Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Draft at Federal Tap House in State College, PA. Clear perry looking. Pear and sour in a beer is a bad mix. I feel like I was drinking a mistake. I know that is the point but I can't fight the alarms going off in my head. 636211
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a murky very dark brown color with a small soapy off white head that left no lacing. The aroma was strong peanut butter, bread crust and roasty malts. The flavor was bitter, dryish, a bit roasty and nutty. Long nutty finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler with my parents, this was poured into a non-frosted pilsener glass (yes, since my dad still believes in frosting his glasses, I had to pull one aside and de-frost before I could enjoy this beer).
The appearance was a light yellow color with some carbonation rising to fill a finger’s worth of white foamy head. Sliding stringy lace.
The aroma wasn’t as \"jalapeno\"-like as I thought it would have been. Some cereal sweet grains, light corn and grassy hops come through like a lager to make a good play to balance that \"jalapeno.\"
The flavor started sweet and seemed to also have a little bit of green pepper taste, or maybe that was my mind playing tricks on me, I’m not sure. Still, the heat was there. Not much of any aftertaste or finish.
The palate was light bodied with an actual decent sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, oddly enough, this turned out better than I thought. I had low expectations, but this would be one I’d have again. And though I understand what the brewer means by adding depth with the lime, I didn’t because I wanted what was brewed to be reviewed. But my mom was quick to put the lime in her mug, haha, oh well. To each his own, right.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler share with my parents. Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a semi-dark copper color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a decent pace.
The aroma had some pumpkin flesh/sweetness, bubblegum, vanilla, pie spice, ginger, earthy malts, cereal sweet grains and a touch of cinnamon at the end.
The flavor mildly blended the sweet to the spice somewhat nicely. The bubblegum wasn’t so much present here which was good, not sure why I got that in the aroma, but wasn’t too distracting. Light aftertaste of the pumpkin and spices. The finish was fairly quick with the pumpkin and cinnamon.
The palate was between light and medium bodied with a decent sessionability about it. Carbonation was decent. ABV was fine.
Overall, seemed everything was alright until I smelled \"bubblegum\" in a pumpkin beer. If anything, was just different and that’s how I wrote it off. If I get the chance to stop in Conyngham, I’ll ask the brewer if it was intentional. Who knows - maybe it was just me that day.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Growler share from a visit with my parents. Reviewed from notes.
Poured into an English pint glass, the appearance was a murky red color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that held and fell off at a decent pace.
The aroma had a sweet herbal to floral hop content up front flowing over a nice caramel/toffee malt base. Light nuts at the end.
The flavor leaned towards the herbal/floral semi-sweet and dry qualities up front casting the malt base a bit more towards the side. Nice aftertaste leaning more towards the herbal/floral tones. Finish was the same.
The palate was almost medium bodied, just a tad under with a very good sessionability about it. Low carbonation. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, this is rated to style and would be very close to the true \"Irish\" style, however, I’m guessing many Americans aren’t going to like this one with the low hop quality to it. I’d still have this again!