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.
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.
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
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
Zymurgeist (5717) reviewed ESB from Snowshoe Brewing Company 16 years ago
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.
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.
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.
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.
JK (8181) reviewed Thompson Pale Ale from Snowshoe Brewing Company 17 years ago
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.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed IPA from Snowshoe Brewing Company 18 years ago
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.