San Francisco Nature Friends

Draught at the brewery. Beer is clear, medium caramel brown with a small, white, frothy, mostly and quickly diminishing head.<P>The aroma is malty with moderate notes of toasted grain, caramel; Hoppy with moderate notes of lemon zest, herb and tea; Yeasty with a trace dough note; Trace of corny DMS.<P>The flavor is light/moderately sweet, lightly acidic with a short, lightly bitter, lightly sweet finish.<P>The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is soft.

Draught, SFBC. Head is mostly diminishing. Body is medium to dark amber. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (cookie, toasted grain), lightly to moderately hoppy (flowers, apricot), with a note of peach, light note of DMS. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, soft carbonation. A pleasant, malty-fruity amber lager.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours orange amber in color with a medium-thick off-white head. Virtually no aroma whatsoever at the serving temperature. This is not a bad beer. A mild malt palate with a much heavier than expected malt body. Slight earthiness. Sporatic, but present lacing.

Draught at the brewpub. Clear copper color with a white head. No lace. Fruity aroma with hints of grape and guava accented by light floral hops. There was also a whiff of buttered popcorn. Cereal grain malt flavor with the fruitiness again in the background. Good not great.

Sweet, fruity and yeasty aroma. Hints of apples and pears in the malt balance a sustained and elaborating bitter finish.