7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle my wife picked up at BevMo in Sacramento. Rating #3800! Pours out a clear golden with short lived airy head. Big grainy nose, bread, hay. Taste follows the aroma, mouth feel is slick, a Nd had a nice weight and feel. Minor bite at the finish. Closest I’ve had to the real thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2016
at 21:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Light malt aroma. Malt and light grapefruit flavor with light vanilla. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Malt and light grapefruit linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2016
at 13:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Copper beer with a thin white head. Red grape and light malt aroma. Tannic grape and malt flavor with light spice. Medium bodied. Red grape and earth lingers with light spice and malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2016
at 12:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Corti Bros. Pours gold with a white head. Light fruity aroma - a mix of pale stone fruit with a possible touch of citrus. Very light caramel. Med body or so. Very light fruit flavor with malt that seems to be the pale sort. Possibly the mildest hop in the Test series that I’ve had so far. Far from NW and likely from W Coast, could be like East Coast. Not quite dry. About as unbitter as I’d really like to see - meaning more bitter is better. Still it’s a decent drink.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2016
at 18:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from the Natomas BevMo. Pours hazy gold with a white head. Aroma of pale stone fruit backed by a hint of caramel. Med body or better. It’s cluster earthy with pale stone fruit and a citrus type note. Malt is rather toasty for the style IMHO. Still it’s nicely bitter and earthy/fruit works well for me. Clearly off the same ol’ same ol’ path.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2016
at 19:22
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
12th June 2016
Mild gusher. Almost clear gold beer, short lived white head. Palate is light, modest carbonation. Soft malts, sweetish. Very mild hops, super mellow pine and a touch of crystallised orange. Light finish. It’s inoffensive bur Ruhstaller should stop worrying about where their hops are grown and start worrying about putting some in their IPAs!
Mild gusher. Almost clear gold beer, short lived white head. Palate is light, modest carbonation. Soft malts, sweetish. Very mild hops, super mellow pine and a touch of crystallised orange. Light finish. It’s inoffensive bur Ruhstaller should stop worrying about where their hops are grown and start worrying about putting some in their IPAs!
Tried
on 14 Jun 2016
at 13:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber shared by Marcus. Pours dark gold with a transient white head. Aroma is lightly tobacco. Lightly fruit. Lightly something! Med body. Flavor is spicy. Something really interesting going on here. In this case different is good. Some robust toasty caramel in support. A new high for the Test series.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2016
at 15:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Keg at BD Sheffield, 20/05/16. Golden amber with a decent off White cap. Nose is caramel malt, straw, orange, bready. Taste comprises caramel malt, tangerine, grass, melon, toasted grain. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close laced with moderate hopbitterness. Below average for style.
Tried
on 26 May 2016
at 10:38
6/10
Tried
on 20 May 2016
at 16:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark mahogany beer with a tan head. Rich malt and toffee aroma. Toffee and light oak flavor with light vanilla and light dark fruit. Medium-plus bodied. Toffee and light caramel lingers with light oak and light earthiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2016
at 12:44