Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear gold with an orange hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma is full of pine and resin with an earthy grain backbone. Flavor has pine and earthy grain with some grass backing.
deyholla (22727) reviewed (MI) Major Award from Batch Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber with a red hue and a white head that dissipates completely. Aroma has tart cranberry and sweet grains with a hint of booze. Flavor is boozy and has a good amount of tart cranberry with sweet grains underlying.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear deep gold with an amber hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has sweet grains, molasses and a bit of light fruits with oak underlying. Flavor hasa good amount of oak with sweet grains, caramel and sweet fruits backing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear copper orange with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy citrus and light pine with an earthy bread note backing. Flavor has earthy grains and grass with a bit of citrus underlying.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Centennial Pils from Batch Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear straw gold with a white head that dissipates quickly and completely. Aroma has a great grass and straw combination with a hint of grain underlying. Flavor has a great grass note with straw and grains supporting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear straw yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has tart lemon and a hint of tropical fruits with a bit of wheat underlying. Flavor has tart lemon and a bit of tropical fruit note with a hint of wheat backing.
deyholla (22727) reviewed O.P.G. from Batch Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
Sampled from the tap at Cultivate. Pours a cloudy yellow orange with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of citrus rind with a bit of passionfruit supported by sweet grains and lactose. Flavor has lots of orange and passionfruit with some guava and lactose backing.
superspak (10160) reviewed Gentle Jack Jones from Batch Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce can into pint glass; no can dating, but was just released. Pours fairly crystal clear deep ruby red/brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, spicy rye, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, dark fruit, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/brown/rye malts and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, spicy rye, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, dark fruit, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, floral, grassy, peppery hop; roast bitterness, and rye spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, spicy rye, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/brown/rye malts and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 5.8%. Overall this is a very nice American brown ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/brown/rye malts and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Nicely rich and well rounded English malt complexity; mild fruity yeast and earthy hop balance against sweetness. Not overly roasty or bitter. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on classic tasting style example. Reminds me of Bells Best a lot.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Oxford tasting, Sergey's hunt; 12% ABV
Dark colour, almost black, almost no head. Strong booze smell, malt, oak. Strong body, but the strong alcohol cuts the mouthfeel; caramel, malt, not much complexity, moderate depth; very strong spirit barrel notes; a bit oily.
A bit excessive.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle (thx, Chris S.!) shared with Jamey at Alex's. Pours a very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is American oak, bourbon, some pleasant dark fruits. Taste is similar, quite sweet with creamy and chocolate notes. Very nice.