kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Jan 18, 2009
Date: January 10, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, HMoG
Appearance: hazy gold, wispy off white head, bits of lace
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma, lots of floral hops
Flavor: dry malt flavor, lots of balancing hops keeping it dry, hint of sweetness from the crystal malt comes out to add balance, long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0 Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
bu11zeye (5621), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Apr 16, 2009 (12oz bottle, courtesy of mar) Pours a pale yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of floral, earthiness, sour dough, and honey. Flavor of floral, biscuit, and grass. jcwattsrugger (5573), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Mar 11, 2009 12oz bottle-pours a white head and gold color. Aroma is grain/light malt-slight caramel, secondary herbal. Taste is grian/light malt-bready, secondary herbal hops with some bite. Thanks decaturstevo for sharing. Cletus (5058), Connecticut, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Mar 22, 2009 Bottle courtesy of durhambeer. Pours gold with a thin white head. Smells of earth, toasted malt, mild citrus. Tastes of citrus and spicy with an earthy finish. Easy drinking and enjoyable. BMan1113VR (2940), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 | Mar 20, 2009 Bottle thanks to mar. Pours with a small white head over a golden body. Aroma of light British hops, bread, honey, and apple. Taste is the same, but very weak and watery. Fizzy and dry. Suttree (2742), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Feb 4, 2009 Mildly could orange, decent off-white head. Citrusy, peppery aroma Flavor is surprisingly bitter at first, some bready, biscuity malts in the background. The bitterness is surprisingly harsh and rough, in a good way. Nicely unrefined and a pretty good session ale. dkachur (2418), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Mar 29, 2009 12 ounce bottle from Bruisin Ales. Pours a clear golden color with a thin white head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma is muted leafy hop notes with nuttiness and toasted malts. Taste is toasted malts, leafy hops and a bit of tea, caramel and citrus. Medium bodied, SSSteve (2096), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Feb 28, 2009 slightly hazy gold under a small frothy white head. skunk aroma. flavors of tea and honey. pleasantly english. light bodied and crisp palate.
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