6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A few shakers at the brewpub. While I love the idea of a hoppy hefe brew this did not live up to other takes on the style but still decent stuff. Clear golden color with a lightly sticky lacing. Aroma is thick sweet esters with an herbal hoppiness muddled up through the esters. Plenty of sweet banana. Flavor is similar with lots of esters and muddled up hops. I would like the hops and esters to be differentiated a bit more without losing the strength of each.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2009
at 13:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ brewpub. Color is clear golden with a thick head at first, fades to nothing much. Just a plain thick white bread malty brew, well lagered down. Finally executed but at the end boring.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Sep 2009
at 12:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Shaker @ the brewpub (a few times). Color is clear reddish color. Aroma is very green, harvest vine, hops, sharp mineral aspect and a touch of diacetyl. Flavor has a stronger bitterness and a sharper mineral character, and some more of that caramerl and diacetyl mixed in, which really throws me off. Why have the hops and the diacetyl mixed together (I am assuming it was meant to be that way).
Tried
on 06 Sep 2009
at 12:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Growler filled Thursday, drank the afternoon of the following Sunday. Pour is hazed golden yellow with a thick one inch white head. Nice full lacing left behind as the head falls. Aroma if very fresh and full hops - resin, earth, grass, some mild orange peel honey sweetness. Behind the hop is some gentle perfume and wheat. Really fresh, soft, and inviting nose. Taste leads more with grassy wheat, with the resin orange peel hop behind that. The tail end has the earthiness, and some honey bitterness. The finish is mineral, and fades pretty fast. It is also not terribly clean, tastes "brew pubby" if that makes any sense. The taste really does not have the depth and softness of the nose, but is still nice. Palate is medium bodied, mid to low carbonation. Nice one, thanks for driving this from Lawrence for me Eugene. Fun beer.
Tried
from Growler
on 31 Aug 2009
at 15:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Growler courtesy of both Gregis and csbosox. Pour is clear golden copper with a nice one inch white head. Aroma of soft toasty malt, a bit of grassy hoppiness. Subdued nose, but pleasant. Taste is the lightly toasted malt, hint of sweetness, grassy earhty hops. As with the nose, clean and subdued. Palate is medium to low carbonation, quick and clean finish. Thanks for sharing this one guys.
Tried
from Growler
on 17 Aug 2009
at 13:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Growler courtesy of Gregis. Pour is darker copper, mostly clear. Nice thick lacing left on the glass as the off white head falls. Aroma of marris otter malt, and some earthy, resin hops. Seems to smell like a English style Pale Ale. Taste follows the nose, the toasty malt with resin earthy hops. The hops are nice and clean. Palate is nicely carbonated, finish is clean and brief. Nicely balanced beer. Thanks for sharing Greg.
Tried
from Growler
on 17 Aug 2009
at 13:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark amber, copper color. Its a hop beer with a lightly bitter, floral and sweet hop aroma that has a bit of a sweet malt backbone. The hops are also a bit musky. Flavor has a bit more bitterness to fight the musk. But it isn’t dry and crisp like the description explains (those are relative terms but its not as dry and crisp as I would want). Loss the musky and we got a winner.
Growler, Duvel tasting glass.
Growler, Duvel tasting glass.
Tried
from Growler
on 21 Jul 2009
at 00:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Growler filled at the brewpub by beastiefan2k, shared about 3 hours later. Pour is almost entirely clear copper brown with a one inch white head. Aroma of resin citrus, some maltiness. Aroma initally quite fresh, then fades quick. Taste is soft biscuit maltiness, with the resin citrus (orange) behind that. Palate is pretty flat, thin to medium, almost watery at the finish. Decent enough, thanks for sharing Eugene.
Tried
from Growler
on 20 Jul 2009
at 17:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
So I bought a growler earlier today, I was going to share it a party... well I did share it, the thing is I was the only one drinking it. So 8 hours later I am on my last glass. Its a well made pils, nothing overall spectacular but its got the right parts. Pours is a clear bland golden, has a nice head with the right pour. All around (aroma and flavor) its thick white bread malts and very strong, earthy, and bitter (for European) hops. They are very green and dry hops.. This works well with the long dry finish of the beer. So bottom line, clean white bread malts, long bitter Euro hop finish. I went through the whole growler so that says how much I like it.
Growler in Free State willibecher glass.
Growler in Free State willibecher glass.
Tried
from Growler
on 03 Jul 2009
at 23:57
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
growler. Pours brown with light thin off white head. Aroma of roasted malts, and was rather poor and watery. Taste, roasted malts, weak finish, almost too watery, crisp, light caramel and grains, light touch of coffee with light hints of chocolate. Not horrible but just one dimensional.
Tried
on 20 May 2009
at 17:30