2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 Ernest (6841) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - SEP 9, 2015
UPDATED: SEP 14, 2015 Bottle. Head is initially average sized, frothy, off-white, mostly lasting. Body is medium to dark amber. Aroma, flavor/finish, and mouthfeel are all highly inconsistent from bottle to bottle.
I honestly dont know how to rate this brewery, I really dont. Every bottle is different, from infected to oxidized to great. Ive tried 3 or 4 bottles of this from different stores and its all over the fucking map. Quality control must be terrible, but I suspect they have 4+ brewing skills when they get everything cleaned well. *shrug*
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 AdiBeer (2311) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - JUL 6, 2015
Aroma: caramel and grain malts, Earl Grey tea, floral hops, light pine. Appearance: clear amber, medium, creamy, reddish head. Taste: light bitter. Palate: bitters remain, some floral hops, grain malts coming up in the background, some caramel, soft carbonation. Overall: OK Red Ale, missing some more intense malt flavours. Bottle from Sled Dog, Canyon, AK.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 decaturstevo (5536) - decatur, Tennessee, USA - SEP 14, 2014
Deep yellow almost gold pour with creamy white head. Aroma is corn and perfumy/floral hops. Slight malt on the front with a touch of floral hops. Light bodied with slightly aggressive carbonation. Pretty solid.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 after4ever (6819) - Brier, Washington, USA - APR 6, 2014
22. Pours a clear rubied medium amber with a dense and creamy light tan head. Mild caramel, pine needles, fresh cut pine, and earth on the nose. Pleasant. Creamy medium body with lively carb. Toasty caramel, earth, brown biscuity cookies, and light piney resin on the mid palate. Mild resiny finish. Exactly what an amber should be, and made well. But its not crazy interesting, for better or worse.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 Bulk_Carrier (2889) - Final Resting Place, Vermont, USA - AUG 15, 2013
Pours a somewhat dark hazy red/brown body with a one finger off white head that dies within thirty seconds and leaves a film of a head; the aroma has some dried caramel malts, somewhat nutty as it warms, but is pretty controlled as far as the nuts that try to come out; the flavor is semi-malty through the caramel, its fairly easy on the palate, nothing obscure, but nothing extraordinary, overall this is a good American Red/Amber ale, nothing spectacular but could come back to
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20 SHIG (4021) - Wasilla, Alaska, USA - MAY 29, 2013
Bottle: Poured a reddish orange with a thin white colored head. Aroma is strong malts. Taste is malts with some citrus hops, the mix does not make for palate pleasure.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20 kathouse (1308) - Nevada, USA - JUL 19, 2012
Pours a medium amber with red highlights. Light carbonation carries a thin white head. Strong hop aroma of pine and citrus. Bitter flavor overpowers malt body and leaves the palate wanting more sweetness to balance.
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