5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the rte 8 location in PGH. Slight spice aroma. Barely cloudy and just barely darker than a ubiquitous pale yellow american lager. Comes on like an american wheat. Good tingly carbonation. Fun and interesting. Straw, hay and farm field flavors are prevalent. Has some mild bitterness that builds on the back of the palate during the session. Finish is short but that mild bitterness hangs for a while after the session is complete.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Aug 2007
at 19:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a hazy vibrant golden color with a small white head. The aroma was sweet, tangy, yeasty and lightly fruity. The flavor was thick sweet sugar with a nice plum fruity element and a long, tangy, sugary finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jul 2007
at 19:29
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Don’t look at my numbers, this is a great beer for the style, I just don’t care for high alky brews. Ubiquitous pale yellow american lager color with a slight haze. The aroma of this is quite scary, strong and sweet. You know by smell you are going to get a big alky taste bud impact. The initial kick is hard, sweet and laid back all at the same time if that is possible. The developement of flavors is complex. Alky impact, then that numbs up the taste buds for the sweetness. Hides the initial alky bite quite well. A few of these and you will not pass a DUI checkpoint. I feel my head getting dizzy already. This is a very refined brew that deserves accolades. Continuing thru the session, the alcohol bite builds. Barely any carbonation. Fruity hints thoughout. After a while, the alky effect begins to take over. Very strong malty alky finish. Borders on uncivilized! Not quite as refined as Grimbergen Blonde or Chimay Blanche (White) but certainly on par with great beers like Tripel Karmeliet, Allagash Tripel Reserve and Victory Golden Monkey.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2007
at 08:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 7
On tap at the Marzoni’s in Allison Park, nice place. This beer’s appearance is simply delectable and attractive. Thick rolling rich black opaque used shovel head oil. Has chocolate mousse for a head but the head fades rapidly. Good roasty stout aroma. Very stoutlike initial taste. It comes across like you’ve filtered your beer thru the wet coals of an old wood campfire. I would think this was more like a sweet stout if I didn’t look at the style. Friendly and flat for the most part. Perhaps that is why it is listed as dry stout, very little if any carbonation. Overall a decent brew that deserves accolades. Creamy and dark. Has some medium lingering bitterness on the back of the throat like meat that has been burnt on the grill. Overall, a very good example of a dark beer. Not quite as good as Troegs Oatmeal but right up there with other good dry stouts like Carlow Ohara.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2007
at 06:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at the Marzoni’s in Allison Park. Here it has been renamed Wildwood Wheat to appeal to the local yocals. Served with a lemon that was promptly removed. Hazy swirling unfiltered pour. Wheat beer appearance and the color of lighter lemon ade. Cannot detect any spices in there and I like that, way too many beers of this genre are overspiced. Tho there is an absence of spices, the olfactory senses a small amount of tartness. No head. This beer is very nice and easy to like. As a wheat lover, I can appreciate this brew. SImple and witbier like. Has a slight mild building bitterness with each sip. Clean tasting with tingling carbonation. Well behaved, with manners. A really good example of what an american wheat can be like. This stuff is so refined and simple it borders on the quality of Hoegaarden. Except for that slight mild bitterness, this stuff is great. One of the better american wheats I’ve ever tasted. Thanks Marzoni. This probably should fall under the witbier style as it blows away most american wheats.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2007
at 06:19
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at the Marzoni’s in Allison Park. Here they call it Three Rivers Gold for the local yocals. Ubiquitous pale yellow appearance. Earthy straw aroma. Flavor is not as earthy as the smell, but it does have a mild wet straw flavor in there. Good medium carbonation. Very little, if any bitterness. Just like a pale lager should be, well behaved with manners. Easy to get along with. Does have an ever so slight pilsner type bite to it. Finish is easy and friendly. Perhaps a little watery on the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2007
at 16:52
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
If you like IPA, ignore my numbers. On tap at the Marzoni’s in Allison Park. Here it is called North Park Pale Ale for the locals. Brownish amber color but quite reddish. Looks somewhat like the Marzoni’s Amber Lager. No head. Has a hoppy floral aroma that makes me think right off the bat it should be an IPA. Big hop impact on the taste buds, got to be an IPA. Hops, hops and more hops. Coats the mouth with that bitter sensation. The flavor of ground up grapefruit rinds prevails. There is an earthly hint hidden deep down within this brew. Some slight creamy carbonation. Finish is medium high lingering medicinal bitter qualities. A little too much for an APA IMHO.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2007
at 16:34
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Please ignore my numbers, I rate by how I enjoy them and I don’t care for hoppy IPA. You ask, then why did I taste? Well, because it was there. This is as good example of an IPA that I have tasted, has all the good attributes. It is a little darker than you typical IPA, kinda orange brown with a reddish hue. . Bitter medicinal syrupy qualities coat the inside of your mouth. Like chewing on green grapefruit rinds? Give this a try, will not disappoint. Certainly a good example of an IPA. Finish is bitter lingering that lasts and lasts. Offensive and over the top. Just what you’d expect for a good IPA.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2007
at 16:08
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
On tap at the Marzoni’s in Allison Park. Candy aroma, very attractive bouquet. Smells somewhat like cotton candy. Color is just a little darker than the ubiquitous pale yellow lager. More like the color of a Yuengling Traditional. No head. Earthly hay like flavors. A little course when it comes to bitterness. Has more impersonality than my taste buds care for. Reminds me of great lakes dort. Mild carbonation. The earthy hay like palate continues thru the finish along with the medium high refined dort bitterness, hangs for a while. I’ve tasted more behaved dorts but this is on this bitter side of the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2007
at 15:53
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 7
Sampled at Marzoni’s in Allison park, on tap. I’m not sure if classifying this as an american dark lager is doing this justice. Darker than their 3 rivers gold. Same color as yuengling, not quite the brownness that we’ve come accustomed to in a dark lager. No head just a tea froth on top. Good malty initial flavor without bitterness. Balanced and enjoyable. Can barely smell the fragrance of this brew. Friendly and enjoyable., Good medium carbonation bite. Slight medium bitterness build on the palate with each sip during the session. Finishes with a low medium malty alcohol bitterness that is neither out of control nor offensive. Overall, a very enjoyable brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2007
at 15:40