Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
Bottle. Hazy yellow color. Aroma of stinky feet, but not in a good way. Taste is sour lemon.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
22oz bottle in trade with radarsock. Unfortunately I have an infected bottle. Tight tan-black. A-rosaty/chocolate-dk malt, some earthy. T-band aid/medicinal, then roasty-dk malt, earthy hops. Shared with a FL brewer. Will have to get another sometime.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Bert’s. Fairly clear deep golden color with a decent sized off white head that leaves plenty of stickies to the side of the glass. Bready caramel with earthy pine to counter. Decent easy to drink pale ale. Leans a bit towards the English side but perfectly quaffable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Bert’s Pours the lightest color I’ve seen since Zima, an extremely pale straw with a decent sized bone white head. The aroma is a mix of pungent Parmesan and blue cheese. I can’t find anything else behind that. The flavor is a little better than the aroma. Lemony tart bubbly maltiness but the funky cheesy flavor lingers on my palette and keeps me from wanting another sip. Light body moderate carbonation. I’ve never been a fan of this style, but my God this is horrible.
EDIT
I let my glass sit and after a little bit most of the cheese dissipated and I adjusted my score up a bit because it wasn’t so bad after all.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Bert’s solid dark brown/black color with a moderate sized tightly bubbled khaki head. Aromas of roasted creamed coffee, with hints of chocolate and vanilla. Light earthy hop aroma. The flavor is sweet roasty coffee and chocolate with hints of caramel, cream, vanilla, and light fruit. Light to medium body with a moderate level of carbonation. Flavorful easy to drink sweet stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the source. Pours a slightly hazy deep straw color with a bone white tightly bubbled head that leaves a moderate amount of stickies on the way down. Peppery grassy earthy bready with a nice floral spicy hop kick to the aroma. Light sulfur is not hugely off putting but is there enough to mention. The flavor is light and bready with hints of earth and citrus. Spicy hop flavors play well with the light peppery yeasty esters. Light to medium body with a moderate level of carbonation. Incredibly quaffable light flavorful Belgian ale.
johnnnniee (7516) reviewed IPA from Blue Lobster Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
750 ml growler filled at the source yesterday. Medium golden color with a decent sized bubbly bone white head. Earthy mineral pine and resin dominate the aroma. Flavor is moderately bready with a solid pine and resin with a hint of citrus. Medium body, over carbonated, bubbly resinous mouthfeel. Great flavorful IPA, but seriously what is going on with your CO2 levels? Prickly carbonic acid changes the mood of this beer in a non positive way.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
On tap at the source Mostly clear deep amber/light brown color with a huge bubbly head off white head. Rich malty almost caramel flavor with just a touch of brown bread and dark fruit. Big carbonic bite on the tongue. Decent but seems way over carbonated as did the other beer I tried today. I missing that crusty toasty maltiness that is signature to this style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the source Mostly clear light golden color with a huge bubbly head. Earthy pine with a very slight Belgian yeasty or plastic phenol. Wicked carbonic bite on the tongue. Decent but seems way over carbonated as did the other beer I tried today.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle received in trade. Thank you biggsbowler! Pours tiny hazy pale golden with a frothy white head that slowly dissipates while leaving some trace on the glass. Smell is fruity and slightly funky with crackers, pineapple, passion fruit, star fruit, gooseberries, hay, dry soil, barnyard, orange zest, lemon zest and minerals. Taste is sour, fruity and funky with crackers, lemon juice, blood orange juice, lime juice, passion fruit, gooseberries, unripe mango, hay, dry soil, barnyard, minerals and lemon zest. Mouthfeel is crisp, dry, tart and light bodied. Finish is slightly sour, fruity and funky with crackers, blood orange juice, lemon juice, passion fruit, star fruit, hay, dry soil, gooseberries, barnyard, minerals and lemon zest. Fruity funky perfection! even at this age it’s marvelous!