 williamherbert (475), Syracuse, New York, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 22, 2009 Pours a big puffy head, and a cloudy brick red color. It’s sloshy like the bitter sea itself! Flowery hop aroma; pale malts with a bready base come in to balance it, but the nose is pretty much Pacific NW hops. In the flavor, bitter hops rule, flowery at first, but then with a bitter pine finish. As it warms, the roasted caramel malts assert themselves, until they end with a burnt cookie finish. Feels smooth and milky,finishes dry and ashy. It’s a terrific bitter pale ale. Terrific hop/malt balance.
gnoff (3574), Göteborg, Sweden
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 21, 2009 Bomber size bottle at 3 Små Rum, shared with 3 others, on July 21, 2009
Cloudy copper color, small white head. Fresh, hoppy, fruity, malty caramel scent. Caramel malty, fruity, bittter taste. Medium to moussy mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
stchloe (491), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 20, 2009 A outstanding beer. Pours an amber color, but the hop profile is intensely present. Large body mostly defined as a hell of a bitter ESB.
mspindler (328), Alta Loma, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 20, 2009 Bottle shared by DuffmanSW. Pours cloudy brown with a foamy yellowish tan head. Mild aroma of citrus and pine, some toasty malts. Flavor is bitter and roasty, some grain and citrus, burnt characteristics. Medium bodied with generous carbonation.
blipp (1710), Newark, New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 19, 2009 Draft at Coles in Buffalo. Pours copper amber with an off white head. Sweet and hoppy aroma, a hint of citrus. The flavor is well balanced, with sweet malt and floral/citric hops. A solid amber ale.
WinoInTraining (107), Longmont, Colorado, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 19, 2009 Color: fairly opaque, deep red orange, more brown than red.
Nose: real malty and slightly grainy,
Palate: Initial bitter bit, much more than the typical malty reds. Bright and drying. Creamy, enveloping, but clean. Great integration of hops into a Red without overdoing it with the malt.
Somehow lacks complexity.
Braudog (3773), Dayton, Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 18, 2009 22 oz’er. Poured deep oaken brown with a monstrous, rocky top. The aroma is of a late autumn orchard and caramel malt. This drinks with a nice rich caramel texture, frothy and thick. The beer is tangy and woody, mildly floral and subtly spicy. Very good. (#3614, 18 Jul 2009)
boFNjackson (1318), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 18, 2009 Tap @ PIB... Poured deep amber with a white head. Mild, estery beer. A little hoppy but pretty sessionable. A standard Rogue amber.
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