Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy dark orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is dry pinewood hops and dark roasted caramel malt. Sweet malty and caramelish with a distinct pinewood hops note coming through. Ends bitter and caramelish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
cloudy orange, smooth offwhite head. nice sweet hoppy aroma, almost barley-winish. flavor is itter and flowery hops, sweet malty, ends sweet malty and slightly flowery hoppy, and bitter. aftertaste lasts long, sweet malty, hoppy balance.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of MaltOMeal. Pours a clear amber with a small off-white head. Sweet caramel in the nose, and intense and herbal hop accents up in the nose. Solid body, lots of caramel and fruit and intense and perfumy citrusy hop notes. Warming alcohol finish. 120910
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pour is a complete black with a small tan head. Aroma is a good dose of roasted malt with a little coffee in the backround. Flavor is likewise. Starts out with a decent roasted malt then leaves a little coffee and burnt grain on the tounge. A decent little stout.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bomber - pours a dark brown with a reddish tint - soapy lace - black ipas are strange beers - sometimes the characteristics meld together well, and other times it simply tastes like someone made a 50/50 blend of a stout and ipa that has a hard time finding balance - this one falls into the later category - the aroma is promising, with loads of earthy hop character, dry woody notes, mild acidity - in the flavor it is much less impressive - the roast and dark malt character struggles to find balance with the assertive hops, with mixed results - black malt bitterness clashes with the hops rather than compliments them - odd acidity on the tail end - chocolate sweetness near the finish tastes out of place - some good things here, but many flaws.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at the Beer ’N Rock Band tasting on 08/27/2010: The beer is a clear reddish-amber color with a thick and fluffy beige head that burns away slowly. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Caramel malt aroma with a bit of oak. Medium body with flavors of sweet malt and caramel, mild hops and a hint of bourbon. The finish is malty with a lingering sweetness left over. Decent beer overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a lemonaid lookalike with a large white head. Aroma is faint grain with some citrus and spice. Flavor is lemongrass with some grain and a slight funk toward the end. Deffinatly on the lighter side but enough for a try.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours black with a thin brown head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma is full of espresso notes with an underlying dark chocolate that gives a bit of a mocha note. Flavor is a nice combination of chocolate and espresso but really not picking up much else.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Pour is a hazy yellow with a large white head. Aroma is of raspberry although kinda artificial. Flavor is a weak wheat with just a touch of berr at the end. Every brewer makes somethings like this but I don’t know why.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bomber - pours a hazy light gold - lively body, bright white lace - aroma of toasted grains, wheat, sweet banana, clove, apple, a bit of basement character - a bit heavy on the phenols in the nose, really, but still decent - fizzy mouthfeel, watery texture through the middle - a bit of acidic tang up front, followed by light phenols and medium-strong toasted grain character - a wee bit of peppery hops on the tail end - finish is dry, with lingering grain and light chalkiness - nothing stand out, but not as bad as I expected.