Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Growler from brewpub. Pours a slightly darker, clear, copper color. Has a small head and leaves a sticky lacing. Aroma is hoppy (green rubber hops). Behind that is just a clean, empty brew. Taste is strong on the bitterness from the hops and gain nothing much past that. Its basically a hoppy, clean, amber ale with a dressed up like a Cali Common. What’s that about pigs and lipstick? 6/3/6/3/13
Re-rate: shaker at the brewpub. I stand by every word in that previous rating but I am not sure why I was so harsh with the ratings. 7/3/7/3/15
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Growler from brewpub. Pours with a dark amber color, slightly hazy, and a strong but small head which sticks around. Aroma is very authentic English. Its light stale bread maltiness and a dirty earthiness behind that. I feel I feel like I am smelling rainy London or something like that. Taste is a bit lighter, a bit less dusty but still wet, stale bread and a bit f bitterness at the end. Nice stuff, seems very authentic. I feel like I am tasting England.
beastiefan2k (4725) reviewed Belgian Wit from 23rd Street Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pint @ brewpub. The brew has a very hazy, muted orange color. Aroma is prominent sweet orange peel. There is a light earthy herb-acious coriander following that. Taste is again more prominent coriander with a zingy muted orange. A bit of sweetness in the aftertaste as well. Overall, the feel to the beer is a bit non-standard, a strong heavier Wit. Not imperial or anything just not wimpy. I would drink again and highly recommend.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pint @ brewpub. The color is a clear dark, dark red. In general this is a lightly sweet hops brew. Clean malts, low bitterness, and a sweet finish. No flaws and very drinkable. I would not call this an Irish Red, but a decent beer to drink.
beastiefan2k (4725) reviewed German Dunkel from 23rd Street Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pint pour @ brewpub. A completely dark and murky brown color. Aroma is very dirty-earth sweet, its cool. It’s got soft dark biscuit that is lightly burnt. Taste is full with sweet warthy malts and a dry ashy finish. Light roast and coffee speckled throughout as well. A medium body and a very soft mouthfeel make it extremely easy to keep drinking.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Large snifter pour at the brewpub. Probably would have not had a chance to try it if csbosox’s magic with the tiny bartender. Its a very dark barleywine, almost black in the dim light of the brewpub. There are some ruby tints in there if you look hard enough. The head is nice and thick as well. It poured pretty cold but I could still get a nice wiff form the beer. Its sweet cherry and raisin on the nose with some thick orange peel. There is plenty of syrupy sweet malts. Taste is a bit less interesting with some astringent cherry and a thin astringent finish. Basically, the kind of stuff I do not like to see in a barleywine.
theisti (5579) reviewed Celebration Ale from 23rd Street Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap (snifter - very full pour) at the brewpub. Pour is quite dark, only faint ruby highlights with only traces of an off white head. Served very cold, and therefore not much initial aroma. As it warmed, I was able to pick up some malt and roastiness. Taste is sweet malt, bit of a hop finish and a fair amount of heat. There is also roast and dark cocoa in the taste as well. I picked up on both BW and some stout characteristics in this one. Interesting brew, nice to see a small brewpub getting creative. Thanks again for re-opening for us Tricia.