 bkelley68 (467), Lakewood, Ohio, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 27, 2006 bottled 11/30/04 Copper colored ale with nice sitcky lacing. Malty aromas with nice traces of cookies, carmel, spice, and pine needles. Chewy malty body with some apricot and tea-like spice on the finish. Solid winter ale. I wish I would have drank this beer a little sooner.
swanmann (309), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 24, 2006 Updated: Jul 13, 2006This was probably my first declared "favorite" beer. Darker amber. Maybe a bit over carbonated. They have a cask conditioned on tap sometimes. The lower carbonation really opens up the flavors. Wood and smoke, sap even (?) I really like it. Pork or pizza.
bitter (1137), Henderson, Nevada, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 5, 2006 had this in breckinridge, amber junk with forced flat head. malty sweet humor and a schpeckle of nutmeg.. these same characters ring through to the mouth with a week bodied feel. yep.
mrchug645 (71), alb, New Mexico, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 23, 2005 in the winter time cant go wrong just sit back open up a few and enjoy a good amber style winter brew that is very mellow
Thaichile (599), 10aFly, New Jersey, USA
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Dec 11, 2005 Bottle. Pour is dark amber with a very thin head. Roasted malts and sweeter notes on the palate. Coffee and chocolate, thick and intense.
Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 4, 2005 2004: Pour is amber with a thin off white head...smell is earth fruits, dates, and leather and tobacco...taste is sweet, but very thin and weak...
2002: Pour is amber with a thin off white head...smell is much the same as the 04 but much mustier and spicier...flavor is sweeter than the 04 but seems oxidized...
Lumpy (1802), Carrollton, Texas, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 4, 2005 Bottle, 2002 vintage. Taste-wood, sawdust, lots of malt. Very woody. Not bad, but there is alot of must/dust flavors that overwhelm. Honey.
GarrettB (494), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 27, 2005 Updated: Sep 15, 2007A beer of this type and heartiness would be my choice for a mug full of stomach warming juice during a biting winter storm somewhere in the North parts of the English isles. Which means that while it’s a beer that nicely demonstrates a the virtue of mellow malts and a slight hint of hops, it’s nothing I would care to drink unless I really was isolated and forced to take a chug of this to warm up. What I like about this beer is its recalcitrance to hit me too hard with any one ingredient. The color is a pretty standard foxtail red with very little foam save for a ring around the edge, and the smell is just as boring with very little to engage me except an aroma of salted nuts and a whiff of malts as a harbinger of the drink to come. One of my favorite parts of a beer’s taste is the collection of fruits. Isolation Ale burdens itself with a fruit free recipe, which leaves all the rough n’ tumble grainy plants to take the spotlight. This beer simply makes me shrug with apathy, which is something a beer should never aim to do.
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