7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at the brewery. Golden-amber. The aroma is woody, with a light orchar fruitiness and light bready notes. Earthy with hearty bitterness, light crystal malt background. A clean if slightly chewy sense of balance to this one.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2011
at 12:24
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Golden-amber and bright. The aroma is light, herbal and with a hint of caramel. Low to medium bitterness. Slightly earthy with caramel sweetness underlying. Not in the hop range I like in an APA.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2011
at 12:23
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bright amber-brown. Toasty and a little bit nutty. The palate is mostly toasty. Sort of thin, with an almost crackerlike dryness in the finish.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2011
at 12:20
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bright copper. Really shines in the sunlight. Fresh grainy aroma is full of pale malt. Somewhat thin, and the fresh bready character is largely absent from the palate as well. Disappointing once it gets to the tongue.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2011
at 12:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy straw. Soft and marshmallowy banana aroma. Spritzy carbonation, cutting through a semi-sweet banana character. Has some acidity in the finish to provide additional dryness.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2011
at 12:15
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bright straw colour. Has almost a union-made aroma in its continental hoppiness and overt graininess. Low bitterness, and a hint of straw. It’s a bit dirty, it’s blonde and it’s not made for serious beer people anyway.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2011
at 12:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can - clear light amber pour - very fizzy - short-lived head - nose of toasted maltiness, lightly doughy yeast, mild esters - flavor is clean but kind of bland - light toasted maltiness and moderate sweetness - a light touch of nuttiness - clean, but not much happening - watery finish - meh.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2011
at 18:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, dark roasted, coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dark roasted, chocolate malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110804]
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2011
at 08:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
I love the Sante Fe brewing labels and artwork. The 12oz bottle poured clear copper with off white head. The aroma is a little stale and dank with earthy recently wet basement and a mix of sweet malts and spicy hops. The taste send up semi firm notes of bitter spicy hops mixing with lesser amounts of citrus and pine and a bit of floral around the edges. Behind the hops notes are background murmurs of sweet malts, stale malts and earthiness. Interesting brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2011
at 18:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Courtesy of hellbilly. Can pours clear pale gold with white head. The aroma offers up floral hops, corn kernels, spicy hops and earthy hops. The taste is similar with floral hops and spicy hops as well as grainy malts and sugar sweet malts. Hmm. Good summer brew here.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2011
at 18:46