Mansquito (19100) reviewed Blue Collar from Rusty Rail Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
House of 1000 Beers, New Kensington bottle: pours golden with white head. Aroma is bread and light hops. Taste is light bread and low hops. Typical light blonde ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at brewery. Clear gold color. Aroma is sweet Belgian esters and light apple. Another nonsaison. Sweet but not horrid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at brewwey. Completely average for style. A little mineral, a little malty. Dull but fine. Had no idea is supposed to have blood orange.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sampler at the brewery. Yeah, diacetyl beers aren’t fun. Sure, when its cold there is a decent hoppy aroma and flavor. But once it warmed up butter became my the only aspect of the beer that mattered. Thick, unfiltered looking as well.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at brewery. Not blueberry heavy. A decent malty blonde with bluebery aspects. Unoffending.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at brewery. Black syrup malt aroma. Flavor is similar and a little woodsy. Sweet malt and unfermented sugars. Decent stout but a little sweet and syrupy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at brewery. Hazy orange gold color. Sticky lacing in the glass. Aroma is nondescript American hops and husky malts. Flavor has moderate bitterness, nondescript hops, and again too much malt. I like it cause Berko hasn’t had it but a pretty lame bitter DIPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at brewery. Hazy pale color. Aroma is husky malts, can really smell unfermented malts. Lemon is nice. Flavor is a little sweet and lemony. Definitely a wit bier but too bulky and bigger than style calls for.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
A very one dimensional beer that worked great in a sampler but I don’t think I would want to drink a pint. ++ Sampled on draft at the brewpub this beer poured a very dark brown color with orange highlights and a medium sized foamy white head that left decent lacing. The aroma was cinnamon, brown sugar and icing - very much like a cinnamon bun. The flavor was strong iced cinnamon bun. Long finish. Medium body. Alcohol well contained. Tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Sampled on draft at the brewpub this beer poured a black color with a medium sized foamy beige head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was coffee, roasty malts and vanilla - no cherry at all on the nose. The flavor was cherry with a bitter and roasty note followed by a flavor of cheap brewed coffee and a bit of smoke. Long finish. Medium body and somewhat creamy. Disappointing.