Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
At Birre Sotto L'Albero Macche pub in Rome-Italy. Pours clear Amber color, medium foamy head. Nose is a bit yeasty, malts, nutty. Mouth has some caramel notes and a very pleasant bitter finish. Franconia signature to an APA. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
50cl bottle. Pours clear amber colour with a mid-sized good lasting beige head. Aroma of toasted malt, mild citrus, flowers, caramel. Taste of intense bitter hops, citrus, caramel, nuts, very bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Golden and clear with a thick head. Fresh grainy aroma. Fresh bread character, good!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Hopfen & Malz. Cloudy orange with a solid head. Aroma is fruit and pine. Flavor is malt and caramel, sweet base, grass on the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
50 cl bottle @ home, BBE 17.12.2015
Aroma is rather sweet and somewhat heavy with fruits, biscuits and toffee. Also mild hayish malt. Flavour has toffee, some fruity hops, minerals, mild licorice tones and resin. Quite malty and resiny for an APA. Feels a bit musty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle
Pours dark orange with a white head. Aroma of caramely malts, grassy hops, pine and hints of resin. Taste is smooth, sweetish and malty with some caramel, grass, pine and resin. Finish is hoppy, malty and caramely with some toffee and resin. Okay.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50 cl bottle (5,2%) @ home, BBE 15.01.2016
Aroma has buttery malt, some grass and mild mineral tones. Flavour has grassy hops, buttery malt, mild fruity tones and hints of mint. Somewhat refreshing, quite typical helles.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle, thanks Timo A.
Pours clear yellowish with a small head. Aroma of hay, grass, earthy notes, malts and floral notes. Taste is smooth, crisp and grassy with some earthy notes, bready malts and floral notes. Finish is stingy, crisp and grassy with some hints of hay. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Euro2-Flasche: Pale golden, hazy, small white foamy layer; honeyish-grainy nose with herbal-strawy hops in the background; light to moderate sweetish-bitter flavour, light bodied; lingering honeyish-grainy - again - finish followed by spicy, but mild Saazy hops. Not the worst Helles…