Subsidiaries
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
'Season's Best 2003' on the label. Amber colour with strong ruby highilghits and a dense tan head. The beer actually looks nice! Aroma of spices, nuts, malt and during the pour, a hoppiness which supercedes the Pale Ale! After settling, malt is the primary characteristic of the aroma. Light to Medium-bodied; Subtle maltiness and noticeable hops mellow down to just about nothing. Typical of Saranac beers, this one is a bit watery, but to be perfectly honest, while fresh this one has more hop kick than nuttiness. Aftertaste shows plain hops, no mal t nor nuttiness. Overall, this is more of a 'light' APA than a nut-brown, but I guess if it were to age it would be a brown. Regardless, i'm not trying this again, and I will continue my dislike for Saranac beers. I bought this twelve ounce bottle at Beers of the World in Rochester, New York.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2003
at 02:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Quite clear, a lighter brown, lots of bubbles moderate white head, that dissipates rapidly. Smells of chocolate malt and some nutty caramelishness. Opens up with a lightly peppery, moderately lagered malt. Quite delicate, decent amount of hops, medium dry on the finish, well balanced. Flavor overall is a bit light, medium light body, bubbly.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2003
at 10:45
1.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
I really dislike Saranac, so this was a must try to affirm this fact. VERY light golden colour with the fastest dissolving head I could imagine. Smells of metal, ultra stale malt and absolutely no hops. Light-bodied (who would doubt that); Taste of water with a tiny bit of metal. Aftertaste shows a disgusting maltiness, almost sickening. This is most likely the worst beer i've had. If you are adament on the Atkins Diet, just drink water, and stop drinking low-carb beerwaters. Only try this if you want to experience a bad beer. I bought this twelve ounce bottle at Beers of the World in Rochester, New York.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2003
at 00:42
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Slightly hazy, light bronze. Wheaty aroma, with pear, peach, and faint coriander seed. Wheaty body. Vaguely doughy yeast note. Pear-like tartness. Light and bland overall. They use a German yeast?? My arse.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2003
at 15:30
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Begins quite crisp and hoppy surprisingly enough. The hops flavor makes way for a heavy grainy almost cereal malt that quite detracts from this opening surprise. Ends on a mildly sweet somewhat old barley malt note with some whispy hay and grass flavors mixed in with some of that apple lager flavor. Gets too heavy on the finish after 3 or so of these, but wow did this beat my expectations into the ground.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2003
at 16:36
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Honey color with a white fizzy head. Was fairly plain. Had some wet malt notes, but very hard to pick out. Mainly a moderately acidic cereal hops flavor that comes and goes. Pretty unremarkable. Has a bit of spice in the finish. Has detectable wheat flavor, but just not that complex or interesting.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2003
at 08:04
1.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1
Spoiled yeast taste to begin, but it evens out a bit. Lacked the old malt taste because it was drowned out by an old and diluted hop taste. . .
Tried
on 03 Jun 2003
at 19:04
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
This beer begins with less malt taste than it should and flattens out making the alcohol/scotch flavor at the end seem unbalanced. Would not benefit from more sweetness, needs some bitter hops, even if in a small quantity.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2003
at 19:02
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very similar to sam Adams light, though a bit less body and lacks the yeasty taste. Ends with a few bitter notes that make it drinkable for its purpose. . .
Tried
on 03 Jun 2003
at 19:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Just like the mountainberry, this beer blew my expectations away. Subtle chocolate aroma that comes out in the nose but builds up into a dry maybe even slightly roasty finish. Would appreciate some more bitterness, but as it is, this is a well balanced very drinkable chocolate beer and a great concept. 2004 bottle. wow, it’s good to see my palate had developed. This is just a chocolatey mess, not truly bad, but rather boring and not complex in the least. Filtered to all hell, lifeless, fake carbonation. Not a dunkel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2003
at 18:58