3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 brokensail (13782) - Orange County, California, USA - JUL 17, 2015
On tap @ Eight Bridges. Clear dark amber pour with a dense off-white head. Toasty and bready nose. Some caramel, a light floral hop note, and some woodiness. Has sort of an odd graininess to the palate that adds a funky bitterness. Some sweet caramel, strawberry jam, and creamy toffee. Has a light citrus hop profile. Okay.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 bb (7644) - Alamo, California, USA - DEC 31, 2014
Draft. Copper beer with a light tan head. Light cocoa and malt aroma. Cocoa, malt, and light grapefruit flavor. Medium bodied. Cocoa and chococlate linger with light caramel and light grapefruit.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 pinkzambia (1720) - Boise, Idaho, USA - FEB 28, 2014
Tap @ The Doolittle: Murky brown look with a small off-white head. Earthy aroma with a little honey. Flavors of dirt, rye, hops and cardboard. The body is thick and creamy. This is a solid amber ale.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 joeneugs (4453) - Livermore, California, USA - FEB 8, 2014
On tap at the brewery. It pours a cloudy reddish brown color with an off white head. In fact, all their beers look identical
kind of weird. The aroma is light with some notes of pine and tropical fruit with some caramel, butter and toasted malts. The flavor is the same. Not so much butter, but more caramel, brown sugar and piney floral hops. Pretty subdued, as it seems this is one of those brewers that works hard at achieving "balance". Nice dry bitter finish. Im glad I only got the butter in the aroma. Otherwise, this was a pretty nice beer despite the fact that Im not digging the recipes.
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