 popephred (193), Plainfield, Illinois, USA
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Jul 28, 2008 Updated: Apr 17, 2009Poured from the bottle into a double-walled pint glass. Pour produced a clear, reddish-amber body topped by a mostly diminishing head of tan foam with light lacing. Light malt aroma is evident after the first sniff, which took some coaxing, due to the temperature of the beer. Flavor is well-balanced, favoring the dry, bitter side, but switching over to a sweet note here and there. Carbonation was crisp and the body was medium. As the beer warmed, some caramel notes came out in the aroma and the palate, along with a certain amount of "offness." I really wish more breweries would have "born on" dates stamped on their bottles as this seems to be the second beer from my local store which has gone South. Regardless, I think the flavor of this brew is well-balanced and deserves a second chance.
"Second Chance" Geeze! I didn’t realize that I rated this beer before. Well, I picked this up from the same location and it seems to have gone further South this time, bleagh! I wish I could take my notes with me, so I don’t make this mistake again... (Ratings adjusted from 3.2)
McGarnigle (313), Rochester, New York, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Jul 22, 2008 Bottle 221FX08. Pours clear amber/red with beige head. Smells a bit like a lager (German hops). Initial thought on taste was this is an English ale. Malty more than bitter (low IBU). Some caramel, some butterscotch. It is fairly clean by the standards of an ale. Not a bad beer, but why claim it’s a a lager.
TheCaptain (559), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 21, 2008 On tap in MD brewery- Clear rich amber pour with off white head. Mild hops aroma. Caramel malt flavor with a slight hops edge. Barley earth quality, smooth and very drinkable with some sweetness towards the finish.
Bonhomme (1), Berlin, NH 03570, New Hampshire, USA
does not count  | 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jul 21, 2008 First Sip was strikingly bitter hops taste. It mellowed wit heach addiiional sip. Very Average tasting...
Archibaldo de la Cruz (408), Finland
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 19, 2008 Clear deep amber with a small head. Light hoppy aroma. The taste is some caramel malt, slightly hoppy, smooth and a bit fruity. Well-balanced tasty brew.
robforbes (1099), Bremerton, Washington, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jul 18, 2008 pours a amber with a thin off-white head, some lacing.
smell of malt, caramel, some hops.
taste is watery, slightly metallic, caramel, malt, some nuts.
Ober (1211), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 17, 2008 A clear dark amber colored beer, with a beige little foamy head. the aroma is sweet caramel, malty and a little fruit. The taste is dry bitter, with some wheat. There are some roasted nuts in the aftertaste and dry sweet in the back.
scrizzz (1306), kirkland, Washington, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 15, 2008 clean amber with a quick head that never disappeared completely. hazelnut sweet aroma. more clean almond and hazelnut in the sip with a soft and consistent malty edge. finishes clean and smooth and tasty.
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