Subsidiaries
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy copper body with suspended particles, thick, puffy off-white head. Piney hops plentiful in the otherwise bready, caramely nose. Notes of citrus rind. Toasty, bready body with abundant bitter, rindy pine and citrus hops, leaving a long, bitter aftertaste. Medium-bodied, fairly well-balanced. Not bad.
Tried
on 14 May 2006
at 21:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Orange body, hazy, medium off-white head. Toasty aroma with caramel, earthy hops, and a touch of diacetyl. Rather sharp, tart body, with caramel and lemony fruit in addition to biscuits and notes of butterscotch. Acidic and a bit funky.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2006
at 17:25
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep charcoal brown body, medium tan head. Aroma of brown sugar, toast, red grape, and cherry, very sweet and fruity. Flavor of dark fruits including cherry, brown sugar, and toast, very sweet with very little emphasis on coffee or roast. Toasty with little bitterness. Has some Hershey’s syrup characteristics with cherry added to the mix.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2006
at 18:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Deep ruby/garnet red body, medium-thick creamy, light tan head. Light chocolatey aroma, with notes of biscuit, toast, and somewhat sweet. Licorice, toast, and earthy hops dominate the body, with hints of berries or other dark fruits in the background. Light, though, and the flavors don’t quite meld together.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2005
at 20:03
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Lightly hazy straw-colored body, thin/medium off-white head. Light aroma, slight sweetness (corny), bread, grassy hops and light diacetyl. Bready, grassy body, rather thin, with a touch of sweetness and a hint of butter. Drinkable.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2005
at 20:01
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
This beer came to me via a beer club and is not a brewery I am very fond of.+++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle the beer poured a dark brown color with a small tan head that faded quickly. The scent was strongly sour and almost skunky. The flavor was light and malty with a hint of skunkyness. It did manage to taste better than it smelled. A bit of sour malt lingers on the aftertaste. Overall this is a drinkable but not particularly impressive beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2004
at 21:37
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
I am generally not a big fan of this style. This came in my beer club and is a brewer that I generally am not very fond of. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a straw yellow color with a large fluffy white head that produced some lacing. The aroma is light and dominated by a yeasty bready element. The texture is light and crisp but perhaps a bit thin. There is some light malt and an interesting spice character to the brew. Drinkable but not something I would seek out again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2004
at 20:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Taken as a Lager this beer is pretty good. As a Helles it is just average. Pours a clear golden color with lots of small bubbles. Thin white head with minimal lacing. The aroma is fruity with some malt. Light-bodied with a clean palate. Flavors of fruit, malt and a touch of hops and yeast. The finish is kind of thin and lightly bitter. Overall this beer is blown away by the likes of GLBC but it’s ok.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2004
at 11:37
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Smells very strong of apple. Bit of crisp hops; mainly apples though. Looks unimpressive. Very clear, light apple juice color, moderate head that disappears quickly. Starts out very appley. Yes, I feel this beer is overdone with apples. That fluffy/doughy yeast strain is all you really taste, I guess there is a touch of peppery hops, maybe tettnang or chinook or something, not much whatever it is. Malt is hardly evident, maybe a touch of honey-like taste. Extremely light bodied, finishes with a sourish yeasty flavor. I've had worse. Carbonation is medium.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2003
at 11:45
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Light orange with some deeper hues. Too clear. Has a nice soft yellow/orange head though. Decent malt/hops profile. Opened up with some slightly bitter/acidic malt, a little bit of straw/grainy alcohol flavor and with some hops trailing off as the beer finished. Mildly sweet with a pleasant taste, but too light a body for me to really get into.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2003
at 13:10