Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at the brewpub. Pours rich brown with a creamy, beige head. Nice dark malt aroma with hints of milk chocolate and coffee grounds. Medium sweet flavor with relaxed roasted malts, baking cocoa, earth, burnt toast. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Nicely balanced to finish with fairly dynamic chocolate character, some milk chocolate, a bit of bittersweet cocoa. Very drinkable with good depth for the ABV. Sound.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Hopback IPA from Madison Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at the brewpub. Pours clear gold with with a creamy, white head. Good aroma with notes of pine and pithy citrus. Medium sweet flavor with some grass, orange rind, a bit of pine needles, chlorine, dry bread. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Bitter finish, a little astringent and chlorinated, but some nice, rich citrus fruits. OK.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at the brewpub. Pours clear, rich caramel-gold with a foamy, tan head. The nose has some bready malts, ripe fruits. Medium sweet flavor with bitter grain husks, old ripe fruits, fruitcake, creamy toffee. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. There is a slightly incongruous bitter edge to finish, a little grassy, plus further ripe fruits, berries, and creamy toffee. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at the brewpub. Pours clear, rich good with a frothy white head. Simple bready malt nose, light perfume. Medium sweet flavor, more bread, lihht sugars, honey, faint grain husk. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly simple and sweet to finish, some toasty sugars, a bit of caramel. Fine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at the brewpub. Pours mostly clear, bright yellow with a creamy, pure white head. Basic nose with light cereal, hay, some grains, white bread. Light sweet flavor with dry biscuits, straw, white bread, low bitterness. Light in body with fine to average carbonation. Simple, sweet finish with slight bitter hay, pale cereal, biscuits. A delightful little kolsch.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at the brewpub. Garnished with a lemon. Pours hazy gold with a creamy, white head. The nose has sugary, grainy wheat bread, yeast and lemon zest. Medium sweet flavor with bubblegum, light grains, toasted sugars. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with more sugary, grainy wheat, slight gum and candi sugar. So so.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft at the brewpub. Garnished with an orange. Pours unclear gold with a flimsy, white head. Pleasant aroma with citrus, coriiander, definitely some wheat. Light-medium sweet flavor with pleasant citrus nuance, doughy wheat, some hay, slight phenols, coriander, lemon peel. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet but nicely balaned to finish, with faint traw and rind bitterness, a bit of orange. Very nice witbier.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Honey Brown from Madison Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
growler-thanks to KathyW-pours dark amber with a thin tan head. Aroma is medium malt-roasty/some toffee. Taste is medium malt-roasty/some toffee, some spice hops. Soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
on tap-pours a white-pink head and yellow color. Aroma is citrus, banana. Taste is citrus, banana, clove, wheat/light malt.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
on tap-pours a light brown head and brown color. Aroma is spice, medium/dark malt-caramel. Taste is spice, buttery, medium/dark malt-caramel.