Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at White Labs. Pours with low haze and a medium sized white head. Golden hue is slightly deeper than others in the flight. Aromas are of mild clove with a complex mix of esters and phenols. Smells a bit more vibrant and fresh than the others. More yeast notes and less malt. Flavors are nice and spicy with 4VG clove, spicy anise/licorice, mild isoamyl acetate and low malt. Fuller bodied, good and interesting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap. Pours with a mildly hazed yellow hued body with a white head. Aromas are of strong ripe banana and bubblegum with grainy and bready notes, low 4VG but strong isoamyl acetate overall. Flavors are bready and softly malty, toasty, strong isoamyl acetate and bubblegum, low clove. Medium bodied, pretty tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap. Golden hued body with medium clarity and a small white head. Aromas are of 4VG clove, bubblegum, toasty malt, low herbal, light mineral and some vanilla. Flavors are toasty and bready with mild isoamyl acetate and low 4VG. Lots of soft malt character and smooth. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap. Pours with a very lightly hazed yellow hued body with a firm white head. Aromas are fruity, estery, bready malt, light ester, a touch of isoamyl acetate, some grassy hop and marmalade. Flavors are malt forward yet strongly bitter. Biscuity malt, delicate fruity esters, dry mineral, grassy, assertive bitterness. Medium bodied, mostly dry.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap. Good clarity, clean, golden hue with a small white ring. Dry, clean aromas, medium malt, low esters, bready, no hops to speak of. Flavors are malty, bready, floral, light esters, more bitter than some of the others from the flight. Clean. Moderate carbonation with a fuller body than some of the others.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap. Not as well flocced as some of the others. Gold with a thick white head. Hazy. Fruity, estery and floral aromas with raw honey, thistle, low citrus and medium malt breadiness. Flavors are clean, malty, low fruit, medium-low esters (for a lager strain), baked bread, malt. Moderate dryness, medium bodied.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap. Pours with a clear golden-orange hued body, with a minimal white head. Well flocced. Aromas are zesty and fruity, medium esters, grassy, apricot. Medium clean, but more expressive than most in the flight. Flavors are estery, unripe pears, apple, low malt. Still feels cleaner than some of the ale strains. Moderate carbonation. Bready. Dry.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap. Pours with medium clarity, orange hued with a small white head. Aromas are estery, pear, malty, medium nutty. Bready. Light esters, but quite a bit more malty than others in the flight. Extremely clean. Flavors are nutty, very clean, low esters with only a hint of fruit, low bitterness, honey, dried fruit, malt dominant, medium bubbles, and dry.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap. Pours with a hazed, murky yellow hued body with a minimal sized white head. Good retention. Aromas are malty, medium estery, nutty, apple, pear, low phenol, dried fruit, medium malt. Flavors are floral, malty, honey, bready, lightly hoppy, clean, apple, dry pear. Low body, moderate carbonation with a malty finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap. Pours with a very lightly hazed golden-yellow hued body with a lasting white head that leaves good lace. Aromas are super estery: pear, apple, rye, medium fruit. A bit messy, low tamarind, light orange. Flavors are of cantaloupe, fruity, lightly spicy, dry, estery, low citrus, medium bitter. Medium carbonation, off-dry.