Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750ml bottle pours an inky black with some thin, brown head. Nose is boozy, lots of whiskey punch, cracker, bread crust, grape jelly. Flavors of molasses, cracker, vanilla, booze, coconut, wood. Full, sticky finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
Okay, I respect this brewery’s ability to make beer, but multiple recent experiences suggest they should stay away from barrel aging. This is one. I actually had the bartender pour a sample into a different glass to make sure this was right. It is. Pours a hazy brown color with a thin head. Aroma of massive harsh chemical notes, paint thinner, acetone and the like, along with some faint hints of rum and caramel. The taste is toffee, caramel, that chemical thing, mild stone fruits. Thin bodied, low carbonation, heavy booze. Yikes!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Draft at Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours a dark brown color with a thin brown head. Good head retention. Aroma of heavy vanilla, wood, diacetyl, chocolate, whiskey and a faint acetic note. The taste is low quality bourbon, strong vanilla, roasted malts, chocolate, slightly bitter finish. Thin bodied, moderate carbonation, lingering bitterness. Disappointing.
Drake (22940) reviewed Resolute from Feel the Rain Brothers Brew Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle #435 shared by jackl. Pours a dark brown color with a medium sized frothy tan head. Fair head retention. Aroma of big chocolate and whiskey notes, vanilla, wood, roasted malts, raisin and a bit of clay. The taste is chocolate, roasted malts, wood, whiskey, raisin, stone fruits, mild booze. Thin-medium bodied, slightly hot. Nice beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
On draft at Whole Foods in Vienna VA. Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Piney hop nose. Flavors of spruce resin with a malty background. Medium bodied. Moderately bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz bottle from obguthr
Pours cloudy amber with a medium sized off-white head that dissipates quickly leaving lots of lacing. Aroma is grapefruit, caramel, herbal hops and burnt rubber. Flavor is grapefruit, caramel, metallic and pine resin
OK, but not balanced. The hops were bitter and lots of caramel, but they didn’t go together.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at MacDowell Brew Kitchen / Mud Hound Brewing Company. Poured a clear amber color, small white head, lots of bubbles. Aroma was notes of sweet candi sugar, yeast, apples. Flavor had notes of light lemon, citrus zest. Pretty tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Crystal clear golden color, white edge head. Aroma of funky, dusty straw. Taste is lemony barnyard. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Pours clear and medium gold. A nice off-white head puffs up before dying away to a light coating of bubbles after a few minutes. The aroma is lacking. There’s just not much there. Light hops, some citrus and pine. A bit of caramel malt. Some neutral yeastiness. The taste is similarly underwhelming. Some caramel malt flavor and mild generic American hoppiness. It’s relatively dry, which is nice, but it needs some flavor to fill things out. Mouthfeel is fine, light with average carbonation. This bottle should be pretty fresh - it’s less than a month from the bottling date - but it really doesn’t seem quite right. I wouldn’t be surprised if the beer was markedly better on tap and in future bottling runs. Great Outdoors showed promise, and I’m a bit surprised that this is a step back.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Pours a bright orange-ish, brown-ish golden color. A bit cloudy. Small white head. Nice, fresh aroma. It’s mild but good. Light tropical fruit, floral and bright citrus hop notes. Gentle sugary malt in the background. Taste is similar. Mild but bright hoppiness with some simple malt in the background. Light mouthfeel. Easy to drink. It’s just a nice, drinkable APA. With more hop aroma, it would stand out and make me want more. As is, it’s a nice enough beer, rather refreshing, but I wouldn’t seek it out. Still, no real complaints.