Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a dark brown color with a fizzy light tan head that left no lace.
The aroma had some sweet meat, light wood, super sweet cherry. Delicate roast in the background.
The flavor was semi-sweet through the previously mentioned aromas. Some toast entered in for a gentle blend. Mild sweet meaty sort of aftertaste. A trying sort of finish and I mean one that seemed to disintegrate what the entire flavor tried to present. It’s \"tired\" as it puts a little bit of sour in the finish and not very welcoming.
The feel was between light and medium on the body, leaning more towards light. Sessionable? Well, with that sour unwelcoming finish, that distracted me a bit and it was hard to take down the rest of this beer.
Overall, sometimes Atwater is on, and sometimes they’re off. This would be one of their off beers to me.
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Winter Bock from Atwater Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Thanks Mike.
This was poured into a lager glass.
The appearance was a ruddy burnt amber color with a finger and a half’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Light lace.
The aroma centered around a nice dose of sweet black cherries, bready malts, earthy to grassy hops, some baked apples, light leather, sweet cereal grains, toast, biscuits and some red cherry jam.
The flavor leaned into the sweetness of the previously mentioned aromas. Light butterscotch and some woodiness entered for an even nicer arrangement flowing freely into the aftertaste and following extremely nice into the finish.
The feel was roughly medium bodied with a fabulous sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt on par with an ABV that felt just as good.
Overall, really nice doppelbock preferably wanting more around Winter. Slightly jealous Michiganders get this every Winter as we don’t have amazing doppelbocks in Vermont.
superspak (10160) reviewed Atwater's Lager from Atwater Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle into lager glass, bottled on 10/12/2016. Pours fairly crystal clear medium golden/yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of lemon, pear, apple, cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. A bit fruity/yeasty, but not overwhelming. Taste of lemon, pear, apple, cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, light pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, light pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of pale malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Fairly clean on lager flavors; light yeasty notes present, but not overwhelming. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp/grainy/bready, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.9%. Overall this is a good Helles. All around good robustness and balance of pale malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. Very good example of the style, just wish it was a little cleaner/less fruity on the yeast. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12 ounce bottle. Translucent reddish brown color. Large pillowy light tan head. Sweet toasted malt aroma is redolent of milk chocolate. Slightly sweet cocoa flavor upfront. Roasted malt, cashews, toasted bread and chocolate wafers follow. Spicy notes in middle. Sticky malt finish. Medium bodied, yet only average complexity.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Nice pour, but the texture is surprisingly thin, in dire need of some thickness and more carbonation. Smells like a big glass o’ chocolate, though, which is a plus. Taste...needs help, artificial cocoa flavor on top of a yeasty English brown ale, not sweet but false, with a really unpleasant tartness on the back end. Not good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Shared 12 oz. bottle. Pours dark brown with a light beige head. Very chocolatey aroma. Taste is dark chocolate, dark malts, nuts, vanilla notes, sugary. Very sweet and chocolatey. Almost like chocolate milk or a chocolate shake - well, a very thin chocolate shake. Probably the most chocolatey beer I’ve had, but overall, it’s too sweet and sugary.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Going Steady IPA from Atwater Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12oz bottle. Unfiltered copper-orange body with lots of coagulated artificial additive stuff at the bottom. Steady attractive off-white head. Thick and yeasty, in no way a session beer. This is a bad fruit beer. Really not capturing any essence of a Session IPA. Mild distant soapy hops. Murky. Weak offering.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Lebkuchen Christmas Ale from Atwater Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4.5
Hazy deep amber and muddied brown coloured body with a thinnish, single centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of light grain, a touch of caramel and very little else. Medium-bodied; Assertive malt and grainy flavours with some earth, caramel, toffee, light hops and smooth nutty flavours. Finishes with some fruits, earth, alcohol, caramel and mellow cereal and no real complexities. Overall, a fairly subdued beer all around with only a handful of flavours noticeable throughout the entire beer and more of an earthy and biting malt than anything else - not really enjoyable. Not worth grabbing when there are other options in Michigan and not worth lugging anywhere far, either. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 10-December-2016 for US$2,39 sampled at home in Washington on 29-January-2017.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Ruta Maya Dark from Atwater Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at BrewMaster’s Craft Beer Festival. Pours a dark brown with no head. The aroma is roast, nuts, caramel. Thin body, chocolate, earth, bitter roast finish, good.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Vanilla Java Porter from Atwater Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at BrewMaster’s Craft Beer Festival. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is roasted malt, vanilla bean, cocoa. Medium body, similar flavors to nose, light dry finish, good.