Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pint can pours with a slightly hazed deep copper colored body that has thin golden hued edges and supports a thin off white head of foam. The aroma offers up some plums, figs and dates as well as a bit of caramel like reduced sugars. The taste delivers fig, plum and date like sweet dark fruity esters intertwined with thin ribbons of sweet caramel. The sweetness is a little too forward and the flavors can benefit from further aging and blending. The rum barrel treatment adds further soft sherry like sweetness and note enough boozy heat to counter the sweet onslaught. All in all this is a nice sipper but on the sweet side.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Unclear hazel, small off white head, good lacing. Aroma is cardamom, green tea, caramel, cinnamon, anise. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body. Too spiced, but not bad
4,7,7,4,14
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours opaque mahogany, medium beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is rich, toffee, nutty, cacao, bourbon. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Medium plus body.
4,8,7,4,15
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours clear pink, small off white head, decent lacing. Aroma is prickly pear, lemon, strawberry. Flavor is light plus tart, fruity. Light body. Nice
5,7,7,4,15
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Pours lightly hazy golden, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is hoppy, funky, basement, grapefruit. Flavor is light tart, medium funk. Medium body, soft mouthfeel. Gr8
5,8,8,5,17
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours hazy pinkish orange, small white head, minimal lacing. Aroma is funky, farmhouse, horse blanket, vinous, must. Flavor is light tart, quite funky, vinous. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
16 oz. can, courtesy of Ibrew2or3 (thanks Dave!) – can got punctured on the plane over, so I had to drink it immediately – pours a beautiful burgundy with a small beige head. Aroma has plenty of dark dried fruits (figs, prunes, dates, etc.), candi sugar, toffee, and a touch of maple syrup. Flavour is complex, with plenty of the aforementioned dark dried fruits, a substantial boozy kick, and mostly fermented out sugars. Much drier than some of the classic Belgian quads and not exactly authentic, but the malts are great, and the yeast is used pretty well. Excellent strong ale.
SHIG (13887) reviewed West Clear from Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Panda thanks to Ibrew2or3: Poured a golden with a white colored head. Aroma is strong hops, piney, resinous. Taste is bitter hops, piney, resinous, sticks around.
SHIG (13887) reviewed Refuge IPA from Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Panda thanks to Ibrew2or3: Poured a coppery golden with a white head. Aroma is hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, piney. Taste is nice hoppy bitter burn, citrus, grapefruit, sticks to the palate.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
750ml bottle pours a murky brown, right head. Nose has malt and fall fruits. Flavor has malt and Quince and baking spice. Walnut is muted. Medium bodied. Its fine... 7 6 6 6 6