3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 robertsreality (2460) - Minnesota, USA - APR 18, 2005
Cloudy Light Orange Coloring with Light Tan Head. Hoppy Aroma.. Wet Hops..Sweet and Bitter Taste... Nice and Subtle.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 badgerben (4652) - Blaine, Minnesota, USA - FEB 21, 2005
Murky amber color with a thin head. Slightly floral aroma. Taste of fresh grains with some extreme bitterness, but lacking the floral hops which I found to be nice. Very fine amber.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 JPDIPSO (5124) - Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA - JAN 19, 2004
The old Believers Bitter. I found out the name was changed because a consultant was hired and indicated that people did not want a "bitter" beer. THey indicated that sales have increase significantly since. For a city that prides itself on policital correctness and intelligentsia, you have to love the naivete. Copper color with a light cream colored head. Light fruit and citrus nose. Caramel, earthy malt and light fruit. A decent brew and now that it is an amber, better than most.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20 ElGaucho (2320) - Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA - AUG 26, 2003
Sampled at Angelic brewery. Wonderful, hoppy, caramelly aroma, smooth. Nice red color. Small, off-white head. Nice flavor. Impressive.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 argo0 (12460) - Washington DC, USA - JUL 2, 2003
Clear copper body with small off-white head. Aroma is floral and medium sweet (peach). Taste is minimally sweet, peach, earthy/floral, finishing decent earthy bitter. Medium body.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 Pjones6738 (500) - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - JUN 24, 2003
Medium brown color, with a slightly nutty scent. This would have been a fine beer if it was their brown ale, which it wasn't. This tasted a lot like Newcastle. Not a bad beer, but not great, and certainly not to style.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 NeonLX (261) - Wisconsin, USA - JUN 4, 2003
I tried this beer at a "no crap on tap" block party fundraiser for a local independent radio station (5/18/03). I really enjoyed the beer and detected none of the negative tastes others experienced in the posts below. To me, the beer tasted like a nicely-hopped pale ale with a somewhat fuller & maltier body. Very nice in my estimation.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 jskendzel (602) - Washington DC, USA - FEB 24, 2003
Nice bitterness, although slightly off balance. Medicinal. Somewhat of a dry, toasty finish.
2.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20 schm1005 (151) - Seattle, Washington, USA - DEC 27, 2002
Something went wrong with this beer. It should have never made it to the taps. Very medicinal flavor and distorted tastes. Ugh! My girlfriend made the mistake of buying a pint and felt sick all night after drinking it. Bad batch or bad recipe? Who knows? I just know this one sucked!
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20 lizziesage (180) - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - SEP 16, 2002
This beer looked OK in the glass--a rather standard deep copper with minimal head. Hops were revealed in the nose and provided a welcoming floral fragrance. So far so good.... I lifted and drank and then quickly considered spitting it out as if this was wine tasting. This beer was horribly medicinal. The taste had an almost antiseptic character. The aftertaste offered no escape as the strong doctors office feeling came along for the swallow. Nasty!
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