Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Half pour at OCC Brewing. Pours a hazy, reddish-orange color, with no head. The nose is raspberry, lovely chile on the nose, lime, celery, and vanilla. Sweet and fruity, with a light acidity and a good, mellow heat. Delicious!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at Brass. Pours a bright, cloudy, orange color, with a medium, white head. The nose is orange juice, peach, gin, butterscotch, and juniper. Sweet and sugary, with a sharp, abrasive bitterness. Hot and aggressive. This is a quality big IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a murky, dull orange color, with a small, fizzy, off-white head. The nose is pine sap, honey, light perfume, toast, and cut grass. A bit drying, with a sharp, assertive bitterness. Medium body, with a crisp, grainy palate. This is a quality ESB, if a little hoppy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours black, with a small, fine, tan head. The nose is coffee, vanilla, sherry, chicory, and grains. Sweet and dusty, with an acrid, off bitterness. Heavy body, syrupy, and thick. Malty and dusty, with an unpleasant finish. This is a fair stout with good roasted aromatics, but the finish is quite off.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at the brewery. Pitch black color with a light tan head and epic retention. Very nitro-like pour. Good lacing. Light chocolate aroma. Has a dry roasted dark lager flavor without any chocolate that I smelled. Dry finish. Pretty good. Nothing new. Kinda middle of the road.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft at the brewery. Clear amber color with a small khaki head. Very good lacing. Decent caramel malt flavor without the typical harsh amber finish. More mellow than most ambers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft at the brewery. Hazy gold color with a tiny white head. Very light body. Has a light citrus finish. Easy drinking.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draft at the brewery. Clear pale yellow color with virtually no head. Tastes as clean and light and easy drinking as it looks. Nothing special, just enjoyable beer.
superspak (10160) reviewed Fossil RMF-IPA from Fossil Craft Beer Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Got in a trade with beergoot. 32 ounce crowler into tulip glass, filled on 6/23/2019. Pours very hazy medium orange/amber, light copper/red color with a 1 finger dense and rocky light pink head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red apple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew, watermelon, strawberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, cracker, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/light earthy hops and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red apple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew, watermelon, strawberry, citrus peel/zest, wood, light peppercorn/pine, cracker, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red apple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew, watermelon, strawberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/light earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.6%. Overall this is a very nice IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/light earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish; great soft feel and not aggressive. Really unique hop profile. Feels like El Dorado, Huell Melon, and Belma. Very juicy and lightly dank/earthy hops; with a nice bready malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at the brewery, at the release party. Pours black, with no head. The aroma is chocolate malt, mild coffee, syrup, vanilla, and brown sugar. Very sweet, with a lovely, bitter finish. Surprisingly light body, with a malty, chewy mouthfeel. This is a candy-like and easy drinking stout. Nice.