Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Pours a clear golden/copper color with fragments of fruit evident in the glass. Aroma and flavor are raspberry, and that's just about it. I've had two raspberry ales, and while I enjoyed them both, the "beer" seems to be missing. People not normally into beer would probably enjoy sipping on this one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A decent APA for the session drinker. Piney hops notable in aroma and in the flavor, with a touch of citrus. Beer pours pale amber with a thin off-white head. Thin body. A good choice for "rushes" of the good beer fraternity.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4
Orangey golden colour with a white head that acts exactly like soda. Forms a frothy billowy head of huge bubbles and then VERY quickly dissipates...not great for a beer, but good for a soda! Aroma of fresh raspberries, a very nice smell and EXACTLY how it should be for this style. A small malt background but the raspberries are strong. Light-bodied; Watery taste with some average hints of raspberries while almost completely missing the boat on malt and hops! Almost no malt background and the hops are gone completey it seems like. The raspberry taste is nice, but it only gets you so far for a beer...and that level is pretty low. Overall, a decent beer if you like raspberries, and for anyone else, just a sub-par fruit beer. The taste is too subtle and the other beer 'characteristics' are completely gone. Try another fruit beer if you are really into this style...this one isn't really worth it. I bought this twelve ounce bottle from Total Wine in Chantilly, Virginia.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
2002 Batch:
Brilliant copper colour with ruby highlights when held up to a light and a perfect head--2 centimetres tall, VERY small bubbles and a great tan colour, leaving a great lacing on the glass. Smells of hops, sweet spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, anise), caramel and a healthy dose of malt. Full-bodied; Strong flavour consisting of alcohol, malt, hops and a fair amount of the spices detected in the nose. Aftertaste consists of bittering malt, decently strong hops and a taste of the alcohol. A pretty good beer for the style, but not perfect. The flavour in the taste and aftertaste is sub-par, but the appearance and aroma are spot-on! If you are looking for a good beer to try in the autumn/winter, and live in the Mid-Atlantic Region, definately pick this one up! I bought this 12 ounce beer at Total Wine in Chantilly, Virginia and sampled it on 3-September-2003.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Tasted at Phillips in Baltimore october '02. Red amber, no head. Pretty neutral and boring taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Lighter shade of amber with a dense off-white head. Smells of a fairly large amount of low a.a. hops, perhaps some english with a malt backbone. Strong flavour at first, both with hops and malt. Medium-bodied; Strong malt aftertaste with a very pertinent hop taste as well. Very nice, and never dull. This is one of the better APA's I've had recently, and is worth trying if you are from around the Washington area! I bought my twelve ounce bottle from Total Wine in McLean, Virginia out of the same batch as JonR888710 (see below).
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Classic Lager from Heavy Seas Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Nice golden colour with a 1 centimetre white head. Aroma of malt, hops a bit of metal and a tiny bit of nuttyness. Strong maltiness in the taste with the subtlety of hops and the strong flavour of metal. Somewhat reminiscent of an american lager, but a bit better. I don't know how this got classified under 'American Dark', maybe someone was drunk when they created this beer. This is a lager or an 'American Standard' and should be re-classified. This beer isn't too great compared to the style, but if you are around the area (Washington,Baltimore), pick one up and try it for yourself! I bought my 12 ounce bottle at Total Wine in McLean, Virginia.
jhaase (14941) reviewed Classic Lager from Heavy Seas Brewing Company 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Red amber color. No aroma - weak taste......................................
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bright orange (I'm glad it's not silver); light malt character, with hints of bread crust and caramel. Watery finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Red-brown malty ale with an e-n-o-r-m-o-u-s bitterness. Tasty, but IMO not balanced.