Bottle Pours a slightly hazy dingy light brown witha medium sized creamy off white head. Lacing is thick and persistant. Aroma of lightly toasted grains, slight sweet apple, and vinegar notes as well. Not much hop content. Flavor was more bitter than I expected, pale plain and not too exciting. Moderate feel and lively carbonation. Decent hop bite at the end.

An orange beer with a dying beige head. The aroma is sweet hoppy with loads of caramel. The flavor is sweet with caramel being most dominant, but also a light touch of aroma hops, before a dry slightly grassy end sets in.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a beautiful, clear amber with a creamy, off-white head leaving a neat lacework. Vaguely hoppy nose. Medium body with some with sweetish, caramelish malt. Dry, hoppy finish - but also in this Mendocino I really could use some more refinement in the hopping. It’s a bit raw. 270306 --- Beer merged from original tick of Red Tail Lager on 09 Apr 2007 at 10:09 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5. Original review text: (Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear, deep golden with a tiny, off-white head. Aroma of malt. Medium body with some maltiness and a slightly floral character. Dry finish without much bitterness. 260307

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear pilsener golden with a creamy, off-white head. Rather neutral aroma with only a small whiff of hops. Medium body, some pale ale maltiness and a marked bitterness in the finish. I miss some refinement in the aroma hops. A bit disappointing. 270306

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours black and opaque wit a tall, handsome head with good retention. Light aroma of roasted malt. Medium body with notes of dry, lightly burned and somewhat ashy malt, with an underlying fruity edge. Lightly burned, bitter finish. A very decent dry stout. 270306

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a hazy golden with a small, fine, white head. Very perfumy coriander nose. Light-bodied with distinct citrus and coriander. Very refreshing and a worthy example of the style. Tasted at the Oklahoma Beer tasting March 06 hosted by mjames and lilannie. 250306

bottle - Pours a nice amber color with a thin head that lingers for awhile and leaves some lacing. The aroma is hoppy with some light citrus. The flavor is of course dominated by the hops with a pretty good malt balance. The 9% alcohol is well masked. The body is of moderate thickness and the hoppy finish lingers for quite awhile, as expected. It’s no Dogfish Head 90 min, but it’s still a good beer.

12 oz bottle. Fridged for only about 45 minutes, not cold at all. Used a St. Sebastiaan, small tulip glass. I had high expectations of this beer, I found it sitting in a crappy beer store’s selves for over a year now. Everything is in pretty good condition. The beer pours beatifully. The body very black, but a but watery looking when poured. Nice brown head. The smell is my first disappointment. While it is very noticable it is also very hoppy. Smells like the hops of a Bigfoot. This is where I know this was not what I was hoping for. Tasted the beer, again hoppy, that West Coast idea of lets cover up the actual flavor of any beer with lots of hops. There is some feel of chocolate or roast behind all those hops but it is very faint. The palate is oily (in a bad way) leaving a mediciny burn on my tongue. Alcohol hidden well. A bitter aftertaste and a bitter feeling in my heart. Highly messed up porter. I’ll let 4 of these guys sit for a few more years to see if any good flavors emerges.6/4/7/2/12.

Rerate: 1/10/07. 9 months later and the beer has got a lot better. Aroma stil has a decent hop presence but the chocolate and roastiness has grown stronger. Taste has some cola-like flavors and an a sweet oatmeal aftertaste. Hops are still there but I can take it a bit better now.7/4/7/2/13.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a small dark brown head. The aroma is roasty malts and floral hops. The mouthfeel is far too thin for a stout. The flavor is strong roasty and toasty malts with a bitter floral hop undertone. The beer is a bit sweeter than I would have expected but still way too thin.