Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at the original Boise BP Hazy redish amber. Nice aroma of woody pine trees. Flavor is more of the same but not the harsh bite that some other spruce beers can have. Nice smooth palate and a full body. Just right.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12oz can. Pours out black topped with a tan/brown head. Nose is sweet milk chocolate, whisky, oak, and vanilla. Taste is as the nose with a faint barrel, chocolate, booze, vanilla, and more sweetness. I love the fact that this good BA imp stout is in a can. The simple silver can looks awsome aswell.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Spruce N' The Trail from Sockeye Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Sockeye Brew Pub. Pours out a amber/gold topped with a off white head. Nose is all spruce needles WOW it is really fun. They tossed in 16lbs of needles along the way, back to the nose some sweetness, floral hops and a litte earth. Taste is more of the spruce along with a rich malt bill, floral hops, wood, and the earth notes show up again. A really fun and tasty one. Keep it up Guys!!!
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Fresh Hop from Sockeye Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Sockeye Brew Pub. Pours out a crisp clean golden topped with a fluffy sand head. The nose is nice a great mix of citrus, floral, and cereal malts. Taste is more of the fresh hop mix, floral notes, citrus, end is a bitter grapefruit. A pretty tasty one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at sockeye brewing boise. Pours out a hazy chestnut topped with a sand ring of a head. Nose is whiskey barrel fruit spice and some yeast. Taste is as the aroma with whiskey showing throughout. A little sour wine grape bite yeast and some pit fruit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at sockeye brewing boise. Pours out a crisp gold topped with a small white head. Nose is a nice hop mix floral pine and light malts. Taste is not as hoppy as the nose citrus hops sweetness and a pretty bitter grapefruit end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On Tap at the original Boise BP. In a tulip. hazy golden orange with a ice white head. Up front whiskey aroma and soft saison pepary spices. Tart light malt flavors and a fairly prominent JD character as well. Interesting combination. Never had a saison barrell aged before. This works.
stevoj (18327) reviewed Summer Ale from Sockeye Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
1 pint can from Jerry’s. Points for trying, this seems like it’s trying to be a Belgian blonde. Slightly tangy, citrusy nose on top of pure grain backbone. Pours light golden with short silky head, decent lacing. Taste also has some citrusy hops before becoming a grain beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
On tap at the original Boise BP. Deep orange with a small but dense sandy colored head. Big citrus peel aroma. Huge resiny citrus flavor. Quite sweet and heavy palate. Long lingering classic west coast IPA bitter trailer. Very smooth and slick with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Special brewed for the Coops anniversary, and very well done. Hazy pale golden with thick, fluffy, but silky head. Flowery, yeasty, doughy, mildly spicy, smooth and tasty (savor it for a minute, let it warm slightly). Right up there with the French farmhouse ales and saisons. Thoroughly enjoyable.