Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
on tap-thin offwhite-hazy gold/amber. A-soft pine, med malt-caramel. T-pine hops with some bite, med malt-caramel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
on tap-tight white-cloudy yellow. A-grain/lt malt. T-grain/lt malt with some sweet, slight hop bite.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draft pint, Aug. 24, ’08. Nice pale ale color, with a thin head and a bit of haze. Smell is malty with a bit of sourness here and there. But my first sip brings in a surprising load of English bitter hops, backing up the claim on the beer list and then some. It builds up a hop burn almost to the level of an IPA, nearly overwhelming the decent malt backbone. Even gains a little of the American hop citrus and pine toward the end. Nice surprise to find at a little-frequented brewpub like this.