just the fruit. Drinkable, but thin, not a lot going on besides the lime flavor.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at DU. Kind of nails it. Really clean body, light, dry, refreshing. Solid passion fruit tone. Hibiscus is there , but doesn't add any of the deep cherry tones you might hope for. Well executed fruit beer all the way.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Paloma Beer from Cruz Blanca Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16oz can. This one is a Grapefruit Gose, 5%. The grapefruit is big, but comes off rather artificial to me. Base beer beyond that seems decent, but this is too flavored for me, doesn't really do it.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Wild Honey from Cruz Blanca Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
16oz can. Really nice beer. Sour culture is under control, but adds some funky depth. Well attenuated, but the honey smooths it out some. Rather unique stuff, really cool interplay between the honey and the yeast.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Mexico Calling from Cruz Blanca Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12oz can. Solid for the style, which really isn't a Helles or a Vienna. Excellent clean medium body. Zesty hop balance, bready malts. Very drinkable, all around quality stuff.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Smoke Alley from Cruz Blanca Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16oz can. Last rating since the times of TheAlum. Wow. 5.0% ABV in these times. A smoked weizen, not unlike Schlenkerla, perhaps not quite as smoky. Either way, quite excellent stuff, and the dry hopping fleshes it out some.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Fade Away from Cruz Blanca Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear gold with a white head that lasts throughout the beer and laces. Aroma has corn and light grains with a bit of straw and bread supporting. Flavor is corn forward with light sweet grains underlying and a bread backbone.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Palm Shade from Cruz Blanca Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Frontera ORD draught, 10/26/22. Moderately hazy, bright pineapple with a small, white head. Heavy, heavy ester though no raw bubblegum. Lightly tropical and moderately citric hops with supportive malts adding white bread and cracker. No resin, tons of estery fruit and lots of tropical fruit and citrus from the hops. Extremely low bitterness and a bit weak on hop character overall, but clean and reasonably attenuated.