Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
"Location: Treehouse Restaurant in Mystic, 7/13/13
Aroma: The aroma is wheat and fairly light, with some clove, banana, and yeast notes as well
Appearance: It pours a golden color, a little hazy, with a decent sized white head
Flavor: The taste is decently on-style, plenty of wheat, with banana and clove too
Palate: it has a medium body that leans light, a decent mouthfeel, and a plus carbonation
Overall Impression: Solid, but hardly remarkable example of the style. Drinkable, but not memorable sums it up. Not much more to say beyond that.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Location: 22 oz bottle from Oak Tree, Groton, 9/29/13
Aroma: The aroma is heavy malty, with lots of caramel, toffee, molasses, and some bready notes
Appearance: It pours a clearish mahogany color with a fizzy beige head and light lace
Flavor: The flavor is heavy malty, leans pretty sweet, with a thick, molasses finish
Palate: The body is medium-full, it has a thick, and chewy mouthfeel, and a sticky finish
Overall Impression: Interesting stuff that tastes well-enough made, but just doesn't have the needed balance. It's all sweetness, and feel pretty thick, though it doesn't feel that heavy. If you'll follow me on a food analogy here: I like all the ingredients pretty well, but I don't necessarily love how the dish came out. Still, a nice effort.
Leighton (35102) reviewed Ol'Factory Pils from Two Roads Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Sander’s in NYC. Pours.eqr, rich yellow with a moderate, frothy white head. Crispy pale malts in the nose, some grass, hay. Light sweet flavor with sturdy, grassy bitterness, dry hay, lemon rind. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Strong grassy bitter finish with dry pale malts, light crispy cereal. A bit too bitter but nice overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Sander’s in NYC. Pours lightly hazy, deep orange-gold with a frothy white head. The aroma holds some bread, ripe citrus, some melon. Medium sweet flavor with dry brad, grapefruit, melon, mild pine. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Mild warmth to finish, some dry malts, faint bread, light pine resins, dry citrus.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Sander’s place in NYC. Pours mostly clear gold with a soft, foamy white head. Nose has bready malts and some Belgian yeast. Light to medium sweet flavor, some candi sugar, lightly yeasty bread. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Some moderate dry bread to finish, a bit more lightly spicy yeast, subtle fruits. Very decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle thanks to John. Pours hazy orange with off white head. Nose and taste of caramel malt, apricot pit, resin, old citrus and orange peel. Medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Pours clear gold with white head. Nose and taste of bread, lemon, light hop and yeast. Lighter medium body. Refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz can-thin white head with trailing lace-yellow. A-spice, lt malt. T-spice hops," lt malt.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz bottle-tight foamy white head-gold. A-pine/grapefruit hops, lt malt-some sweet. T-dry hop bite, lt malt-bready. Dry finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Location: 22 oz bottle, Oak Tree, Groton, 7/13/13
Aroma: Nose is sweet and malty, caramel, and some citrus
Appearance: The pour is clear orange with a frothy beige head and lots of lace
Flavor: The taste is a heavy malty, a little sweet, mid bitterness
Palate: The body is medium-full, soft, sticky feel
Overall Impression: This one was not really a favorite for me. A little too malty and sweet, and just not an above average example of the style.