Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Rachel brought this one back from a trip to KY +++ Sampled from a 12 oz can this beer poured a cloudy pale yellow color with a medium sized fluffy yellow white head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was sweetish with lemon, orange, pineapple, dust and tropical fruit. The flavor was sweet with lemon, orange, yeast, a bit of white pepper, faint mustiness and tropical fruit. Medium length finish. Medium body.
superspak (10160) reviewed White Zombie Ale from Catawba Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 7/28/2017. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy pale golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, orange peel, pear, red apple, melon, coriander, peppercorn, clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, spices, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, orange peel, pear, red apple, melon, coriander, peppercorn, clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal/grassy/citrus peel bitterness, yeast spiciness, and wheat tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange peel, pear, red apple, melon, coriander, peppercorn, clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, spices, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and creamy/bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.1%. Overall this is a very nice witbier. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, spices, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter/spicy/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Very well balanced between all flavors. A very enjoyable offering. Very classic tasting spot on style example.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a hazy amber with a small white head for the style. Aroma is super fruity. Lots of peach and melon with some honey and white sugar. Flavor is again a minor sugar sweetness with some peach and honey malt. Some plastic kind of shows up toward the end to lower the score. No alcohol is felt but this has tons of alcohol legs on the glass. I don't know if you can age a canned triple but this one may need a bit to tame the sweetness. Still this is pretty fruit forward and a bit a musty as it warms.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Amber pour with a thick white foam. Aroma of tart berries. Flavor is dominated by raspberry, but with an unripe fruit bitterness. Also an earthy and nutty subtle undertone aroma and taste under the berries. Would be much better with more sweetness from the fruit like true pb&j.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Hopness Monster from Catawba Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Very hazy golden and straw coloured body with a perfectly topped two centimetre tall just off-white head that leaves a pretty ugly lace. Aroma of dry and lightly citrus-based hops with some grasses and hay along with a touch of alcohol and warmth noticeable at the end. Medium-bodied; Assertive dry and grassy flavours with some light hop bitterness noticeable at first with some pine and flowers towards the end with a lot of hay and white pepper along with some alcohol and citrus fruits like lemon zest and grapefruit noticeable at the end. Aftertaste is deep and bitter with the floral and citrus fruits the strongest by far with a touch of sugars and hops noticeable at the end, but well balanced throughout with the alcohol showing through towards the end as well, but malt giving it a good deal of body. Overall, a nice and well layered IPA with some good bitterness and hop flavours, but nothing too assertive or pungent. Great to sample and a good IPA option, especially those who like dry and grassy IPAs from the East Coast! I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Habersham Beverage Outlet in Savannah, Georgia on 04-May-2018 for US$1,61 sampled in my hotel room here in Orlando, Florida on 07-May-2018.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2
Terrific aroma of a tropical drink with a sweet fruit and citrus scent. Flavor is hoppy bitter, quickly overpowering any sweetness from the passion fruit. Leaves a bitter resin aftertaste for a long time.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed White Zombie Ale from Catawba Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy golden coloured body with a thin white head, about two centimetres tall. Aroma of wheat, light perfume and spice with some lavender, herbs and a dose of oregano in the mix as well with some lighter malts and a dose of grass as well. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong wheatie and grassy flavours with perfume and funk at first with a very mild malt profile with some light grain and herbal flavours towards the end with a very dry and grassy finish. Aftertaste shows some light coriander seed, curacao, a touch of bubble gum and grasses and only a touch of grain noticeable at the end. Overall, a nice and very light beer with a ton of grassy and light spice flavours and some mild sugars, with very little else, aside from some wheat and a bit of yeast as well with some breadie notes. Good to sample, especially in the summertime, with some light flavours, but goes down quite easily. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Grape Vine in Fort Mill, South Carolina on 21-August-2017 for US$1,89 after watching the Eclipse in South Carolina, sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia in Pungoteague, Virginia on 20-April-2018.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours an amber from a tap. Nondescript grainy aroma. Light yeast noted in the flavor, doughy. Effervescence dissipates rather quickly. Good beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at the Charlotte brewery. Clearish golden color. Tropical fruit aroma. Taste is guava and light citrus. Nice hot weather beer.