 ROGUE (692), Newark, Delaware, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 30, 2009 22oz bottle. Pours a bright clear copper with a one finger off white head that quickly falls to a ring. The aroma is of bready malt, caramel, and a hint of spice. Taste has sweet caramel malts up front, leading to a yeast and breadiness that has some honey and caramel sweetness. The finish has a mild spicy hop presence to balance things out. Light fizzy carbonation with a very crisp and smooth medium body. Very eady to drink and refreshing.
CharlesDarwin (1849), Point Judith, Rhode Island, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 17, 2009 22oz Bottle. Rich, fully whole-grain cereal and malt aroma. Fresh, prickly and alive. Pours a fuming crystal clear deep orangish-gold, with a finger of sandy white. Flavors deteriorate on the palate a bit. The malt develops some skunkiness and yeast products seem somewhat high. Not wet and dead, but not crisp, clean and snappy either, somewhere in the middle. Alcohols show through a bit much in the end. This is decent craft beer, but not a particularly stunning example of the style. P.S. I hate this new rating page.
blankboy (3239), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 17, 2009 Bottle [22oz] shared with the gang at ’WaterlooWeekend Oct.’09’ -- c/o HogTownHarry. Pours a clear deep orange with a spare diminishing frothy off-white head. Aroma’s mild and meh, what’s there is quite sweet, with honey, pale malt and oddly enough: peas. Flavour’s also sweet, a bit too much so for me, it’s sugary along with honey and pale malt. Average bodied. I’m sure this is probably well made but I don’t care for it, it’s just not for me.
LooseCannon (936), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 14, 2009 22oz bottle. Pours clear golden amber in color with foamy white head. Aroma sweet, yeasty and malty. Taste breedy and malty with dry finish.
Lubiere (4549), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Nov 13, 2009 A dark golden Helles with a thin white head. In aroma, a light sweetish and perfumey malt with a bit of honey. In mouth, a crips oily malt with light nail polish remover, solventy, light German hops, light to medium bodied. On tap at Harpoon Tap House, Logan Airport, Nov. 11 2009.
mabel (2626), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 11, 2009 [2542-20091024] 1pt6floz bottle. Mild fruity yeast aroma. Clear, medium orange brown body with a medium-lasting bubbly white head. Grainy straw yeast. Medium body. Not wonderful.
(c/o HogTownHarry, w/ him, blankboy, GregClow, jerc, tupalev)
jerc (3950), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 30, 2009 2009-10-24. Amber body with a tiny off-white head. Mild aroma is touch odd, pale malts. Flavour of pale malts, light bitterness, odd toasty malt character. Average palate. Meh, adequate example of a style that I generally do not love. Shared by HogTownHarry
Me: "Yes, but can your Blackberry make me cool like blankboy?"
blankboy: "There’s an app for that!"
chriso (4851), London, Greater London, England
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 30, 2009 On tap at Harpoon Brewery, 8 October 2009. Pleased (and surprised) to find this still available on tap. Fairly dark gold for a helles. Soft malty aroma. Sweetish palate. Good depth. Lots of body for a Helles. Quite a lot of alcohol presence. Not too sticky. Not my favourite style but I liked this one.
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