Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Shaker @ the brewpub. Color is a glowing hazy with a medium clarity and a thick dark golden color. There is a sticky lacing left on the glass as the head fades. Aroma is hoppy (citrus and bubblegum with some bitter hops) that is strong all over. Some sweet Belgian esters (peach) coming through and mixing with the hops. A general fruit and hops mix. Flavor is more sweet Belgian yeasty esters and less bitter hops. The sweet bubblegum hops come out more. Sweetness and light stickiness sit on the cheeks for a little while.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Beer #35 of 42 at GTMW, 8-8-09. My brother-in-law lived in Lawrenceville once, then he divorced my sister and became a Pentecostal. So screw him,… sorry, I’m transcribing my tasting notes from voice recording on my cell phone.
Here’s a nice amber ale. Nice thin, clingy beer head. I don’t get a lot of beer in this style. Smell is a nice hoppy, slightly malty taste. Taste is just great beer. Very nice hop bitterness, no specific hop to speak of, but it just slaps against the malt. The mouthfeel brings everything together nicely.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Shaker @ brewpub, numerous times through numerous batches. Color is dark brown with just a few lighter edges. Aroma is lightly prune watery malts with a thick earthy, soil-like maltiness. faint sweet hops as well. Taste is a very "real" brown, just thick , earthy, and toasty. The mix works great. A light bitterness from the malts at the end. A fuller, thicker mouthfeel adds very nicely to the structure of the beer. One of the best brown ales I have ever had, always like to see this on tap at the brewpub. It has actually been better at other times than this batch that I am rating.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pitcher @ brewpub, shared with some folks after a softball game (I feel like a real American now, first Kansas, then softball, and now actually wanting to drink a beer made with rice). Clear glowing straw color. Lightly sweet but clean flavor and aroma. It is interesting even though completely simple. Does not have that white bread maltiness, something a little different, I guess that is rice. Has a pretty full mouthfeel actually.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Shaker @ brewpub. Color is hazy orange/copper. Aroma is very hoppy, fresh, and crisp. It is bitter fruit juice with light tea and sweet hops. Taste is more of the same with a strong bitterness coming through. It is really refreshing, good stuff. Long bitter finish. Much better than their regular IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Shaker @ brewpub, a few times now. Clear copper, light brown color. Has a sticky lacing with a thick head. The problem here is it just comes off as a hoppy American brown ale. It is clean, American hops, even seems like an American yeast. The hops are too bitter for the style, has nothing traditional about it coming through. Not a bad drinker just not an Alt. The first time I had this I thought they gave me the IPA by accident. I’ll drink it but I wont call it an Alt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Shaker @ brewpub. A rare miss for the brewpub (as far as I am concerned). Has a completely clear light amber color. Has a bit of a light lacing left behind. Aroma is lemon hops with lots of muddy malts. Taste is similar with the musky hops, which are even less vibrant but still a bitter kick. Just lame, dead hops and dirty malts.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Shaker @ brewpub. Black pour with a nitro-like brown head, sticks around for a while. Aroma is wonderfully roast coffee (there is no coffee in this as far as I know). This melds beautifully with a bit of prune and tobacco. Taste plays perfectly for the style, light, just lightly watery but not badly enough. Not as roasted but more prune and other watery dark malts. A bit of a cigarette fume as well. It is easy drinking as it is supposed to be.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Nitro at the brewpub served in a snifter. Why did they put this on nitro, a major waste. I mean it did pour beautifully, with that nitro head and a thick black body. Sure the mouthfeel was nice, a thick beer with some nitro to offset it does feel good on the cheeks. But it really covered up flavor and aroma. I could pick out prune, tobacco and thick dark bittered chocolate aspects of a good Impy Stout. But it was all concealed behind the nitro, so it is definitely worth a try but I wish I could try it without the nitro.
theisti (5579) reviewed Oatmeal Stout from 23rd Street Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler from Gregis, transport provided by beastiefan2k. Filled ~12 days prior. Pour is black, nice settling leads to a 1 inch tan head that falls really fast. Aroma of tobacco, oats, and roasty maltiness. Some dark chocolate behind that. Taste is the roasted coffee, with semi sweet dark chocolate. Also a dried fruit sweetness evident. Nice milky chalky oats behind that. Palate is medium, coats the mouth a bit, though still drinkable. Nice one, tasty oatmeal stout.