5.9/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2013
at 20:01
6.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2013
at 07:31
7.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2013
at 06:46
5.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2013
at 00:34
6.6/10
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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.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2013
at 23:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Firefest 2013, Forest VA, Draft: No aroma. Clear amber, thic k head. Malty, honey, and peanut.. Very lagerish, little ale characterbut tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Oct 2013
at 11:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy red-amber color with a thin frothy off-white head. Good head retention. Aroma of toffee, earthy, citrus and herbal hops and some caramel. The taste is bitter citrus, resin, pine hops, strong toffee notes and mild burnt sugar notes. Medium bodied, slight lingering bitterness, decent balance.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2013
at 21:38
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the brewery. Pours a hazy rust color with a thin frothy tan head. Fair head retention. Aroma of cinnamon, clove, other spices, pumpkin, mild toasted malts. The taste is tart pumpkin, mild squash, spicy finish. Medium bodied, low carbonation, lingering spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2013
at 21:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the brewery. Pours a clear vibrant amber color with a thin white head. Fair head retention. Aroma of big clove notes, earth, pale malt, apples. The taste is pale malt, citrus, stone fruits, grapes, strong spice. Medium bodied, low carbonation, slight heat.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2013
at 21:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the brewery. Pours a clear dark brown color with a thin head. Fair head retention. Aroma of banana bread, toffee, mild stone fruits. The taste is toffee, banana bread, herbal hops, mild spiciness. Medium bodied, strong carbonation. A bit on the sweet side. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2013
at 21:19