 argo0 (6018), Washington DC, USA
Oct 16, 2006 (12oz bottle) Crystal clear amber body with pillowy, small beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, some earthy, faint Pine Sol. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, cereal, light earthy. Light metallic astringency in the finish. Light-medium body. I could get on a rant about how I was deceived, not realizing I had bought an AB product. I could laugh at them for charging a premium rate for a beer that has nothing to offer. Or I could simply rate this beer in a manner that properly reflects its quality. ’Nuff said.
kp (6000), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Jun 7, 2008 Name: Green Valley Stone Mill
Date: 06/06/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Total Wine, GA
Appearance: clear amber, fine off white head, bits of drippy lace,
Aroma: dry caramel and crystal malt aroma with light floral hops,
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, well balanced with earthy hops, touch of sweet citrus, light bitterness in the finish,
Overall: not a bad pale ale but needs something to make it distinctive,
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **/4
fiulijn (5695), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
Jan 11, 2007 Amber color. The aroma is light, with malt and hop. The flavor is much better, with a reasonable combination of malt, hop and caramel. Nothing special, but pleasant.
BückDich (4491), Boise, Idaho, USA
Nov 28, 2006 Bottle: Copper/golden color, light head and lacing. Nose of light musk, some malt. Very thin and lifeless. Light bitterness in the flavor, some caramel. Eh. A bit of a letdown I’d say.
muzzlehatch (4424), Burlington, Vermont, USA
Dec 24, 2006 12 oz bottle from City Market in Burlington VT (November 2006) consumed a bit above fridge temperature from a Michelob glass. A lasting smooth, fluffy white head (perfect designed and calibrated for this beer-geek’s glassware) top the bright amber (ah, the REAL beer lovers, they like the rich amber, kiss that piss-yellow stuff g’bye) body, so persistent in fact that I’m tired of waiting for it and have to start writing (about what an AWESOME job A-B is doing with this fine new micro-line right?).....light hoppy, typical citric-pine (the hopheads, got to give it to the hopheads) aroma with just a touch of caramelized malts (burnt sugars? well, yeah, they like that stuff too, I dunno why Auggie), grainy with a hint of heather (Scotland spells c-l-a-s-s to maltheads!).....moderately to strongly sweet, a bit syrupy at the front (so they know we ACTUALLY FERMENTED SOMETHING here), growing fairly bitter and dry (and YOU thought the hops were just for aroma) to the finish, a bit burnt and smoky (damn, maybe we should make a, whaddya call it, rauck-biere? next)....dull, plasticy mouthfeel (you can’t have everything).
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