Subsidiaries
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Good for an American wheat. Light wheat aroma and light wheat taste. There is pleasant citrus, and it is a little sweet. I would prefer a hefe, but this lighter beer with the citrus is an ok substitute.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2005
at 18:12
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
A hazy amber beer with a small white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel and peach as well as light hints of alcohol. The flavor is malty with light notes of oranges and straw, while the body is thin.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2005
at 04:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very tasty with a fruity and hoppy aroma. A fresh and nice balanced IPA. My kind of beer.
Re-rating. 355 ml bottle @ Melkebaren, Sandnes. Almost clear amber body with a medium sized white head. Nice aroma of grapefruit, peaches and caramel. Flavor is refreshing fruity, bitter and caramel malt. Quite straight forward IPA, and should not offend anyone, still really nice. Medium body and decent bitter aftertaste.
Re-rating. 355 ml bottle @ Melkebaren, Sandnes. Almost clear amber body with a medium sized white head. Nice aroma of grapefruit, peaches and caramel. Flavor is refreshing fruity, bitter and caramel malt. Quite straight forward IPA, and should not offend anyone, still really nice. Medium body and decent bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2005
at 03:09
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Re-rate based on 3 July 2006 bottling. badnewsbeers shared this more recent vintage with me, and I was blown away. Thicker with a more complex flavor profile than the previous vintage I tried, offering huge prunes, plum, and soy, with big charred roasted malts and more subtle oak and bourbon notes than I remember from the original bottling. The 2006 vintage still has the hot alcohol finish, but everything else seems bolder and better crafted. Outstanding.
Previous review: Deep opaque charcoal brown/black body, thin/medium ochre head. Strong oak and vanilla aroma with chocolate, soy, and roasted malts in the background. Flavor started out with dominant oak/vanilla, but there was enough roast and chocolate backing the barrel flavors to provide crucial balance. Coffee and a touch of soy rounded out the flavor profile. Pretty full-bodied and a bit sticky with a burnt aftertaste as well as alcohol notes. Very good. Thanks JCW! (Numbers: 8-4-8-4-16).
Previous review: Deep opaque charcoal brown/black body, thin/medium ochre head. Strong oak and vanilla aroma with chocolate, soy, and roasted malts in the background. Flavor started out with dominant oak/vanilla, but there was enough roast and chocolate backing the barrel flavors to provide crucial balance. Coffee and a touch of soy rounded out the flavor profile. Pretty full-bodied and a bit sticky with a burnt aftertaste as well as alcohol notes. Very good. Thanks JCW! (Numbers: 8-4-8-4-16).
Tried
on 14 Mar 2005
at 20:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Orange hazy amber ale with a light white head. Smooth hops and orange notes in aroma. Sweet malt and good hops with a good citrus bite. Sweet caramel finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2005
at 21:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Medium head, dark orange colour. Malty nose with powerful hop aroma. Dry malty, hoppy body, with both hops and malts lingering long into the aftertaste. Absolutely lovely!
Tried
on 18 Feb 2005
at 15:13
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 2
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Paid $1.49 for a 12-oz single. Pleasant orange-golden-amber color with a large head. Smells like vomited-up Ritz crackers... really disturbing! I almost don’t want to drink this after the immediate image the small brought to mind. But I will... Ahh, thankfully the flavor is not nearly as bad. In fact, it’s quite tasty: it’s got that same Ritz cracker flavor, some coffee/toffee hints, but instead of vomit, it’s got some malts (and some hops as well).
Tried
on 06 Feb 2005
at 22:25
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Holy smokes! I’m not sure which trappist they were shooting for here, hints at Roch 10 but I understand this is really a Chimay Blue clone, but IMO its better! And while they didn’t quite give us a sublime, amazingly complex little creatur like Roch 10, they’ve perhaps made the very best Belgian style I’ve ever had from an American brewery. So very soft, juicy, rounded, caramelly fruity malts, perhaps a teeny bit of chocolate, a little coconut, touch of banana and phenol, sweet alcohol finish. Did I say this was soft? Wow! Nice amber-red color, full head gave way quickly, no lacing. Oh, and the mouthfeel was just soft and juicy. Luscious.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2004
at 22:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle Pours a hazy amber orange with a small white head and thin lacing. Aroma is plenty of hops but fruity, citrus and melon maybe. Flavor is rich citrusy hops and lots of balancing sweet malts. Feel is very full bodied thick and smooth Aftertaste is a nice sharp bitterness but fits well with all the other flavors. A very nice drinkable IPA. Thanks MrFacto
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2004
at 18:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle Pours a clear medium amber/brown with an average off-white head that has real lasting power. Nice thick lacing too. Aromas are grassy, woody and fairly sweet. Flavor is somewhat biter like an ESP but not darker and fuller than just a strong hops bite. Feel is a bit thin and the carbonation is average.. Drinkable butr not special. Thanks to MrFacto for this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2004
at 23:51