2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20 dlihcsnatas (473) - Texas, USA - OCT 9, 2015
Amber with very fast falling head. Smell and taste is mostly caramel malts. Nothing really exciting but not a bad brew. Might pick this up again if on sale.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20 degbert (1444) - Austin, Texas, USA - AUG 2, 2015
Bottle. Pours a dark amber with a fine-grained, off-white head. Nose is saccharine, stone fruit, adjunct, a touch of skunk. Sweet at the front with a touch of diaper pail; bitterness on the midpalate, a lot of barnyard on the backpalate. Crisp enough on the finish, but not crisp enough to hide the eau de cow-patty. When we said we wanted a Texas beer, we didnt say we wanted it to taste like the south end of a cow going north.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 PorterPounder (6422) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - JUN 4, 2015
Schertz, TX - on tap at Foxs Pizza and Tap Room. Medium copper pour - absolutely no head. Aroma is pretty much neutral - not picking up anything. Flavor has some bubble gum sweetness, just a hint of caramel, some nuttiness. Not a whole lot going on here. Mouthfeel is smooth though and went down easy with my food. This is the brand that Hank Hill drinks on King of the Hill. How did it take this long to claim the word Alamo for a brewer?
3.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 Aimable (1) - schertz, Texas, USA - APR 7, 2015 does not count
This isnt some awesome bourbon barrel aged quad or kriek; not a lot of complexity here. Think of the cakey notes of the shiner blonde multiplied by 10, the notes that first made you finally appreciate a blonde, and elevate that ever so delicately with a malt that seems to be playing hide and seek with you; no heaviness here; this is smooth; an all-season beer. Lived in San Antonio for about 4yrs now, and this is the first time Ive been really impressed with anything Alamo has done. Very impressed with this brew and hope there are more like it to come.
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