 agillespie81 (205), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 Aroma - floral, subtle spice;
Appearance - light amber, fluffy head, excellent lacing;
Taste - malt front, basic spice notes, hop profile blends throughout back, finish has a slight tang;
Palate - somewhat crisp, nice body;
Overall - the Fat Tire of winter brews, satisfying yet basic in style and takes no chances, wouldn’t turn it down though not my first choice.
NachlamSie (1650), Tennessee, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 9, 2009 Bottle from Bruisin’. Pours a light copper with a tall white head. The aroma is really nice and hoppy. Lots of crisp citrus with a biscuity backbone. I’m having a new found respect for some of these New Belgium beers. The malts in the flavor seem really British. This tastes much like an ESB, but really tailored to my tastes. The hops are quite strong and more citrusy than papery. The toffee flavor is totally in check. This is a really nice beer and now that I log on I see that it is indeed an ESB.
scoth (290), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Dec 9, 2009 Pours clear orange-amber, with a medium beige head, good lacing. Aroma of cooked vegetables, biscuit, and caramel. Medium-light body, zesty and crisp. Has a mild biscuit and caramel flavor, some grassy notes. Some light vegetable presence in the flavor. Well balanced. I thought it would be a good beer for a -13F night, but each of the three times I’ve had one of this batch, it has had vegetable notes.
jaymobrown (1360), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 7, 2009 Decent with some malt crispiness. Some hops, but overall rather pedestrian. Would be nicer if it was a bit fuller. Lot of fizzy and good mouthfeel. Rounded and medium finish. A good beer for a party or just to have around.
Hank1980 (765), Athens, Georgia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 7, 2009 Bottle. Poured clear copperish gold, with a big white head, lots of lace. Aroma of citrus hop, toasted malt, earthy hop. Taste is similar with plenty of toasted malt and bitter earthy and citrus hops. Mouth is relatively light, though still satisfying. Overall, a nice brew.
popkow (113), New York, New York, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 6, 2009 Dry hopped till I lost my floral nose. Packed with pepper and spicy but was not so nice as it overwelmed the hops. Cloudy pour with light carbs I would be one and done with this beer.
emacgee (1892), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 Pours a clean translucent gold with a one finger sticky white head. Nose is citrusy and malty, caramel and munich malts, toasted, resinous hop nose. Flavor is a good balance of prominent hop and malt characters, toasted grain, caramel sweetness, very mild bitterness, citrus rind character. Palate is malt prominent with little hop bitterness.
Sammer (37), Plano, Texas, USA
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 1/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 12 oz. amber pour from bottle. Flowery nose. Warm, spicy taste with a dry, light hop finish. Decent, but not great. Still, I would drink this again.
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