8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can best by December 9th 2019.
It pours a not quite clear gold with a good head of foam that shrinks to a fine layer after a few minutes. As I tilt my glass from side to side, there is some lacing.
I take a few whiffs and thank goodness, I can smell blood oranges! The boldest nose of the fruit that I have ever encountered, I reckon. Citrus bitterness lies beneath.
The hop bitterness kind of swallows up the blood oranges in the initial sips and had me worried because I thought that the smell was primo. The fruit does show up but mostly in the finish, darn it. So promising. There now, the blood oranges seem to be gaining momentum now that I am aboot half way through. Whatever malt presence I get seems to be toasted.
The mouthfeel is fine and there's a long lingering flavour of the oranges that lasts to the bitter end.
Looking for a blood orange IPA? Give this one a shot.
It pours a not quite clear gold with a good head of foam that shrinks to a fine layer after a few minutes. As I tilt my glass from side to side, there is some lacing.
I take a few whiffs and thank goodness, I can smell blood oranges! The boldest nose of the fruit that I have ever encountered, I reckon. Citrus bitterness lies beneath.
The hop bitterness kind of swallows up the blood oranges in the initial sips and had me worried because I thought that the smell was primo. The fruit does show up but mostly in the finish, darn it. So promising. There now, the blood oranges seem to be gaining momentum now that I am aboot half way through. Whatever malt presence I get seems to be toasted.
The mouthfeel is fine and there's a long lingering flavour of the oranges that lasts to the bitter end.
Looking for a blood orange IPA? Give this one a shot.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Aug 2019
at 23:09
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 6
A single I bought, best before November 25th 2019. A forewarning, I am not a fan of their beers from past experiences.
The look is nice. Brown liquid sitting under a head of slightly off white foam. Lacing is above average.
The smell is maple sweet, roasty, definite nutty notes going on.
Maple sweet taste, little nuttiness flavour, leans towards the bland taste wise, body gets thin to watery in the finish. Looks and smells promising but fails to deliver when it really counts. Something that I have said before aboot this brewery's beers so I am not that surprised. One and done.
The look is nice. Brown liquid sitting under a head of slightly off white foam. Lacing is above average.
The smell is maple sweet, roasty, definite nutty notes going on.
Maple sweet taste, little nuttiness flavour, leans towards the bland taste wise, body gets thin to watery in the finish. Looks and smells promising but fails to deliver when it really counts. Something that I have said before aboot this brewery's beers so I am not that surprised. One and done.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2019
at 01:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Quick can at home. Very hazy orange juice pour. Nose is light blood orange and some florals. Tastes of orange rind, blood orange pulp and bitters, grass, floral as welll. Light bodied and easy drinking.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Apr 2019
at 00:59
5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2019
at 08:48
5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2019
at 08:48
5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2019
at 08:48
5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2019
at 08:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2015, day 3 - London. Pours clear, rich gold with a light, creamy white head. Nice pine and bread in the nose, ripe citrus. Medium sweet flavour with plump citrus fruit character, mango, oily pine. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Resinous and lightly warming finish. Very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jan 2019
at 12:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft pour pint enjoyed at Aviators, Denver Airport. A clean maple syrup brown color pour, off white loose foam head. Hints of chocolate sit underneath a nutty malt and big maple constant. So basically they nailed what they were going for here. A bit of bread on the lingering malt bill as well. This is light and refreshing for the style, but doesn't lack flavor. Pretty good stuff here.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Apr 2018
at 14:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into lager glass, best before 8/24/2015. Pours slightly hazy medium golden/yellow color with a small fairly dense white head with decent retention, that reduces to a minimal spotty cap that lingers. Minimal lacing on the glass. Good appearance. Aromas of red/green chile peppers, skin/seeds, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of chile peppers, pale malts, and mild earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big red/green chile peppers, skin/seeds, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy hop bitterness and pepper spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of red/green chile peppers, skin/seeds, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of chile peppers, pale malts, and mild earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, zero yeast notes preset. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as wexpected of 5.3%. Slightly increasing pepper heat through the glass, never overwhelming. Overall this is a very good pepper spiced pale lager. All around nice robustness and balance of chile peppers, pale malts, and mild earthy hop flavors; very smooth, clean, and quite refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/spicy finish. Very flavorful and no overdone on the peppers. Clean balanced pils malts, peppers, and mild earthy hops. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2018
at 23:34