2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 8/20 onceblind (5916) - Denver, Colorado, USA - OCT 7, 2011
On tap at brewery. Slightly hazy reddish orange with a huge pungent nose of caramalt, toasty bread, and "amber"ness. Taste is cloying sweet and toasty with big bready tones and a caramalt toffee backbone. Big, but without nuance, and nearly no bitterness till the aftertaste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 BeerandBlues2 (10930) - San Diego, California, USA - OCT 6, 2011
Tap. Pours clear amber-ruby with a medium, creamy off-white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is fruity hops, caramel, nutty, and toast malt, earthy notes and fruity esters. Flavor is malty with medium hops and bitterness, earthy, faint chocolate, biscuit and caramel malt notes with a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation, low warmth.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20 Ratman197 (11546) - Arvada, Colorado, USA - OCT 6, 2011
On tap at Denver Beer poured a clear reddish amber with a small lasting amber head. Aromas ofcarmel, earthiness and light fruittiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of carmel, earthiness and a hint of fruittiness with a smooth lingering earthy finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 notalush (5458) - Denver, Colorado, USA - SEP 18, 2011
Cloudy dark amber - more of an amber than an esb - however, there is a pronounce aroma and flavor of chocolate and roasted nuts that also fall more in line with a brown ale - also quite a bit of toasted grains - light caramel - moderate leafy bitterness - hard to pin down, but tasty.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 adnielsen (10169) - Fort Collins, Colorado, USA - SEP 11, 2011
UPDATED: DEC 23, 2011 Tap @ brewery. Reddish amber appearance with an off white head. Sweet caramel-toffee malty, slightly floral citrusy hoppy nose. Lots of caramel maltiness in the flavor along with some citrus, earthy hops. A touch hoppy, caramel aftertaste. Nice beer.
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