7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Clean yellow/gold with a foamy and firm white head. Aroma is very light. Citrus and biscuit mainly. Flavor is equally light with a little more of that citrus and a fleeting dank note. Very clean profile. Smooth finish. This beer is fine but it just needs more. More citrus, more dank, more snap on the finish.

7

Ocean Beach Christmas Collab. Left. Caramel nutty.

5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

12oz can in the sunshine by the pool at my daughters place in Laguna Hills, poured into a Temecula Football Club straight sided sleeve glass on 8th January 2023. It washed down a small packet of 'Cheetos', not too sure I could have drunk it without them to be honest. Mini-haze to the dull golden body, no head to speak off. No aroma or flavour either really, typical Mexican style Lager then!

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Not actually what I ordered but this is absolutely what I got. Dullish dark gold. Ok lots of cucumber taste. Tart finish, so quite refreshing. All good - I like this and kind of needed it.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Fruity hop, some stone fruit, moderate bitterness. Crackery malts, decent alcohol in the finish.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Hazy but sort of dull pale. Thin head. Hops are mild, some lemony notes, maybe a bit floral. Malts are thin and there’s a splash of alcohol in the finish. Just ok, wouldn’t mind brighter.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can. Pours a clear-ish orange hue with a medium white head. A big sweet tropical and malty nose. Rich, this is almost barleywine like, rich malts, toast, berries. After some investigation, this is a bit old. Maybe 1.5 years. I'll re-rate if I find a fresh one. Johns strikes again. No oxidation. I enjoyed it.

6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

16oz single from the Barrio location. Pint glass @home. Frothy, very sticky, but thin head. Fresh pine, very soft sweetness, a little generic on the nose. Lager smooth. Moderate but even bitterness, lingering, tea tannins, very even from front to back. Frothy, mellow acidity, low abv. Nothing special.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Goblet pour from the source. $10! Opaque, even honey orange, pretty still look. Smell is at first very apple-y & lime-y, little acid, but it turns savory as it warms. Taste is pineapple, cream, strong bread yeast notions & ginger. Very little bitterness. Tastes like a good chicken marinade. Low carbonation, a little bready, but good acid helps. Can't do the full pour though. Interesting.