Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz bottle. Unfiltered glowing orange-red body. Thin, steady, oily whtie head. Sweet amber malt all the way. Cherry vanilla. A pretty decent Amber, does the style pretty well. Not much real hop character to speak of, maybe some mild Fuggles or something in the background. A touch undercarbonated. OK, average malt forward Amber.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz bottle...a few months old. Unfiltered orange-tan body. Steady, creamy, thin white head. Grainy malt bill, high carbonation, and a steady bitter dry hop backbone. After a few sips I realized this wasn’t a typical Blonde..maybe a Belgian yeast as others have asserted? It grew on me. It has a nice depth of character between the creamy unfiltered body, fruity Belgian yeast notes, and dry bitterness. The dryness fades into the second half of the glass, and more creamy yeast notes come out. OK.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Courtesy & thx! to Benzai. Sampled small bottle @ the some people are tired tasting. Hotel post day #1 @ Borefts 2013. American Sky USA IPA? How American can you be? Hazy amber with a white head. Sweet oily nose, candy sugar, oily herbs, some bitter herbs,… taste is oily bitter, chestnuts, malts, big malts, chunk of rye bread light candy sugar, oily chestnuts, finish is pretty bitter, very floral bitter. Okay but too much malt, rye bread in here for an IPA.
Benzai (24515) reviewed American Sky USA IPA from Hudson Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from bottle @ the some people are tired tasting (after borefts 2013 day 1). Clear dark orange color, medium sized quickly diminishing off - white head that leaves fair to good lacing. Aroma is malts, hops, a bit sweetish. Taste malts, hops, some sweetness, pretty bitter. Once you’ve swallowed you get a nice mix of malts, hops and bitter but before that it seems off balance somehow. Wonder how this tastes fresh / straight from the origin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Wow, can’t believe that I’m only the 4th to review this...12 oz bottle bought @ De Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Copper to brown color, slightly hazy. Uneven off white head. Aroma’s: citrus, tropical fruit, caramel with some hop bitterness and roasted malts added retronasal. Flavor is rather bitter with a malty sweet backbone. Medium bodied. Long bitter finish. Nice IPA.