willisread (9761) ticked Starchaser from Highland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Edwgallo (6795) ticked Starchaser from Highland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Very bready witbier, with a noticeable yeasty middle and a subtle grapefruit bite on the back end. Ginger makes for a nice addition, and the dry finish keeps the vanilla-clove elements from dominating, but the fade is a bit dull and the texture’s on the watery side. Not bad, but it’s easy to find a better white ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 7/27/2017. Pours slightly hazy deep golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, citrus peel/zest, pine, toasted bread, light honey/caramel, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, citrus peel/zest, pine, toasted bread, light honey/caramel, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, floral, grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, citrus peel/zest, pine, toasted bread, light honey/caramel, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.1%. Overall this is a delicious American pale ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and never watery for the ABV. Classic Cascade hop profile on a nice bready malt backbone. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
MrSpooks (5447) reviewed Mandarina IPA from Highland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Not much to this pint; modest orange notes mixed with modest hops and modest cracker malts with a modest bitterness and a modest citric fade. Modest carbonation yields a modest head. Modest nose gives up modest whiffs of fruit and grain. New packaging's nice, though.
Jow (8309) reviewed Daycation from Highland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Grabbed sixer for cookout I’m having tomorrow wasn’t supposed to dip into tonight but these are desperate times. Fine cloudy straw colored some sediment. Nose citrus and vegetal. Tastes of lime, green onion, straw, floral, kumquat. Zippy enough.
superspak (10160) reviewed Pilsner from Highland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 6/20/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, peach, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with pale malt and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, peach, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, light pepper, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is a very nice German pilsener. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Really great clean pils malt showcase, with nice earthy hop balance. A bit of fruitiness from the hops; but this is really traditional tasting, spot on stuff for the style. A very enjoyable offering.
iphonephan (11575) reviewed AVL IPA from Highland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
From a 12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy god with a thick off white head. Aroma of tropical fruit and melon. Flavors are bitter citrus and pine. Bitter finish.
cheap (9533) reviewed Mandarina IPA from Highland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Slight hazy pale. Bitter but not really bitter like the ubiquitous. More like a stronger APA and I am grateful its sticking to its style, thanks. Yes, not bad for a quick one before I head over to the myrtle beach, heheh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Seemed billed as an extra hoppy type IPA, but it ain't. I strained to get much hop nose, there's a hint of resin and wet dog, and tropical fruit. Vague breadiness. Flavor similar, very bready with a peppery hop that hints at dank (but calling this beer a good example of dank hops is near laughable - let's change up that commercial description Highland!). Medium bitter finish, seems to have a good body but finishes on the thin side. Drinkable enough but really disappoints when you're expecting a bright aromatic hopped beer.