Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Blue Palms. Clear gold pour with a small white head. Floral with light fruit notes. Some tropical fruit and a light sweetness. Taste is fruity, light and grainy. Dry and pleasant.
Earlier Rating: 8/12/2009 Total Score: 3.7
On tap at Blue Palms. Pours with a creamy tan head over a clear amber. Aroma of pine and caramel. Taste is hoppy with an apricot mid note and a lingering caramel finish. Very nice. Light bubbles and dry.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at the Natomas location. Pours brown with a creamy off-white head. Slight roast malt aroma. Med body/mild carb. It’s rather fruity with "brown" roasted malt, and there’s enough bitter to offset the sugar.
Earlier Rating: 1/2/2007 Total Score: 2.8
Musty, malty aroma of an American Brown Ale - maybe a bit light. Dark reddish copper color with a substantial beige head. Starts a bit sweet, followed by a leafy, dusty vegy taste. Don’t think there is any hop. All weed. Actually a bit ongoing sweet in the finish. Sort of coats the tongue. It is what it is.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap. Poured a ruby color with a small-ish white head. Aroma is a tad fruity, malts, caramel, fruit. Flavor was malty, hoppy. This one was smooth, clean, and really good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Mekong on 05/02/2010. Clear dark brown body with ruby highlights. Sweet nutty malt aroma with some light molasses. Sweet nutty malt flavor and some caramel. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12 oz. bottle, pours golden with a medium white head. Aroma of citrus hops and grapefruit. Flavour is fairly standard hops, with nothing really to distinguish it. Solid, but forgettable.
Troopie (5667) reviewed Red Nectar from Humboldt Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Poured deep clear red with thick white lasting head. Moderate lacing. Very full aroma, more like an IPA than a pale, much orange fruit. Flavour is more restrained, like a pale. Lingering hop finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Poured amber with thin fast dissipating white head. Full floral and citrus aroma. Full flavoured a lot of balanced hop without being a hop bomb. Lasting grapefruit finish. Good on a muggy day.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Clear golden with a medium off white to beige head. Aroma had plenty of hops, pine, grapefruit and pale malt. Flavour had a lovely amount of hops with notes of pine, grapefruit, lemon and pale malt. Finished dry and bitter.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home ... deep brown ... thin tan head ... sweet roast toffee malts ... big front ... heavy roast ... light wine ... hint of vanilla bourbon ... definite chocolate ... light coffee ... nice
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear amber with a medium off white head. Aroma had toasted malt, caramel hops and piney notes. Flavour had toasted malt, caramel, pine, grapefruits and hints of lemons. Finished dry and bitter.