5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at Flat Branch. This was listed as "Irish Red Ale" but I assume it is the same beer. Red-brown body topped by a thin creamy off-white head. Lightly fruity aroma. Flavor was mostly light biscuit and very light musty fruit with a cardboardy twang. Creamy soft carbonation. A weak stab at the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Sep 2004
at 21:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Flat Branch. Dark straw/amber body, thin off-white head. Grapefruit and pine hops aroma, the grapefruit being especially strong in the flavor (being more pulp-like than rind-like) which was balanced by toasty malts. Had a subtle earthiness as well. One of the better beers at the brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Sep 2004
at 21:22
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 4
Poured from a growler humulus brought to Ohio from Missouri. This is perhaps the most hop-dominated beer I’ve ever tried. That’s not to say I haven’t tried beers with higher IBUs (I am sure I’ve sampled several), but I have never tried a beer that was so dominated by Goldings hops. First things first. This beer poured ruddy, cloudy orange with a thin off-white head. The aroma was strangely soft and of sweet (caramely) malt. Boy, was I unprepared for the hops assault on my palate- tasting this beer was like sucking on a mouthful of oily Goldings hop pellets. The oily, earthy, spicy almost chemical flavor of these hops was just too overbearing, leaving a foul, harsh bitter flavor in my mouth long after the sip. The touch of sweet malt is drowned by the hops. Almost undrinkable IMO. But I’m sure humulus disagrees...
Tried
from Growler
on 17 May 2004
at 00:01