Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a hazy pale amber gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a note of sweet apricot backed by sweet grain and a bit of hay. Flavor is sweet with apricot and other light fruit with backing sweet grains.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at the brew pub. Pours a clear deep brown with a light grayish brown head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has notes of dark grain with a bit of sweetness and a hint of rye. Flavor has a bit of sweet dark grains with some rye and a hint of stone fruits.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewpub, Adam chance the name! Pours a clear dark brown with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges slowly. Aroma is full of smoke with a bit of a smoke meat note and roasted malts. Flavor is full of smoke as well with roasted malts and a hint of coffee.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazy amber gold with a near white head that laces slightly and dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of non sweet mango with some grass and a hint of grains. Flavor is similar with a lot of mango, hint of grapefruit and some backing hay and grass.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber orange with an off-white head that laces thickly and dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of mango and tropical fruits with some backing earthy grains. Flavor has light sweet mango with other tropical fruits with grass and grains.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
GABF 2011
Appearance: Black with a big dark tan head
Aroma: Roasted malts, vanilla, bourbon and coffee
Taste: Roasted malts, bourbon, vanilla, woody and chocolate
Wow, this was great. On of the highlights of the night for sure.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Enjoyed on tap at Haymarket in Chicago, IL with a friend who revealed pics of him and Dave Grohl hanging out backstage at a Foo Fighters show that I was supposed to go to with him, but I had to sell my ticket a week before the show (backstage passes were never in the plan before I made my decision...). I love this guy (my friend) but my jealously at the time of writing this review was just too much to bear. At any rate, this beer was a great thing to have at the time of finding this information out. It’s aroma was huge in bourbon & whiskey notes, with notes of cinnamon and vanilla. Appearance a dark amber with almost no head. Taste definitely kicks you with alcohol, very strong, but still maintains a bit of smoothness, nice body with a great complexity to it. Pretty good stuff and greatly enjoyed, happy to have had it in a 4 oz glass as a 12 oz would put me on the floor.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Unfortunately I didn’t take any notes for this one as I was imbibing with a good friend on a night off from work, but from what I remember, this was a righteous Oktoberfest brew, on par with the best I’ve had. Appearance a dark copper amber with a thin white head. Aroma of malts. Taste equal parts malty and crisp, just went down very nicely over the course of the evening. Great stuff, I remember drinking Great Lakes’ Oktoberfest brew a couple of years ago, thinking it was the best I had up until that point, and now that title can be shared with Haymarket. Kudos to this nice local Chicago brewpub!
andyhwcinc (2108) reviewed 7GA IPA from Haymarket Pub & Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Enjoyed on tap with some good friends while enjoying dinner at Haymarket Pub in Chicago, IL. Appearance a darker caramel amber with a thin white head. Aroma definite hop presence, more of the wet citrus/dry hopped variety. Taste is equally smooth and bitter, nice citrus and caramel notes. Definite fruit presence, adds a sweetness to the brew, and out just goes down nicely. Best one so far for sure. In a way this tasted very similar to Bells’ Two Hearted Ale, which is definitely a good (if not great) thing. Really was a fantastic IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Enjoyed on tap prior to eating a meal with some good friends at the Haymarket Pub in Chicago, IL. Appearance partially cloudy gold with thin white rim. Aroma of belgian yeast, clove, definite hop presence, a bit of pepper, pretty good. Taste is decent, definitely unique. Peppery with hop bitterness, i like it but it seems like something is off with it. I don’t know what rye tastes like but I’m sure that’s what feels off about this. Happy to have tried but wouldn’t try again, still a good brew though, just not my cup of tea.