BoiseBrewBlog (9108) reviewed Ten Pin Porter from SKA Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle Pours a clear and very dark brown with redish tint on the edges. Modest fine creamy tan head. Fine sheeting lading. Aroma is dark roasted, some chocolate, vanilla, leather and pitted fruit. Flavor is mostly smokey and with a sour thin bite. Easy on the hops butr a lingering bitterness at the end.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Loose bottle from Sam’s Wines, Downers Grove, Bottled Dec. 05. Pours a bi-i-i-t too much head into a narrow glass. Sweet malty smell underneath as it settles. Head does assume interesting patterns as I pour a little more in. Beer itself looks rather pale even as ambers go. Taste, though, comes across a bit thin and watery. Any expectation of malt I had were let down here. Something of grape or apple juice comes out, perhaps it finished a bit dry. Hop bitterness is nondescript.
McDermottDrink (4593) reviewed The True Blonde from SKA Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Loose bottle from Sam’s Wines, Downers Grove. Definitely the American brewpub style of blond ale. Pours a big rocky head. Yellow body, kind of hazy with lots of floaties. Crisp and kind of lemony, with that bit of honey peeking through. Basic noble hop component. A good beginner’s craft beer. Date notch says it was bottled in October, so it’s held up OK.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Thanks to Whaleman for this one! This pours dark brown and lifts up a light-brown head that disappates quickly. Nutty malt aroma with chocolate and some caramel. Smooth sweet start and the roast malts add to some bitterness at the finish. A bit thin bodied for a Baltic Porter to me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Pour is a complete black with a small tan head. Aroma on this one is all things chocolate and coffee. Flavor is much of the same, dark chocolate with coffee and some alcohol showing up in the end. The best brew by far from this brewer.
thegreenrooster (7275) reviewed The True Blonde from SKA Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pour is a cloudy yellow with a huge white head. Aroma is vanilla and honey sweetness. Flavor is creamy but very watery. Nothing really going on here. Another bland brew from this brewer
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13
Dark pour with minimal head that quickly dissolves. Aroma of coffee, chocoate on top of a slightly smoky note. The flavor is also one of coffree and chocolate with a slight sweet underbelly and a slightly bitter aftertaste. Body between thin and medium — too thin for an imperial. In fact, this tastes more like a porter than a Baltic porter with flavors too subdued.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pour is a amber red with a nice hazyness. Aroma is very nice. Lots of malts and the hops really stand out. Flavor is slight citrus and some malts used. Overall kinda tasty and prob one of the best from this brewer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Pour is a dark brown with a small white head. Aroma is of dark malts and i get some hops in there. Flavor is more on the malty side with a touch of nuts. Over all one dimential with the malts and nothing else.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Pour is a orange with no head at all. Aroma is hoppy and getting me in the mood for a good IIPA. All things good about this one stop there. Flavor is a very sweet caramel and no hops stand out what so ever. Very plain, watery and the alcohol got in the way at the end. I was so looking forward to this considering the packaging but I guess you can’t judge a beer by it’s cover.