7/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from the Natomas BevMo. Pours bright copper with a creamy beige head. Nice rather citrus hop aroma. Flavor seems to have both resin and citrus. Ok malt backbone. Drinks fine.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2011
at 17:54
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from a trade with cbkschubert. Pours hazy orangish color with off white head. Aromas of grapefruit rind and some caramel. Lots of bitterness and some pine hops. Bittering hops totally dominate the flavor, very unbalanced. Smells better than it tastes. Medium body with average carbonation. Thanks Craig.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2011
at 18:38
4.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3
Bottle from a trade with cbkschubert. Pours hazy copper color with off white head. Aromas of caramel and iced tea. Not really any hops in the nose. Not any hops in the flavor. Toasted malt and caramel flavors and not all that good. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Thanks Craig.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2011
at 17:48
6.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber from the Natomas BevMo. Pours hazy orange gold with a foamy white head. Aroma is mildly citrus and earthy. It’s astringent. Starts with an earthy note, develops to citrus, moves to banana, and has a strong finishing flavor that does suggest barnyard in a metallic way. Smells right; sort of tastes right. This is pretty different, but I am still willing to say barnyard in the end. Fortunately the banana didn’t persist. It’s even going a little citrus peel with time.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2011
at 17:47
6.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours with a hazy penny hued body with a small, bone hued off-white head with good lace. Pretty looking beer. Aromas of pine, tropical fruit, citrus. A noticeable smokey phenol that is off putting (a bit leather like, possible sanitation problem?). Sawdust/papermill. Light malt sweetness. Flavors of pine, citrus, strawberry jam. More notes of the smokey phenolic (off-flavor). Tastes like the beer has a bit of beechwood smoked malt (thats the off-component). A bit of a fruit hop presence that reminds me a bit of columbus. Some pine, alcohol. Medium bubbles, a bit creamy, some alcohol. Decently well done. The 16th Century Tres Vieux anecdote is asinine. Other than the smoke aroma/flavor it is a good beer. Pretty fresh tasting, and one of the better Hermitage/BevMo products.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2011
at 22:05
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from a trade with cbkschubert. Pours very dark brown color with light brown head. Aromas of roasted malts and chocolate. Slightly burnt malt flavor with some chocolate and some bitterness. Medium to full body with soft carbonation. Decent. Thanks Craig.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2011
at 20:17
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
POurs clear dark copper with a creamy/bubbly 3 finger beige head. Aroma is sort of cat pee/evergreen. Med+ body. Nice malt backbone wholly submerged by rough grapefruit rind. Nice bitter, hoppy drink. Mellow in a harsh way.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2011
at 17:17
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from the Natomas BevMo. Pours very dark copper with a creamy beige head. Flavor is roast malt, but smooth, with a lot of floral and citrus hop aspects. There’s enough hop to burn membrane a bit. Interesting and good very bitter ale.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2011
at 18:27
6.3/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden amber color. Grapefruit, and caramel nose. The nose is nice. The mouth is med body. Moderately bitter finish. Not really balanced, not really well made. Meh.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2011
at 07:23
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from a trade with cbkschubert. Pours slightly hazy amber color with beige head. Aromas of citrus, pine and grapefruit. Bitter grapefruit balanced nicely with sweet caramel. There’s a little bit of pine in there also. Medium body with average carbonation and a lightly sticky mouthfeel. A nice brew. Thanks Craig.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2011
at 19:55