Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5.5
Draft: Mild peat nose. Clear garnet, thin head. Roasted malt flavor with sour hint of currant. Somewhat cardboardy on the palate. Full bodied and acidic. This may not have been the freshest keg.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On nitro tap at the brewpub on 10/10/2009. Dark black body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet roast and chocolate aroma. Sweet chocolate and roast flavor with slight pumpkin hints. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
maniac (11822) reviewed Big Blue DIPA from Blue Mountain Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Growler courtesy of dkachur from the brewpub on 09/12/2009. Cloudy orange body with a medium frothy off-white head. Huge citrus aroma, lots of grapefruit. Sweet grapefruit and tropical fruit flavor, with a nice caramel background. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Pours a dark orange-brown color with a near-tan head. Aroma is malts, with touches of dark fruits. Flavor has touches of caramel, touches of pine hops, decent winter beer, not too much of a alcohol hit, but just enough to warm up.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Wine and Beer Westpark, 12/13/09
Aroma: Nose has some roasted and burnt malts, smoke, fruits, burnt toast
Appearance: Pours a very dark reddish-brown color with a fizzy tan head
Flavor: Tastes of semi-sweet malts, smoke, burnt toast, and a light hop bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, it has a somewhat short duration, and a slightly dry mouthfeel
Overall Impression: I can't believe I've never rated anything from Blue Mountain, I know I've had their beers before, not this one, but others, but somehow I haven't rated any of them on here. Anyway, I didn't love this beer, but I liked it. It certainly could have been better though. I'd like to see them put a little more effort into this one, because I think it has potential.
**Just submitted a Photo for this one as well, as it was missing one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle, $2.10 at Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Smells of sweet malts. Flavor of sweet dark fruit, malt, and bitter copper.
obguthr (12524) reviewed Big Blue DIPA from Blue Mountain Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Draft: Pine needle and caramel nose. Clear amber, medium off-white head, good lacing. Pine needle and maraschino cherries. Chewy mouthfeel, moldy peach finish. Intense hop flavor, but missing something.
Drake (22940) reviewed Blue Reserve 2009 from Blue Mountain Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Supposedly this is done in the style of Duvel, so I guess I’ll use a Duvel glass. Growler from the brewery filled about 45 minutes ago. Pours a hazy orange-tinted lemon yellow color with a large white frothy head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of doughy bread, yeast, peach, lime and other citrus, and caramel. Taste is also very bready with an almost nutty vibe. Some citrus, plum and berries with strong bitter hop notes. Strongly carbonated. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Served on nitro tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear ruby-brown color with a typical tan nitro head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma is chocolate, lightly roasted malts and coffee. The pumpkin notes are very faint, and as this is a chocolatey beer anyways it doesn’t add too much of an extra dimension. The taste is milk chocolate, bitter, banana and pumpkin with a bitter leafy hop finish. Smooth, medium bodied. A nice effort but this could use more of the pumpkin flavor.
jcwattsrugger (14801) reviewed Big Blue DIPA from Blue Mountain Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
@Richmond Gathering 9-growler courtesy dkachur/Thanks Dan-pours a thin white head and hazy gold color. Aroma is orange/floral/herbal hops, secondary sweet medium malt. Taste is orange/floral/herbal hops with some bite, secondary sweet medium malt. OK carbonation.