 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Feb 25, 2009 I discovered Troeg’s Scratch 4( now Flying Muffdiver), so I don’t want to catch any crap over this review. Anyhow, it pours brown with off-white head. Nose is caramel malt, hops, mild funk, and mild peppery florals. Tastes malty, hoppy, soapy, woth some pine, rock sugar, and vegetal flavors. Earthy and a bit odd at the finish. John and Chris, please stop this madness and make Scratch 4 year round!
Dickinsonbeer (3587), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Feb 25, 2009 Bottle at EBF- they told me it was their winter warmer strong ale. Ugh- pretty damn bad. Pours a dull brownish with a thinning head. Aroma is light fusels and strange esters- lightly fruity and lots of herbal almost vegetal dms. Flavor is nutty, and lightly sweet with a slickness, ok caramel, weird fruitiness grassy and herbal with tons more dms. This was one of the worst scratch beers I have had.
dmac (1507), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Feb 22, 2009 This one was pretty damn nasty. Simply put this one smelt and tasted like vegtables. Yuck.
EricE (471), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 14, 2009 Clear brown pour with an orange tint. Thing light tan head. Very bubbly. Yeasty aroma with molasses and brown sugar notes. Very dry and bitter. Hops with a bit of molasses. Bitter finish. Not bad. A little weak.
blankboy (3263), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 10, 2009 Bottle at ’Cole’s Rare Beer Fest’, Buffalo, NY. Pours a clear amber-brown with a small diminishing off-white head. Mild malty aroma, a bit toasty, along with light pine hops. Flavour, also mild, is malty along with light hops, some alcohol and a hint of spices. Starts earthy and finishes dry. Medium to full bodied. Good, not great.
kkearn (1016), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 7, 2009 12oz bottle, from Capone’s (Norristown, PA). Pours deep orange brown, capped wit a moderate sized khaki head. Aroma of fruit, toffee, caramel, smoke, and earthy hops. Flavor is on the earthy side, with toffee, peat, smoke, earthy hops, and pine nuts. Grapefruity hop finish.
jah noth (1023), Rochester, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 6, 2009 Sweet malty, light caramel nose. Sparkling reddish amber in color with very little head. Light caramel, some choco, amarillo tangerines and some cobwebs from the yeast. Medium bodied with some tangy fruit at the finish. I rather like it. Thanks to the crew at BOTW!
afireinside96 (842), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Feb 5, 2009 I was rather disappointed by this round of Scratch. Bland nose, not much flavor, and too much hop bitterness for the style. Only flavor is biscuit, maybe a bit of nuts. I guess they can’t all be zingers.
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