superspak (10160) reviewed Maibock from Atwater Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into lager glass, bottled in 2/2015. Pours slightly hazy golden orange color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of honey, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pear/apricot, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of dark/bready malts and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big honey, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pepper, light pear/apricot, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of honey, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of dark/bready malt and earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Fairly clean on lager flavors with not too much yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very good maibock. All around good robustness and balance of dark/bready malt and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to drink for the ABV. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Dated born on date \"December 2014.\"
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking black color with a thin layer of white to off white foamy head that dissipated within less than thirty seconds and left no lacing.
The smell was awesome as it really lived up to its name, luscious milk chocolate woven between some vanilla and escaping through slight roasty coffee tones. Big wow!
The taste seemed more tame and didn’t have as much vanilla and roast. I have to admit that there was something developing that seemed slightly acidic in the flavor. Still, a little bit of milk chocolate leads the charge into the aftertaste. There was no finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionable feel to it. The carbonation was pretty tame but that probably had to do with its age.
Overall, the smell has everything going for it however at the same time, I probably had this at the end of its shelf life. Still, I’d try a fresh bottle if I could find it.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Pours black, with a thick tan head. Aroma of fudge, chocolate cake. Taste is dark chocolate malt. vanilla... Slightly roasted, a true chocolate bomb...... Really enjoyable when you are in a chocolate mood.
trapped (8300) reviewed Vanilla Java Porter from Atwater Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught @ NYC Craft Beer Festival. Dark brown with slight reddish tint, very small off-white foamy head, slight coffee aroma, medium carbonation, coffee taste with vanilla flavor in the background, long bitter finish. A good brew!
AdamChandler (5745) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
hazy yellow, almost no head. Aroma is very sweet, melons, candy, kiwi and some raisins a little yeasty with wheat and citrus. Nice taste. The wheat body is crisp. lots of orange, some citrus, table sugar sweet finish.
AdamChandler (5745) reviewed Winter Bock from Atwater Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown appearance. no head. Smells a little like shoe-polish. Taste is nice. very light hops, very light, some candy taste, light sweetness and darker fruits, maybe some apple.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Dark brown to lack 1 finger coffee colored head. aroma is straight up vanilla with sweet and roasted aromas. Sweet finish, up front, some chalky coffee tastes.Stale taste but vanilla is redeeming.
Koelschtrinker (42542) reviewed Vanilla Java Porter from Atwater Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Weicher vanilliger Antrunk, wenig herb, minimale Süße. Rund malzig, etwas wässriges Ende. Gut. 11/11/11/11//11
cheap (9533) reviewed Poorboy from Atwater Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
That bocktwon monaca sure is a nice place. This was on tap there. Yes, some smoke in there. Some burnt rubber an the olfactory along the way, you know, the kind when your tires spin on wet icy asphalt? No, seriously, most smoked beers smell that way to me. Decent lacing, taste is certainly smoked. Barely any co2, the smoke is not yer face but its there. Ever present Really can’t appreciate this style.
superspak (10160) reviewed Poorboy from Atwater Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 1/2015. Pours crystal clear nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big wood smoke, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, herbal, light char, and roast/smokey earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt and smoke notes; with good strength. Taste of big wood smoke, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, herbal, light char, and roast/smokey earthiness. Fair amount of roast/char bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of wood smoke, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, light char, and roast/smokey earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roasted malt and smoke flavors; with a great roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy/bready, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice smoked porter style. All around great robustness, balance, and complexity of dark/roasted malt and smoke flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.