Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at three needs. Pours clear black, medium tan head, decent lacing. Aroma is quite roasty, coffee grounds, baking cocoa and hints of tobacco. Flavors is light sweet, light plus bitter, dark roast and bitter chocolate. Medium body, hint of acridity.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a dark ruddy amber color with a sly transparency about it. Mild carbonation could be seen rising to fill a one finger white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Mild stringy lace.
The aroma had some nice dark and roasty nuts, bready to biscuity malts. Orange peel spice. Dark chocolate. Apple pie spice at the end.
The flavor melds the malts to the spice fairly nice. Super subtle aftertaste, somewhat bready. Blended sweet bready to spicy finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium, leaning closer to the medium side. Good carbonation. ABV felt appropriate. Lingering malts lay down on my tongue without any cloying effects.
Overall, though brewed at Queen City, this is probably Three Needs best beer they ever brewed.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a nice little white cap of a head sitting atop of the beer. No lacing.
The aroma had some burnt toast, dark malts, grassy and piney hops.
The flavor had some sharp bitter piney-ness to it initially. Malts stay in the background. Blended malty to hoppy aftertaste with the same sort of finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Mild carbonation. Decent ABV.
Overall, this is a schwarzbier? Where’s the German yeastiness? Hmmmm....Closer to a black IPA. I don’t know, maybe again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a ruddy semi-clear brown color with a cap of a white head that just slides out into oblivion. No lace.
The aroma had some tangy nuts, weird blend, but alright, makes me wonder, still light honey and then burnt malts.
The flavor leads with the tanginess. Then the nuts, and malts staying quite separate. Tangy aftertaste. Sharp almost acidic finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Hard to take down for a session because of the acidity in this. ABV seems alright to what is said. Carbonation feels fine as well.
Overall, weird brown ale. What’s with the tanginess? Well, thanks for the beer tick, don’t see myself coming back to this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a black color with a creamy white to off white foamy head. Dissipates at a nice pace. Sly messy lace.
The aroma starts off with a thick sweet milk chocolate and a huge amount of sweet vanilla. Light roasty tones.
The flavor leans to the sweet side. Sly roasty coffee to milk chocolate aftertaste with finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with an exceptionally smooth feel about it. Low carbonation.
Overall, pretty good porter that I could have again, definitely a dessert porter if anything.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a dark red/brown color. Thin white cap of a head. Stringy lace.
The aroma takes in a mild amount of earthy to rustic Belgian spices coating a fair amount of bready/yeasty flavors. Some sweet cake. Light milk chocolate. Some vinous quality as it warms.
The flavor leans mildly sweet through the cake and bready/yeasty aromas. Belgian spices try to make an effort to balance with an eleoquent use of that dry vinous quality.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. That vinous quality seems to punch a little bit of boozy sting to my tongue. But then the bready/yeasty to cake sticky clingy-ness allows somewhat of a balance.
Overall, weird dubbel, if anything, it’s alright for what it is.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a black color with a thin white foamy head that dissipates moderately. Speckled lace.
The aroma obviously had all of the traits of a normal milk/sweet stout and then some subtle roasted notes of coffee bean, vanilla bean and pecans.
The flavor brings all of those previously mentioned aromas together blending nicely. Starts milk chocolate sweet in the aftertaste and then leads into the finish appropriately sweet.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionable to sipping quality behind it. Mild carbonation. And fully sweet clingy-ness through to the touch on my tongue.
Overall, nice milk/sweet stout that I would have again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a ruddy dark red to brown color with no head or lace.
The aroma had some sharp Belgian spice over some burnt cake sweetness. Unforgiving dull toast as well.
The flavor had that same toasty weirdness it with the Belgian spice pummeling my taste buds. Unforgiving aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a sessionability about it a little more unexpectant than I thought would be. Low carbonation.
Overall, yeah, not sure what happened here, but I doubt if I would come back to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Only retired because of the brewpub not actually brewing their own beer anymore, thanks to Queen City for keeping their beers going, lol, me, thanks for the tick.
Poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy looking \"forward\" thinking burnt orange
collar-ed flow. Yielded a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace.
The smell had some grassy sweet to bitter malts flowing on into some faded hops.
The flavor takes the previously mentioned aromas to combine and rides it all on into the aftertaste (malty) with a slick (not oily) finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Carbonation rides underneath, sly, moveable. Good.
Overall, decent AIPA, almost EIPA, but yeah, I can see it as an AIPA, do-able and could have again, I think. Thanks Doug.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
On tap at brewpub. Yes, I know this is brewed at Queen City now, still, here are my thoughts on this beer.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head. Delicate messy lace.
The smell started off with some muted sweet grassy hops. Then some burnt toast, sly amount of caramel malts.
The flavor is pretty much the same. Long malty aftertaste. Quick smooth finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Decent sessionability. Fairly low carbonation.
Overall, hmmm, not much of an APA in my opinion, leans more towards the English wheelhouse a bit. I think I could come back to this, maybe.