Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from a grocery store. Pours a clear slightly dark copper color with a large white head. A sweet biscuty nose, lemons, oranges. The flavor is more sweet lemons, medium bitterness, herbal tea, some sweet resinous hops, a pretty true profile of Amarillo. A bit earthy and dry at times, which distracts a bit. Good overall. Was about 5$,
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes. Consumed 12/15/2013 at Hangar on the Wharf, Juneau, AK
This one came to with a dark black colored body with a super slim white filmy head that once it dies the lacing that forms is slightly clingy yet speckles in a nicely done adequate sort of fashion (nice pace).
The smell has a roasted coffee bean up front with some molasses and caramel coming out but also targets a generous amount of booziness with some pine coming through as well.
The taste is mainly sweet through burnt caramel and espresso, there’s some nuttiness floating around in the flavoring; super roasted coffee bean sort of aftertaste with a dry coffee finish.
The palate is about a medium to heavy sort of body, not exactly sessionable - super sipper. Carbonation seems to be good for the style and for me as its somewhat smooth for the most part.
Overall, this is a really nice Double Stout by No-Li that made a super fine dessert to cap a nice night out with the wife.
Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Spin Cycle Red from No-Li Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
650 ml bottle. Pours a clear mahogany color with little head. Faint aromas of vegetables and caramel. Flavors of grass, toasty malts, raisins, and dried orange candy.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bomber bought at Super 1 in Rathdrum, ID. Aroma is doughy, lemon rind, candy sweetness. Pours hazy golden with a large cream colored head with excellent retention, leaving lace. Although the aroma is kind of lackluster, the taste is fantastic. It’s candy sweet with backing bitterness. Citrus, tropical fruit and piney flavors. Creamy mouthfeel, fine carbonation, medium body. Great IPA. Makes me appreciate the Amarillo hop more.
poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed Winter Warmer from No-Li Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bomber bought at Super 1 in Rathdrum, ID. Aroma is bready, cheese, raisins. Pours hazy amber with a two finger beige head with good retention; leaves some lace. Taste is bittersweet and savory with a lingering bitter finish. It is malty like most winter warmers, but this has a nice bitter hop bite to it (quite a bit more than most examples of the style); the hops impart citrus and pine flavors. Nice creamy mouthfeel and a full body; finely carbonated. Good.
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Spin Cycle Red from No-Li Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
The appearance was a dark red/ruby colored body also slightly transparent with a two finger white foamy head that dies at a nice pace, light lacing that tries to spider web but tends to kinda get a bit messy and all over the place; the aroma has a large amount of English malts that become more \"balanced\" like an English bitter normally does as it warms, I will admit I believe there’s some \"brown sugar\" starting to come through in the aroma; the taste is slightly malty like an English bitter should be, but not leaning towards the bitter or malty side; on the palate, its about a light to medium sort of body, slightly sessionable - only as any English bitter can be, carbonation runs really smooth around my tongue and mouth - gets kinda creamy; overall I say this is a good English bitter that I would have again
mcberko (47456) reviewed Born & Raised IPA from No-Li Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a fairly clear amber orange with a medium beige head. Aroma of light pine, metallic notes and earthy malt. Flavour brings out fresh piney hops, some floral notes, and earthy malt. Really well-balanced and more pleasant flavours than aromatics. Good stuff.
superspak (10160) reviewed Jet Star Imperial IPA from No-Li Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours lightly cloudy golden amber color with a 2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big lemon/lime zest, grapefruit, orange peel, floral, grass, pine, herbal, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good complexity of bright citrus/pine hops and light-moderate malt balance; with great strength. Taste of lemon/lime zest, orange peel, grapefruit, floral, grass, pine resin, herbal, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of earthy pine/floral bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon/lime zest, orange peel, grapefruit, floral, grass, pine resin, herbal, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity of bright citrus/pine hops with light-moderate malt presence; with a very crisp malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and resinous sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice DIPA. All around good balance and complexity of resinous citrus/pine hops and light-moderate malt balance; and very smooth and crisp to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
superspak (10160) reviewed Born & Raised IPA from No-Li Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours fairly hazy deep orange copper color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big orange peel, grapefruit, tangerine, orange rind, floral, grass, caramel, pine, and floral earthiness. Very nice aromas with big citrus hop presence and moderate malt balance; with good strength. Taste of grapefruit, orange peel, tangerine, orange rind, floral, grass, pine, caramel, bread, and floral earthiness. Good amount of floral/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, orange peel, orange rind, floral, grass, pine, caramel, bread, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops with a moderate malt balance; with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a lightly creamy, crisp, and moderately sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice IPA. All around good complexity of citrus/pine hops and moderate malt balance; and very smooth and crisp to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
jake65 (5821) reviewed Winter Warmer from No-Li Brewhouse 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Pours a dark copper color with a finger of creamy beige head. Long lasting head and lots of thick sheet lacing. The nose strikes a balance between a PNW fresh hop ale and barleywine. The fresh floral and spicy hops work well with a sturdy malt base. Lightly spicy finish and some lingering floral bitters. A little sweet, sticky resin too. Kinda like a toned down Arrogant Bastard with an emphasis on the spicy/herbal hops. Enjoyable.