Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Thackery Binx from Roses by the Stairs Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Pint can pours with a nice deep dark mahogany that supports a light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up a blend of citrus to spicy to a dash of tropical fruity hops as well as modest malty roastiness. The taste delivers an easy drinking CDA with a pleasing balance of moderate hop bitterness and malt roastiness. I get citrus hops heading into grapefruit like hop bitterness paired with a faint sense of tropical hop fruitiness and then growing spicy hops edged in a sort of pine like bitterness. Beneath the hops are dark roasted hops, on equal footing with the hops, as well as thin murmurs of chocolate maltiness toward the finish. This is a nice balanced yet right to style brew. Well done.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Double Double from Roses by the Stairs Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Poured up on tap at tipsy where it exhibits an opaque hazy dull gold body that supports a nice near white head of foam. The mild aroma offers up mango, pineapple, a bit of cantaloupe and then murmurs of tangy tangerine and faint grapefruit. The taste delivers smooth soft mango and cantaloupe ad well as more tangy and hop bitter notes of tangerine, tangelo and grapefruit. Overall it maintains a nice balance that bleeds toward being a little too soft and sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
32oz growler pours with a deep dark mahogany colored body that supports a full tan head of foam. The aroma offers up dark roasted malts mingling with firm dark roasted coffee notes leading to a soft smooth subtle smoke sensation. The taste is similar as it delivers plenty of roastiness going from highly roasted malts to highly roasted coffee and then a bit of spicy maple notes. To midway faint vanilla bean comes to the surface just as the various sweet notes unveil a cloud of smokiness. Another sip and the smokiness seems to join up with the roasted coffee creating a mild wood char flavor. Fun beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Pint can pours with a clear deep gold colored body that supports a nice near white head of foam. The aroma offers up a blend of orange marmalade and grapefruit followed by a murmur of maltiness. The taste has that classic west coast hop depth and crispness. I get a pleasing blend of tangy tangerine and some orange running up against a bitter wall of grapefruit hop bitterness. A few more sips reveals a thin layer of mango like tropical notes creating a bit more depth. Solid West Coast IPA. I can, and will, drink a lot of this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(Tap) clear, bright, very dark brown colour with a medium tall brown head; rich aroma of milk chocolate; balanced flavour with a long, strong bitter sweet finish
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours near black with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of coconut and chocolate with dark grains, roasted malt and some vanilla coming through. Flavor starts with coconut and chocolate, has a light pumpkin note and roasted malts, dark grains and a growing vanilla supporting.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Florabunda from Roses by the Stairs Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear pale yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges quickly. Aroma has light tart fruits and a bit of earthy flora with a bit of earthy grain backing. Flavor has light tart fruits with a bit of grass and light grain backing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a hast yellow with a slight peach hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dank citrus and papaya with light marijuana and slightly sweet grains underlying. Flavor combines citrus and papaya with some light onion and has a light grain backbone.
deyholla (22727) reviewed JOJO from Roses by the Stairs Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at the at the brewery. Pours a near light yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has wet grass and light flora with earthy grains and hay underlying. Flavor starts with hay and grass and is joined by some straw and light earthy flora.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Trail Beer from Roses by the Stairs Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear light gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has grass and light flora with hay and straw underlying. Flavor has light earthy flora and straw with hay and a hint of wet grass supporting.