5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber color with multi color head. It was off white with some brown mixed in. A first for me. Initially very nice fresh caramel aroma. About as caramelly as I’ve experienced. There is also a hint of bready yeast. Pleasant enough taste. Sweet, a bit watery, caramel and toffee notes. A mild lingering bitterness in the finish. I also detect a slight bready and buttery-ness that adds rather than detracts from the taste profile. OK amber. Not nearly my favorite
Tried
on 14 Jun 2006
at 20:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Malty/citrus nose; hazy gold body with a tiny white head; malty/citrusy/sweet flavor.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2006
at 16:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Transparent walnut body, almost bald tan head, slighty malty nose with nutty chocolate notes, malty flavor with a small hop bite.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2006
at 23:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottled, Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Colour is dark amber, with disappearing head, leaving lots of lacing. Hazy, with sediment sinking to the bottom. Nose is fruity, loads of hops and citrus aroma (mandarin, orange peel). Sweetish. Taste is fruity (orange, mandarin, grapefruit), with loads of fresh hops. Some sweetness, but not too much. Medium body, with some tongue prickling carbonation. Long hoppy finish. Hoppy, but still rather smooth. Well balanced. Not the best in the class, but still very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2006
at 16:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy amber-orange with a tiny golden head. Aroma of sweet caramel malts; flavor shows malts and hops with the hoppy bitterness really showing up in the finish
Tried
on 23 May 2006
at 21:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz Bottle Pours out a nice brown with a tan head up on top. there is a little Malty and sweet but ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2006
at 22:19
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Candied aroma, some toffee, butterscotch and milk chocolate. Meduim sweetness, light balanced finish leaning toward the sweet end. Lacks any nutty or chocolate notes in the flavor. A touch of floral tingles from hops, just a touch. Appealing almost purple color, but virtually no head or effervescence, looks a bit dead in the glass.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2006
at 19:56
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Amber but tinted red. Fading unimpressive head. Rough carbonation. Inviting aroma, if mild. A warming caramelized-molasses notes, with an nice citric hop in the background, but very mildly stated. Pretty bland, with only a mild touch of sweeter malts up front, leading into a plain, balanced finish. This pretty much epitomizes what makes the standard micro amber ale such a boring and forgettable beer. Still, it is well put together and is pretty drinkable, save for the rough bubbles.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2006
at 21:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle from Sam’s Wines, Downers Grove. My last Lost Coast beer was rank, but I suspect they’re not pasteurized, so I’m taking this chance to try another. Pours a cloudy brown with ragged foam clinging to the sides (and to the bottle, too). Nice pine/citrus smell. Taste has a chewy malt that stands up to the bash of hops. I don’t quite find the hops as extreme as other pale ales, but it’s excellent nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2006
at 21:02
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
I got this beer in my beer club. I am not familiar with this brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a medium brown color with a small tan head that fades quickly. The aroma is dry roasty malts and light floral hops. The flavor is the same and is nothing to write home about.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2006
at 20:01