Drake (22934) reviewed Original Cinn from Mackinaw Trail Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4.5
12 ounce bottle from the Manistique location, 6/27/24. Hazy yellow, thin fizzy beige head, poor retention. Aroma of dry apple, sulfur. Uh oh. Taste is cinnamon, pepper, sulfur, sweet apple. This has gone bad. Sad.
Drake (22934) reviewed Chocolate Wasted from Mackinaw Trail Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Keg at the brewery , 6/25/24. Black, no head. Aroma of chocolate brownie, roast, hops, hint of cherry. Taste is roast, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, caramel. Well balanaced, slick, booze well hidden.
Drake (22934) reviewed Bear Creek Amber from Mackinaw Trail Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at the brewery , 6/25/24. Clear amber, medium tan head, average retention. Aroma of toast, caramel, cherry. Taste is toast, piney hop. Crisp, well balanced.
Drake (22934) reviewed (906) Pale Ale from Mackinaw Trail Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at the brewery , 6/25/24. Hazy orange, medium frothy white head, average retention. Aroma of orange, grapefruit, pale malt. Taste is pine, orange, pale malt. Well balanced.
Drake (22934) reviewed Spare Parts from Mackinaw Trail Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at the brewery, 6/25/24. Hazt orange, large tan head, average retention. Aroma of floral hops, grapefruit, pale malt. Taste is grapefruit, pine, resin, pale malt.
Drake (22934) reviewed Pear Cider from Mackinaw Trail Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at the Manistique location, , 6/25/24. New brewery! Brewery # 2281, USA # 1876, MI # 84. Clear pale gold. Aroma of dry pear, tannins. Aroma of pear, honey, vanilla. Well balanced. On the sweeter side.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Thanks Trevor.
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a dark brown color close to black. Finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at an even pace. Light messy lace.
The aroma had a nice blend of soft roasty to sweet coffee beans, vanilla beans, milk and dark chocolate.
The flavor balanced between the roast and sweet fairly nice. Nice blend in the aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Good carbonation and the ABV felt fine.
Overall, pretty good \"breakfast stout,\" but could be perhaps construed as a breakfast porter, as it did seem just a tad weaker in the body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Thanks Trevor.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a ruddy pale copper color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at an even pace. Leaves some concave lace just sitting atop of the beer.
The aroma had some sweet grassy and citrusy hops up front and then sublte berry tones hitting the underneath. Rugged malt base attempts to blend but mainly sits in the background - somewhat like toast.
The flavor attempts to blend the malts to the hops and carry in the berry structure. Does it? Actually, it somewhat does. Crisp berry sweet to grassy hopped aftertaste flowing into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Mild carbonation. Mostly smooth all around.
Overall, not a bad saison attempting to bring in \"blackberry,\" however, I believe it seems more or less a blend of \"berries\" with a certain acceptable sweetness about it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thanks Trevor.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a ruddy burnt orange to copper color with a film of a white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Stringy filmy lace.
The aroma had some soft sweet and roasty nuts. Light toast, good caramel malt base. Dried fruitiness and then some figs.
The flavor blended nicely between the figs to the toast and malt base, semi-sweet with a touch of bitter. Slyly moves into the aftertaste running into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionable sort of smooth feel strolling about my tongue. Good carbonation. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, nicely done English strong ale worthy of having again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Thanks Trevor.
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was a ruddy amber color with a sly transparency about it. Just a thin white cap of a foamy head that dissipated very quickly.
The aroma had some soft roasty nuts, light grassy hops and then some toast and then the caramel/toffee malt base.
The flavor made a decent effort of blending between the malts and the hops, grassy bitterness - pretty low key. Malt base is there. Dryly grips the aftertaste and evenly flows into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt fine with this one.
Overall, good as an amber ale and worthy of having again.