jake65 (5821) reviewed Train Wreck from Butte Creek Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Pours a copper color with a medium sized off-white head. Citrus and piney hops with a malty sweetness in the aroma. The taste is plenty of citrus and piney hops, some malt presence, and caramel. I like a hoppy barley wine, so this one is quite drinkable. Thanks to Indiana_Red for sharing this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Pour is a orange with almost no head. Aroma is a very sweet malt with some hops thrown in there. Flavor was totoaly weak and pointless. None of the hops show up and this turns out to be a big mess. Nothing you would look for in a APA.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Train Wreck from Butte Creek Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Aroma starts with malt, quickly followed by pine hop. Translucent color of ripe apricot flesh, and an off-white head that is vigorous. A bit of lacing. It starts warm and malty. Not overly carbonated. A light burning sensation at the back of the palate. A bit vinous in mid-quaff. The malt persists through the middle, the alcohol tends to demand attention, but the finish is relatively dry - it just takes a long time to get to that point. Finally a resiny bitterness remains. It’s likely to persevere for awhile.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Hazy amber thin light orange head. The aroma is sweet with medium notes of grapefruit, malt, and herbs. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, hops, grapefruit, straw, and light notes of alcohol. The end is quite bitter and has notes of grapefruit, but the body is a bit on the thin side.
bb (18428) reviewed Train Wreck from Butte Creek Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Rich amber beer with a slight tannish head. Low malty aroma with some earthiness. Slight cereal flavor with malt and lemony citrus. Lingering balanced hops and caramel. Still a bit of cereal. medium bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
This beer looks like trouble with a translucent ruby color and a bubbly thin white head. Very clean aroma, hoppy, citrus and soapy, but also sweet and sugary. I think my tongue felt the alcohol before a drop landed, oily, sticky mouth feel, warming with long lasting bitterness. Flavor was of pine, but also woody and sweet like caramel. Without the hops this would remind me of a barleywine. I enjoyed this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A hazy orange beer with a dense orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with light hoppy notes - light for being an American IPA, and a bit of caramel, leading to a very bitter and dry end.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bomber; Nose is hoppy with some caramel malt hints coming in; hazy copper with a small beige head; flavor a nice balance of citrusy hop bitterness and caramel malt sweetness in a medium body with a nice hop finish. i suspect some of the hops may have disappeared due to it’s release 7 months ago, but it is finely balanced now.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Mostly clear medium amber with a thin white head. The aroma is malty with a dry, earthy hop touch. The flavor follows the aroma closely with sweetness and an underlying bitterness. Hides the alcohol quite well.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
22oz bomber. Clear copper color with tan head. There is a light aroma with pine hops and malts. Flavor has a mix of sweetness and bitterness. Not sure if the mixture works for me. Pine hop bitterness with a touch of grapefruit. The malts jump out as really sweet. Nearly sugar sweet. Not really fruity or roasted or caramel like. Yet another Organic beer fails to deliver for me.