Bootleggers Brewery (CA)
Microbrewery
in Fullerton,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2008
Benzai (24278) reviewed Palomino Pale Ale from Bootleggers Brewery (CA) 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ weekly tasting shared by Dutchdrebus. Hazy orange golden color, average sized white to off-white head that diminishes fairly quickly. Aroma is resinous hops with a decent malt base. Tastes about the same: malts, resinous hops, resinous hoppy bitter finish. Medium body and carbonation. I like this, but I really like resin and resinous hops. Can understand people disliking it if that’s not their thing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
13th January 2015
Hazy deep amber beer, good pale tan head. Palate is airy, a little soft and has reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth malts bring some toffee - cream. Mild caramel. Little spicy aniseed alcohol and a touch of brandy. Ripe fruits before a warming spicy finish. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ benzai. Clear amber colour with a small white head. Smells sweet, hops, tripical fruits, slightly old. Tastes hops, sweet, malty, fruity. Thin to medium body, soft carbo.
madmitch76 (40205) reviewed Black Phoenix from Bootleggers Brewery (CA) 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
6th December 2015
The Pigs Ear wrap up tasting at ChrisO’s. Clear deep red - amber beer, thin pale head. Palate is smooth and semi dry. Decent fine carbonation. Tangy dark malts, some fluffy malt cream. Mild coffee. A chilli burn begins but never gets too much. Tangy dark fruits. Light semi dry finish. Just another chilli stout. Okay.
WingmanWillis (38005) ticked Black Phoenix from Bootleggers Brewery (CA) 9 years ago
Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Black Phoenix from Bootleggers Brewery (CA) 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle split at Chriso pre Xmas tasting, 06/12/15. Light black with a decent tan covering. Nose is light smoke, charr, spice, dark malts, toffee, cocoa powder, dark fruit tang. Taste comprises Chipotle, light roast malts, toffee sauce, green pepper, sweet’n’sour vibes, chocolate. Medium bodied fine to spritzy carbonation, semi drying close. Ok spiced stout ... not OTT in this respect.
Leighton (34888) reviewed ESB from Bootleggers Brewery (CA) 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours clear orange-gold with a creamy, white head. The nose holds lots of bready malts, orange, and caramel. Medium sweet flavour with plenty of simple bread and dry caramel, some honey and ripe citrus. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Moderately sweet on the finish, with leafy hops, pine, bread, caramel and citrus fruits. OK stuff overall.
Leighton (34888) reviewed Knuckle Sandwich from Bootleggers Brewery (CA) 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours clear, rich gold with a creamy, off-white head. Lots of fairly dank hops in the aroma, some melon, grapefruit. Medium sweet falvour with loads more dank hop character, big on the melon, oily pine, grapefruit, some sweet pale bread. Full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately sweet and resinous on the finish, with mellow pine spice, sticky melon and papaya, more grapefruit. Very tasty. Quite rich, but still highly drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours mostly clear gold with a creamy, white head. The nose holds light dusty pine, bread, dry caramel, ripe orange. Medium sweet flavour with some dry bread, orange rind, more pine. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately sticky on the finish, with some piney resin, bready pale malts, more ripe orange and nips of dry caramel. OK stuff overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
7th December 2015
Hazy deep amber beer, good cream colour head. Palate is airy and semi dry. Decent carbonation. Creamy malts. light but sweetish. Good hops - crisp orange and smooth pine. A little resin. Smooth spicy sweet finish. Sound and drinkable.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.75 |
| Beers | 99 |
| Ticks | 431 |
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