Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours brown with a foamy tan head. Aroma of nuts and bourbon. Med + body or better. Flavor is nutty, somewhat chocolaty, bourbon and a rather sour oak aspect. Not mouthshaking, but in a sour woody direction. The bourbon could be stronger, the nut could be lighter, but it’s a nice thing. Finishes arguably dryer than not.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours orangey dark brown with a dark tan head. Aroma is nutty coffee. Med + body. It’s coffee forward with nutiness and perhaps significant chocolate. There’s a slight tanginess to it. It drink incredibly easy. Finishes towards dry with a lot of coffee bitterness. Yum!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours dark brown black with a foamy dark tan head. Aroma of mocha - more chocolate than coffee. A bit earthy. Near full bodied. Flavor starts dark malt, then coffee, then earthy dark chocolate. Bitter dark chocolate. This is not malty. It is quite delicious. Candy of the dark side.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Pure & Simple IPA from New English Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine.Pours translucent gold with a creamy white head. Aroma of tropical fruit and citrus over light caramel. Med body at least. Bitter forward. Lots of citrus and quite a bit of tropical stuff. Barely enough malt to support all the hop. Maybe some floral aspects. There’s a lot of hop; enough to start a burn almost immediately. Great stuff.
Biruski (4902) reviewed Explorer ESB from New English Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pretty Amber with a tan head. Nice combo of toasted malt and fruity hops might chocolate in the finish with plenty of bitter fruit hops. Good brew.
tiong (21350) reviewed Dragoon American Red from New English Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught @ Ciro?s, San Diego, CA Pours reddish brown with a small head. Aroma of malts, caramel, nutty notes and hints of berries. Taste is smooth, sweetish and malty with some berries, nuts and caramely syrup. Finish is stuffy, sweetish and malty with some nutty notes. Decent.
laiti (11645) reviewed Dragoon American Red from New English Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Cico’s, San Diego. Aroma has sweet berry juice and some vanilla. Also sweet malty tones. Flavour has resiny malt, sweet fruit juice and mild grapefruit kick in the finish. Smooth palate, low on CO2. Decent, could have less berries.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ Churchill’s Pub & Grille, San Marcos, CA
Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, licorice, coffee and chocolate. Taste is smooth, slightly roasty and chocolatey with some coffee. Finish is smooth, slightly roasty and sweetish with some coffee. Okay.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught @ Churchill’s Pub & Grille, San Marcos. Aroma has coffee and licorice. Flavour has mocha, licorice, some dark chocolate and mild ashy tones. Good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ Whole Foods 7th Ave Pub, San Diego, CA
Pours reddish orange with a smooth head. Aroma of grainy malts, caramel, toffee, syrup and mild roastiness. Taste is smooth, malty and caramely with hints of mild roastiness. Finish is sweetish, malty and slightly roasty. Okay.