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Appearance: yellow murky color with a two finger white foamy head, fairly quick dissipation, not much lace
Aroma: honey, oats, smooth clean malts mixing with some grassy hops, some pineapple & citrusy hop tones further underneath
Flavor: semi-sweet, smooth bitterness, pineapple/citrusy character through the honey and oats
Texture: medium bodied, so smooth through the aromas and flavors, good sipper, oaty/honey/grassy finish
Overall, I'd say a nicely done DIPA I'd have again.
Appearance: murky yellow to almost orange color with a two finger white foamy head, slowly dissipated to leave sliding lace
Aroma: apple cider noted initially, woody/cinnamon kind of spicy character, grassy hop tones
Flavor: cidery twang with woody/cinnamon spicy and semi-bitterness, subtle cidery aftertaste
Texture: medium bodied, lil' bit of a cidery twang preventing this from being sessionable, somewhat dry with the woody/cinnamon tone in the finish
Overall: fun to try, interesting take on a seasonal milkshake IPA, though "milkshake IPA's" may not be a huge style I'm into, I think I could come back to this.
Appearance: ruddy burnt orange color with a two finger white foamy head which slowly dissipated to barely leave much lace.
Aroma: herbal and earthy English hops, clean malts, subtle biscuity/bready character further underneath
Flavor: mostly herbal and earthy smooth maltiness but not too sweet, it's somewhat biscuity, super smooth malty/earthy aftertaste
Texture: light to medium bodied, very sessionable, clean herbal finish
Overall: an ESB I would return to and would love to have again with some fish n' chips.
Appearance: light yellow color, mostly transparent with a three finger white foamy head, some bubbles interspersed in the head
Aroma: strong spruce tips, bready malt backbone
Flavor: sprucy sweet, earthy and woody character, malt backbone to balance, sprucy aftertaste
Texture: light bodied, pretty sessionable, smooth sailing along my tongue
Overall: nice easy drinking seasonal for this time of year when most of the time I usually want dark beers, this beer definitely helps break up the monotomy of those dark beers and allows me to want some food along with this.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a two finger off white foamy head, subtle sliding lace
Aroma: deep rich chocolate malts, coffee bean smoothness, subtle vanilla and dark toast
Flavor: deep rich sweet tones of prior noted aromas, bitterness far down in there
Texture: medium bodied with a lot of smooth and semi-creamy tones, finishes clean with the dark toast and chocolate malts
Overall: I'd say a very nicely done Baltic porter more than worthy beer to have again.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a three finger off white foamy head with some bubbles in it, subtle lace
Aroma: orange peel, lemon zest, piney/resinous character to blend then some roasty and toasty tones with super subtle coffee further underneath
Flavor: starts with the citrusy/orangey tones and quickly brings in the piney/resinous tones, coffee tones stay somewhat roasty and bitter further underneath
Texture: light to medium bodied, good grip along my tongue through some bitterness and toasted malts
Overall: the beer world needs more black IPA's and this one is a very nice black IPA more than worthy of returning to.
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Pneuma
by
Black Flannel Brewing Company
5 months ago
Appearance: ruddy orange to semi-murky bronze color with a thin white head dissipating kindly to leave barely any lace
Aroma: rye floral and spicy components running through sly semi-sweet toasty malts
Flavor: starts floral and spicy through the rye and the malts play as a back up for balance, quick rye floral and semi-spicy aftertaste
Texture: rye spicy grip but ends up being smoother the more I sipped this. Light to medium bodied, quick rye finish
Overall: very nicely done rye IPA. I wish more brewers would do this style
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added a new beer
Carleton's Prize
by
Two Heroes Brewery
5 months ago
Appearance: dark brown colored body with a finger's worth of tan foamy head, slowly dissipated to leave sly lacing
Aroma: rich nuttiness, dark bread, smooth maple, toast, some yeasty earthiness
Flavor: semi-sweet, roasty, toasty, maple and bready, quick aftertaste of the maple and the breadiness
Texture: smooth and rich, sweet but restrained enough to not be cloying, maple/nutty/bready finish
Overall: cool idea to reinvent an altbier and do it in a bigger way, I'd return to this!