Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
On tap at Popeye’s. Very fruity and light, actually quite lager-like (reminded me of an Austrian Vollbier). Fruity, fragrant and bitter hops. A bit too light for me, and not all that special, but clean easy to drink on a hot summer day. Can’t complain about these hops.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Glowing hay with a medium, frothy white head. Aroma is light wheat, some fruits, citrus, banana, some earth, and very little yeast. Flavor is a muted version of the soft aroma. Wheat, light citrus, earthy, and yeast in the flavor. Body is a bit too carbonated. A boring hefe. Gimmie their amber 10x over this.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Straw...with something like mold spores floating in it. Lots of green apple. Very soft carbonation and bland pale malts. Slight bit of dryness late. Odd brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Hazy light amber color. Straight out of the PNW with cascade hops giving a nice citrusy flavor with some tangerines. Excellent malt backbone and not sweet. Very well balanced. Finishes with a strong bitter finish. Absolutely superb if you liked balanced IPAs.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
@ GJBF ’07. Roasted cocoa, malts, molasses and a reasonably noticeable hop presence for a porter. The roasted malts come on pretty strong in the flavor, chocolate, molasses, and a light fruitiness. Finishes bitter. Swan Lake makes a mighty fine porter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
I agree with Martin. Despite the fact this is a rice beer, it really showed a great malt backbone and balance that would go over well in Czech. Worth checking out.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
quiet hoppy, with a smooth milk chocolately mouth and a solid bitter finish. Both hops and malts show their strengthen well.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Deep mahogany amber color with grapefruits, citrusy, hoppy nose. Very hoppy for the style, but you won’t hear me complain. The mouth starts incredibly hoppy then glides into sweet maltiness, still definitely hop accented. West Coast all the way. Grapefruit citrusy, mouth definitely cascade. Slightly dry hoppy finish. Note: This beer is known as the Aldgate Amber at the Aldgate pub in Shibuya.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Med-amber brown color. Cherries, wood and green apples in the nose. Full malty mouth with green apples and cinnamon. Well balanced. Tried again in June 2011. Completely different beer, but rating is 3.6 (average would be 3.55). beautiful nutty, milk chocolatey nose. Moderately dry, smooth malty chocolately nutty mouth. Superb example of the style. Great depth.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5.5
A weizen on training wheels. Yes, you have bananas and cloves, but everything is way to thin and unbalanced. Well carbonated, but that doesn’t pull it together. Is this the same brewery that made the Amber?