Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: glossy golden yellow color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: semi-spicy grassy hop spice with some pine strapped to it, semi-bright grapefruit further underneath, then seems like a mixture of caramel/toffee malts to some biscuity malts
Flavor: makes a decent effort to blend the prior noted aromas together but seems to fall just a wee touch short, so the spiciness is a bit lower than expected and the grapefruit seems to lose an edge, the malts seem confusing again; then the finish is somewhat piney; slightly grapefruity and caramel malty-ish
Texture: light to medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; tries to be smooth along the tongue but some piney hop sharpness does want to become astringent, and eventually does fully get astringent
Overall: to be honest, I'm not entirely impressed with this beer, I believe it should be re-worked.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Saison from Yards Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: rugged copper color with a one and a half to two fingers of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet grains, light floral hops, some earthy sweetness, light banana, and some earthy spices
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together to a floral to earthy sweetness; mild finish of the floral hops and earthy sweet vibes
Texture: light to medium bodied, fairly sessionable; not as smooth as some other saisons I've had but there's something somewhat smooth here but also with a dry note to it
Overall: nice enough saison I believe I could come back to.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to nonic glass.
Appearance: dark red color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which slid off appropriately to leave some light lace.
Aroma: sprucy bitter to piney tones clipping a caramel/toffee malt backbone, slight molasses, subtle grassy hoppiness further underneath
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together leaning towards the bitter side at first but allows a semi-refreshing and sweet tone of the spruce to enter in; mild sprucy to malty finish
Texture: light to medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; some smoothness but also some sprucy needle-like bitterness
Overall: interesting take on an amber/red ale and I heard the original recipe was by Benjamin Franklin which is also pretty cool.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Philthy from Yards Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: murky to semi-golden orange color with a two finger white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: citrusy hops up front, muted tropical fruity hops in the back, then a stiff yet clean malt further underneath
Flavor: does a decent effort to blend the aromas together but for the most part, the citrusy hops stay up front with a bittersweet quality; finishes somewhat muted with the ctirusy hops
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; somewhat smooth along the tongue
Overall: it's a decent stab at a NEIPA, I've had worse even thought this probably wouldn't be able to hang with the top notch NEIPA's, I might have again for me.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to nonic glass.
Appearance: dark brown around the edges with a darker close to black in the center; one finger off white foamy head dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: big roasted coffee tones, dark chocolate, molasses, cocoa powder, light caramel/toffee malts further down under
Flavor: mixes the prior noted aromas to a fine roasty, toasty and semi-sweet quality; finishes with molasses and coffee
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability; pretty smooth along the tongue
Overall: pretty nicely done porter I would welcome again and this probably would be a pretty good one to have with some dessert.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to lager glass.
Appearance: misty yellow with some transparency to it, two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some spotty lace
Aroma: earthy to floral hop spice over top of a biscuity to bready maltiness
Flavor: blends all the prior noted aromas to a mild sweet to earthy bitter character; finishes malty with a slight earthy hop tone
Texture: light bodied, sessionable; fairly smooth along the tongue, very low bitterness
Overall: nicely done lager I believe I could return to and this one would go nicely with it's respected food.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Gold from Yards Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: semi-transparent amber color with a finger and a quarter's worth of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: honey, floral portions of some rye, sweet wheat, light corn sweetness; subtle grassy hops underneath.
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together fairly sweet with a subtle sidenote of grassy hop bitterness trying to make a decent play at the balance of this; mild finish of sweet wheat, floral rye and honey
Texture: medium bodied, between sessionable and being a sipper; some smoothness to the tongue but also I think some of the rye might punch a little bit at the tongue
Overall: English strong ale or American strong ale? Part of me says - closer to the English side because I believe this beer would be way hoppier if this was an American strong ale, just my thoughts. Still, I believe I could come back to.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to becher glass.
Appearance: burnt dark orange close to brown color with a slight transparency about it. Two finger white foamy head on top which slid off at a nice pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet grains, citrusy hoppiness; orangey tones; subtle wheaty malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together fairly sweet; finishes with the orangey to citrusy tones
Texture: light bodied; more than sessionable - possibly one of the most sessionable beers I've ever had; becoming somewhat watery on the tongue - I guess there wasn't enough wheat added to this for a possible bigger body to it? Hmmmm..
Overall: decent APWA but somehow might need a bit of a heftier wheat bill - maybe? I might return to this.
Frothingslosh (19444) reviewed Long Jawns from Yards Brewing Company 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Black with a medium sized foamy tan head that left decent lacing. Woody with bread crust and a hint of smoke.
kangareuben (5090) ticked Brawler from Yards Brewing Company 6 months ago