Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle #2283. 750 ml bottle provided by heemer77 for the 10/18 tasting. Pour is deep brown black, smallish tan head that falls fast. Aroma roasty maltiness with some pine hoppiness. Taste starts nice with the roastiness, but turns really sharp and metallic - overload of pineiness and sharp alcohol. Not terribly pleasant burning aftertaste. As it hit room temp, it got better quite a bit better.
maniac (11822) reviewed Nut Brown Ale from Santa Fe Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Flying Saucer - Houston on 07/27/08. Dark brown body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy brown head that persists. Big nutty and toffee aroma. Big nutty flavor, toffee, caramel hints. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
75 c cL bottle. Pours black and with a lacing tan head. Light chalky and mild smoky/tobacco aroma. Chocolate and smooth vanilla and roasted malt flavour. Smooth roasted malt and fruity finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy dark amber with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with hoppy and caramel notes. Sweet flavor with hoppy, piney and toasted malt. Ends bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Hazy amber golden with a creamy, off-white head. Sweetish caramel aroma. Medium body with sweetish caramel notes. Has a vague oxidized and a little tired feel to it. Some alcohol presence in the finish but not much bitterness. 260708
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled - tasted blind. A hazy amber beer with an orangey head. The aroma is sweet malty combined with notes of grass. The flavor is sweet mlaty with notes of caramel, grass, and alcohol. The alcohol leaves a slight burn in the mouth.
Sebletitje (15913) reviewed Pale Ale from Santa Fe Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Courtsey of Gillard. Pours golden with a thin white head. Hoppy with sugary malt, both well balanced. Thick and easy to drink.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From bottle #34 at sk8vikings American blind tasting. Pours hazy orange with a lacing off-white head. Mild dry and pinewood hoppy aroma. Sweet and fruity initial flavour. Solid and fruity hops flavour. Pinewood and grapefruity. Dense and with a solid caramel malt flavour. Light yeasty. Ends smooth and hoppy fruity.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bomber bottle sampled at Pre-DLD. Despite the abv strength of this one, shows some interesting ESB character. A nice hop load that doesn’t rely exclusively on the American gargle-blasters, balanced with some supportive malts. Don’t know the vintage of my sample, but all agreed this was over-aged. Some papery oxidation and phenol cuts into some interesting flavors.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
This came in my beer club. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark brown color with red highlights and a large creamy dark tan head. The aroma was roasty, toasty and and lightly bitter with a floral hop note. The flavor was nutty, roasty, malty and had a hint of fruity hops and chocolate. The finish was long, nutty and malty. Nice.