Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Big River, pours a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Nose brings out lots of banana and wheat, along with citrus. Flavour brings out a nice mix of banana upfront followed by citrus and wheat. A little too sweet and syrupy for my taste - not so good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Big River, pours a hazy amber / copper with a small beige head. Aroma brings out English malt, light spice, and bready notes. Flavour is very malty and somewhat sweet for a pale ale, with bready notes and sweet caramel malt. Not cloying, but not exactly a refined example of an English pale ale. Passable but not too thrilling.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Big River, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Nose is authentic, with light cereal malt. Flavour brings out lightly sweet cereal malts, some slight hops, and finishes fairly dry. Really well-balanced with some identity to it. Very well-made kolsch.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Big River, pours a clear pale blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out straw, sweet cereal malt, and citrusy notes. Flavour is pretty clean, with notes of citrus, straw and cereal malt. For the style, this is pretty interesting and highly quaffable. Good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Big River, pours a clear amber / copper with a small off-white head. Aroma is subtle, bringing out notes of toasted nuts and lightly sweet grainy notes. Flavour is on the maltier side, with toasted nuts, light caramel, and a gentle hop bitterness in back. This one is a malt bomb, well-balanced and drinkable, but nothing special.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at the brewpub
Black color with small creamy head. Nice fresh aroma of roasted malt and apples, delicate. Round and smooth mouthfeel, with a bold body; good roasted malt flavor, with a nice component of dark chocolate; strong bitterness; the moderate residual sweetness and the fruity hop create a pleasant feeling; gets very bitter and a bit ashy in the end.
Very enjoyable and drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught at the brewpub
Hazy blond color. The aroma is a bit too light; but the malt profile is pleasant, a bit crispy too, lightly bready, and the hopping is fairly grassy, noble.
Good one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a hazy copper with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out smooth toffee, light English hops, and biscuity notes. Flavour brings out a mix of toffee, vegetal notes, and biting English hops. Dry, someway spicy and lightly astringent on the finish. Smooth and highly drinkable, despite the smidgeon of vegetal notes. Good stuff.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
On tap. Pours a dark brown with little head. Not much of a nose - maybe some roasted malts. Sweet, watery, and insipid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
On Tap. Pours a bronze color with little head. Light aromas of toasted malts, and maybe a bit of caramel. Flavors of malts and quite a bit of UK hop pellets. OK.