5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours with a brown body (medium clarity), tan head that is quick to fade. Aromas are of chocolate, nutty, brown sugar, fudge, leather, and a bit of metal. Flavors are nutty, tobacco, a bit husky, chocolate, roasty. Astringent. Medium bubbles and body. On the drier side of things.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2011
at 20:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Black beer with a brown head. Roast and light coffee aroma. Roast and light coffee flavor with light chocolate and big blueberries. Medium-plus bodied. Roast and blueberry lingers with light coffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2011
at 10:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ J.C.G US Tasting Pt. 2. Pours hazy orange with a small lasting creamy white head and lacings. Nose is grapefruit and floral hops. Bitter floral and citrussy flavor. Medium bodied. Crisp and dry. Fine
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2010
at 10:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Hoppy aroma of orange and pine. Sweetish citrus flavour. Nice standard pale ale
Tried
on 12 Feb 2010
at 13:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Showshoe ESB Pours a nice copper color with a tan head that clings to the glass. Nose is well-balanced with sweet malt and hops. Full mouthfeel with great maltiness throughout. Nice beer but nothing special.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2010
at 21:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Drank this immediately after their pale ale. On draft at a small town outside of Yosemite National Park. Deep reddish-brown color with a beige head. Lots of roasted malt on the nose. Full flavor of coffee and roasted malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2010
at 12:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Out of a pint glass outside of Yosemite at "California’s oldest saloon." Hazy gold color with a nice white head that remains full and lacy. Nice hop aroma. Taste of well balanced hops and malts follows through with generous citrusy hops on the finish. Mouth.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2010
at 12:36
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
12oz bottle courtesy of jake65. Thanks Jake! Pours a deep brown, translucent body with a creamy, active, slightly beige head. Nose is almost absent, I suppose if you dig you get some lingering sweetness. Flavor is really where this one goes awry, sour flavor, no sweet malts like other browns. If you can get past the sourness there’s a bit of nuttiness that’s totally overwhelmed. Not even drinkable enough to be a session beer. Something wrong with this recipe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2009
at 21:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From Skyview I think, as Yosemite Pale Ale. Llight hops and malt in the flavor and aroma. Drinkable enough, but nothing impressive. No flaws stand out, and sometimes that is enough.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2008
at 18:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
On tap at Pete’s Brass Rail and Carwash, Danville, CA. Pours a clear copper with big bubble tan head. The aroma sides on the malt side with sweet caramelized malts, a hint of biscuit and bread. Behind the malt sweetness is a sweet citrus hoppiness and a hint of spice. Smells like an amber ale. A nice smelling amber ale at that. The taste is similar with rich lightly roasted malts, sweet caramelized malts, mild breadiness and biscuit. Behind the malt bill resides mild citrus hop flavor that builds in bitterness as the finish approaches. Ends somewhat watery. Nice amber, OK IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2007
at 00:04