Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A deep dark stout with a thin moka head. In aroma, a pleasant mix of chocolate, butterscotch and sugared coffee. In mouth, a smooth sweetish creamy stout with nice lingering moka notes, butterscotch, quite nice. On tap at Rock Bottom Boston, July 1 2010.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
A reddish brown ale with a very thin off white head. In aroma, a nutty malt with notes of butterscotch and cinnamon notes. In mouth, a roasted malt with burned notes, cinnamon, some unpleasant off notes. On tap at Rock Bottom Boston, July 1 2010.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A hazy amber IPA with a thin white head. A pungeant aroma of citrusy floral hops, pink grapefruit pulp, loads of sweet citrus. In mouth, a good pngeant IPA with fragrant citra hops, grapefruit juice, smooth yet challenging, quite a surprise considering the other "corporate"offerings. On tap at Rock Bottom Boston, July 1 2010.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Draught at BA’s BBF) Poured orange and cloudy with no head. Very sour aroma with clear raspberry notes. Medium bodied and very dry palate with low carbonation. Sourness, raspberry, fruitiness, wood, peach and berries in taste. Sour and mouth watering aftertaste. This was extremely sour and impressively good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught sample at ABF on 6/16/07
Soft-toned, white-gold body with lemon tints is transluscent and topped by a feeble, white head that leaves blotchy lacing at best.
Dry, creamed-wheat in the nose is joined by a hint of citrus tartness and some moderate bubble gum esters. Seems rather doughy and bland, with only a medium to medium-low aroma strength. No flaws however.
Light-bodied, though with a chewy wheat texture and very strongly attenuated. Would be more crisp, but a doughiness/blandness sits on the finish and the carbonation is strong, but simply pronounces the blandness and wateriness emerges in between. Anyways, I’m being much too harsh, the beer is very competent, just brewed in such a large batch that the malt is left behind somewhat, and the delicate yeast character a little underplayed. Lots of wheat though....
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sampler from tap at the brewpub in Boston. Pours yellow, unclear with a lacing head. Spiced and bubblegum aroma.flavour is sweet dry coriander spiced. Mild dry bitter finish. Ordinary/solid belgian brew but far from the originals.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampler from tap at the brewpub in Boston. Pours unclear orange with a lacing head. Floral hops aroma, mild grapefruit note. Flavour is grapefruity hops with sweet maltbase. Finish is fruity bitter. Ordinary ipa.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sampler from tap at the brewpub in Boston (listed as OSheas irish stout). Pours dark brown with a creamy brown head. Mild toffee malty aroma. Mild roasted malt flavour, mildly dry. Creamy mouthfeel. Lingers nicely into the finish with a soft maltiness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampler from tap at the brewpub in Boston. Pours amber, clear with a lacing head. Light wineous malty aroma. Flavour is wineous, clear alcohol presence. Malty light sweet with a vaue dried fruit touch. Mild bubblegum flavour. Malty finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
3 cask pints at RB Boston on 2/8/07
Very generous, frothy/rocky white head spills over the glass and laces both the inside and out. Very good conditioning on cask leads to minimal haze and light carbonation. The body is just a step up from a San Diego pale IPA, having some bit of crystal or munich malt (some medium malt that lends a toastiness and slight copper-peach color). Strong retention as well.
First whiff is a cool gust of floral hops with light evergreen and wintergreen mixed in. Very fresh, crisp and snappy, with the snappiness accentuated by the toasted malts behind it. The malt adds a bit of sourish/sourdough character and while I don’t think it’s necessary for any amount to be in an IPA, it’s not overdone or overbearing. But back to the hops, it’s a pleasant mix of floral and mild citrus, with some candied orange and pale malt sweetness mixed in. No beat you over the head with grapefruit here. Medium-high strength as well and nicely conditioned to keep out any flaws.
Unique taste, which is a good thing for this rampant style. The first sip is wet (as it should be for a cask ale) but not watery, with peaches, mangoes, conifers and candied oranges all sharing balance throughout. Very well-attenuated pale malts add just a bit of sweetness, a pinch of sweet cream really, while light dextrines matched with the tight, but light carbonation give a borderline fluffy-creamy texture. It loosens on the end and allows more hop and pale malt sugar. Some fresh leafiness is noted, before the medium malt toastiness bears its fangs. Adding a slightly acidic, toasty/sour twang, it halts the brightness at the finish and shifts the flavor to a more peachy hoppiness with less crispness. Still, the body holds up and the medium malts arent too overbearing. And if you have any interest in them at all, you’ll certainly enjoy this and wonder what the hell I’m bitching about. Fruity, lightly sweet, very nice floral flavor/bitterness and well done on cask. Very drinkable, no alcohol noted nor other flaws.