6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
16oz can. Ripe tropical fruit tones..mango, peach, papaya. Drinks a pinch heftier than most of its peers, perhaps more malt tone, less dextrose. Enjoyable enough.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2023
at 23:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can. Clean, slightly doughy body, nice lager notes. Perfect amount of zesty bitterness, balance. Straightforward, sublime, delicious.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Feb 2023
at 05:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampler at HTH. 2014 Bronze medalist at GABF Noble hops, hazy yellow body, thin layer of foam (all beers in this sampler have differing heads of foam, all seem to be to style). Lemony nose with those German hops, and a bit of yeast to it. Taste is bright German wheat Ale with a sharp hop note that keeps it peppery and prickly. Not as much yeast "bite" as with other unfiltered beers. The bright hoppy taste makes it that much more interesting than most commercial Kölsch style beers.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2014
at 22:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampler at HTH. Slightly brownish pale ale color, thin, leggy foam. Smell made me think right away of SNPA. The taste bore this impression through. A big citrus and pine northwestern hop bouquet sits on a somewhat caramel toasty malt bill. Like an SNPA, it is very easy to just gulp down in spite of its big boatload of hops, which are more aromatic than bitter. A slight fruity ester from ale fermentation helps too.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2014
at 22:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampler at the brewpub. Lighter body than the Kitchen Sink, still with a thin, leggy pale ale head. Smell again is full of piney and fruity hops, more fruit from the hops than from esters, I think. Again, easy drinking. Malt stands up a little more strongly against the hop load, so it is a fuller beer than another hoppy pale ale.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2014
at 21:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampler at the brewpub. Had a big puffy head rising above the sampler glass, but even after several minutes, there’s still a good puddle of foam. Pretty mild and agreeable coffee porter nose. Full black body. Taste has the slight astringency of roasty Stout malts on top of a bitter coffee addition. Coffee-ish taste comes in after another sip or two. I initially marks it’s taste as a "6", and will probably leave it there just because I tend to be more generous to beer made on premises anyway, but this adds a balance to the pale ales and lighter beers on the first half of the sampler tray. Finish has nice notes of a bit of chocolate roasted beans.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2014
at 21:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Oh, yes, a very minty smell, with chocolate, like an Andes after dinner mint. Thin head, and with that extra cocoa and mint in it, I can’t blame the head for giving up. A lot of mint in the taste, too, that can be a turn off to some of us beer fans. Causes the Stout portion of this to have a bit of a thinner mouthfeel. But it’s Christmas, so this fits right in as an after-dinner beer that is really not too heavy, considering all the extra stuff in it. Probably much lower in calories than any other chocolate and mint delivery system.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2014
at 21:39