CLW (16859) reviewed Vanilla Java Porter from Atwater Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Very vanilla and strong carbonated mouthfeel. Aroma of coffee and vanilla. I don’t like flavor that is added. Why not BREW vanilla beans in the porter, rather then adding extract??? Not terrible but I’m glad I bought a single bottle. I wouldn’t buy again. You have to like vanilla extract or it gets to be a bit much if you drink more then one.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Winter Bock from Atwater Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Hazy, 70% opaque dark brown body with a thin light brown head. Aroma of coffee, raisins, plums, grapes and a bit of roasted malt - very sweet smelling of raisins for sure. Medium-bodied; Roasty flavour with malt and raisins the strongest, then fading soon afterwards to more of a subtle sweetness and a touch of nuts. Aftertaste is relatively mild, especially for the style, only some sweetness and a bit of malt tucked in. Overall, a rather mild and very sweet beer from the style, but not a bad beer in any way - a touch thin, but that’s okay too. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 16-January-2011 sampled at home in Washington on 13-February-2011.
flatmatt (2380) reviewed Winter Bock from Atwater Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 oz bottle. Pours deep red brown with a yellowy tan head. Aroma of malted milk balls, toffee, and dark fruit, interesting candy aromas in general. Flavor is comparable to a sweetened breakfast cereal I think, probably a raisin bran since there are also dark fruit flavors. A little bit of smoke in the finish. Kinda grows on me, actually. Not bad at all.
DSG (25977) reviewed Michigan Lager from Atwater Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Beer of the month club, slightly hazy golden with a huge head (covers about 7/8 of the glass, plus some more on top). It took more than 10 minutes before I could pour enough so I could actually taste anything. Aroma of fresh grassy noble hops, hay, some malt notes, bread and light buttery hints. Flavor has light malt sweetness at first, slightly grainy, and finishes with nice grassy hops bitterness. Medium-bodied. A good one.
Later when I poured the few MLs still left in the bottle, the beer got really cloudy with some brown floaties that later sunk to bottom of the glass. Aroma and flavor got yeastier with some citrus and the character turned to be a bit like unfiltered Franconian Lagers. From other ratings it seems like Atwater Block beers aren’t very consistent so I’m glad I got a good bottle.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Michigan Lager from Atwater Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a pale yellow color with an enormous foamy yellow-white head that faded fairly quickly. The aroma was sour, tangy and industrial with a bit of sulfur underneath. The flavor was tart, tangy, bitter and a bit dry with a faint citric note and again a note of sulfur. Light body and very overcarbonated. Not good at all.
flatmatt (2380) reviewed Lip Lock Cherry Stout from Atwater Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz bottle. Aroma has red cherry with chocolate and a little roastiness and cream. Fruit comes in the flavor across more like black cherry or raisin, cinnamon even, with some cocoa, roastiness, and black licorice. The stout part of the beer is a bit thin, but the cherry part is rather interesting.
Drake (22934) reviewed Voodoo Vator from Atwater Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle shared by manic. Pours a clear reddish brown with a thin tan head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma of nuts, toffee and caramel. The taste is nuts, caramel, raisin and a metallic finish. Medium bodied. Not terribly good.
MiP (20366) reviewed Lip Lock Cherry Stout from Atwater Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draught, 5.9% as Atwater Cherry Porter. Malty aroma, not that roasted, but slightly fruity. Almost black colour, seems hazy. Looks like prune juice when the glass is almost empty. Almost no head. The flavour has a good cherry, raisin and cinnamon combination. There is a little tartness from the cherries, like good sour ones. The cherry is a little fat and vulgar, but that works well with the oxidised note.
MiP (20366) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught. Cloudy yellow colour. Small stable white head. Distinct teaish coriander flavour. A bit watery, but quite refreshing.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Voodoo Vator from Atwater Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Peculier Pub ($6): Purchased for me by my friend who spilled a whole lot of beer on my pants. I got an Atwater in return. Pours a really dark color for a doppelbock with a tan head. Aroma of dark fruit and roasted malts. Body is not as heavy as I would expect from a doppel (leading me to believe, correctly, that this is not a very good representation of the style). A little sweet, but lacking the particular character of the German cousins. Caramel and fruit flavors are most present.