Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured draft at brewery and also in 750 corked bottle. Poured a nice hazy golden yellow-orange color with a nice fluffy white head.
Aroma is nice citrus hops with a good malty balance and a nice Belgian yeast character to it.
Crisp and refreshing, but it does pack a bit of a wallop in terms of the alcohol as it is highly drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at the brewery. Poured a clear rich copper color with a small white head. Aroma was nutty, caramel malt. Flavor was also nutty with notes of caramel. This was pretty sessionable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at source. Poured a rich dark brown, semi-translucent brown. Aroma is full-on bourboun. Flavor is nice, sweet malts. Smooth bourboun. Alcohol was lower than listed here, so perhaps different barrel treatment.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750ml bottle pours a transparent, copper amber with a cloudy white head. Nose of caramel, vanilla, sugary, spices. Flavor is sweet, caramel, sugary, cake icing, candy sugar, heavy vanilla. Full bodied, sticky finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from bottle at SAVOR. Poured a dark brown color with a small tan head. Aroma was notes of espresso, dark chocolate, vanilla notes. Flavor was chocolate, earth, a touch of coffee. Mouthfeel was a bit thin for what I expected, but I enjoyed the flavors. Seems real hit-or-miss on here. Perhaps some QC on the coffee beans?
jtclockwork (20063) reviewed Singel from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle thanks to Jcwattsrugger. Pours apricot gold with white head. Nose/taste of Belgian yeast, lemon zest, white pepper, herbal hops and bready malt. Lighter body - a bit watery at times in the finish. Dry herbal finish.
Drake (22940) reviewed Hoplar from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the first Tap Into Virginia Cask Fest, Capital Ale House Downtown, 4/21/12. The cask was dry hopped with Amarillo, Citra, Cascade and Sorachi. Pours a hazy copper color with a medium sized fizzy head. Decent head retention. Aroma of resin, pine and herbal hops with some oak. The taste is citrus, pine and resin hops. Medium bodied.
Drake (22940) reviewed Bourbon Cru from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the first Tap Into Virginia Cask Fest, Capital Ale House Downtown, 4/21/12. Pours a clear bronze color with a thin fizzy head. Decent head retention. Aroma of bourbon, wood, vanilla and caramel. The taste is big wood notes, whisky, raisins and a bitter hop finish. Medium bodied.
jcwattsrugger (14801) reviewed Singel from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
on tap-pours cloudy straw with a tight white head. Aroma is spice, light/medium malt. Taste is spice/herbal hops, pepper, sweet light/medium malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
750-pours black with a dissipating tan head. Aroma is mocha/coffee, some earthy bitter. Taste is mocha/coffee-rich sweet dark malt, 2nd earthy bitter hops. Not my taste.