Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Poured deep red-brown with a medium tan head. Caramel and toffee aroma- very toasty. Flavor is also quite toasty and rather dry, with caramel notes, finishing with a rather piney bitterness that is a bit stronger than "moderate." Feels like it wants to develop dark fruit character but doesn’t quite make it (don’t you love beers with initiative?). Medium-bodied and not too complex but good nonetheless.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Two Fisted Old Ale from King Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Had this following a Maitresse du Moine. 2004 bottle. Pours a coppery-red/orange, looks like a deep IPA. Smells bitter yet juicy, plenty of floral hops. My 3rd or 4th Old ale, and none have been remotely alike. This one was almost like a double IPA, though not as much caramel malt. The hops variety they used was particularly enjoyable, had a real earthy/mossy appeal, with a fuzzy texture. Lots of alcohol, not terribly complex, but fairly balanced, though somewhat on the drier/bitter side. Pretty good stuff I thought.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Mocha Java Stout from King Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
2004 bottle. Pours a mostly clear dark brown with plenty of tans and beiges around the edges. Good-sized light coffee colored head. Aroma is powerfully full of coffee beans. Espresso, bitter coffee rinds. Opens up with a big smack in the face of coffee beans. Not coffee that you drink, but a coffee bean that you crunch on. Like those chocolate covered coffee beans, minus the chocolate. Yikes, I guess these guys forgot about the beer. Consistency is watery, if there is beer in this, it's not easy to tell.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Hefeweizen from King Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sweet, phenolic, cloudy, quite tart. Acceptable, but very standard.........