7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gold in color, very slight haze with a three-finger head. Aroma is citrus fruit, tropical fruit and slight floral. Taste is also citrus fruit, tropical fruit and spruce.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gold in color with a three-finger head. Aroma is grains with a hint of lime. Taste is malty grains with a hint of lime.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Notes from 1/2/2009. Soggy coaster notes courtesy of ncvbc & bboven. I got the privileged of trying most of Highland's staple lineup between them, yet I only managed to legibly record this one. Poured straight down the middle of a standard lop-sided DFH pint glass. A sturdy inch & change of sandy tan head throwing whipped wavelengths as it regressed. Dusty cocoa, dairy creamer/nougat, bare notion of roast, a petty amount of zest finishing off the nose. A watery anticipation, but it gets stickier as it warms. Everything is on the milder side of mild. Light lactose opening, followed by a very chalky introduction to everything else: sharp & charred caramel, lightly nutty, with an overall mellow roast. Feel is more scratchy or cat tongue-like, then the velvet type of qualities I associate with oatmeal beers. Soothing in a numbing sort of way. Negligible alcohol. A definite dryness on the tail end that consumes the finish & lends itself to more stoutly comparisons(& room for one more bottle).
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Dec 2024
at 22:43
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:46
7/10
Not a favourite, flavor profile falls short.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:53
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Can, slight haze on light pale. Bubbly white head. Mild citrus nose of light hop perfume. OK, an IPA at 3.9%? Hey, need some beef to make me forget its an IPA, this ought to be interesting to say the least. First taste is yes, very light, more like a mild APA if you ask me. Sometimes there is this intersecting gray area between APA and session IPA, especially if the session lacks any kind of IPA bitter bite that a well made APA would easily have. I guess the APA should have a bit more malt presence, no? Under 5% and good hop character seems to describe both styles to me, I'm guessing this one may be a little more watery compared to an APA. Goes down pretty easy for me, as an IPA despiser, so we all know this really lacks many of the good characteristics of a decent session IPA. I guess you could call this a refreshing beer, considering its lack of IPA hop flavor and good level of cutting co2 throughout the session.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2024
at 19:35
6/10
Tried
on 09 Nov 2024
at 03:44
6/10
Tried
on 06 Nov 2024
at 01:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a 12 oz can. Pours a clear orange gold with an off white head. Aromas of crackers and dank fruit. Flavors are intensely bitter, in a good way.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2024
at 23:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Notes from May 2009 Heavy layer of sediment on the bottom, no BB date. Served into my Sly Fox paperweight. A pretty decent pour left the beer just a shakes worth of floaters in suspension. Syrupy, glazed yellow color. Twinge of dulled-out orange on the second, more heavy-handed pour. Thin, white comb-over froth. Smell first malty sweet, turning vine-y & earthy. Very ho-hum. Taste is white bread & a little too much malt at the start, then turning a touch salty & maybe metallic. Half way through a soapy bitterness starts to go at it, eventually becoming very leafy bittergreen that lingers through a drying, papery finish. Not very bitter, but... gasp, pretty balanced. Carbonation is middle/middle high, but the dryness plays a bigger, better part. Get those yeasties in there. It didn't start well, but halfway through it became a pretty decent IPA. This is probably really satisfying super fresh. :)
Tried
on 02 Nov 2024
at 02:16