Slightly sweet aroma. Clean refreshing malt bite with a slightly sweet malt aftertaste. Very clean and crisp, no real strong hop presence but is a very nice beer to enjoy. Combined with the low ABV makes for a nice refreshing easy drink. Can also detect a clean bread-y yeast taste, that’s not sweet or overpowering.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet aroma. Slightly crisp taste with an undercurrent of sweetness. Followed by an even malty flavor. Very little hop presence. A little over 7 months old, so a bit out of date. Could be reason the hop bitterness is gone.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Nice sweet hop aroma. Nice sharp grainy hop bite. Full mouth flavor that’s not too harsh and finishes nicely.
5 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet smell, almost like a hard cider. Crisp taste with a dry sweetness to it. Mostly light flavor to it, but a sweetness grows for an aftertaste that lingers with a hint of malt. Bottle says good through November 2 2014, drank on June 4 2014, so pretty fresh. Actually got notably better around 45 F, which is contrary to my previous lager experience that says cold is best.
3 out of 5 Stars.
Very sweet hop smell, almost smells sticky. Intense hop and malt flavor greets you then quickly fades to a mild hop taste then lingers there for a long time. You can taste the grapefruit, but it’s a bit excessive, the regular Hopstache is better balanced to my palate.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Slightly sweet hop aroma. Fresh flavor bite with some harshness. Leaves the mouth with a crisp flavor with hoppy hints around the edges. Further drinks have much more floral hop aroma, as it warms slightly. Bottled on 5/13/2014, drank on 5/28/2014, so it’s very fresh.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
No real aroma. Taste is a slightly sharp bite of malt and hops. Very malt forward with an accompaniment of hops rather than the other way around. Slight lingering of hops as aftertaste.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet, slightly hoppy aroma. Almost smells like a sweaty armpit- but somehow not in an offensive way. Mouthful of hop sharpness and dark malt blackness. Not sure of the hop used, but this malt flavor would be delicious with a more citrusy type of hop. Leaves you with a slight malt aftertaste. Beer is much tastier after it warms a bit to around 40, rather than the 35 right out of the fridge. The hops and malt seem to balance much better slightly warmer.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Faint, dry, hops aroma. Slightly sweet hop bite with a nice mellow malt taste right there with it. Finishes with a back and forth mixing of the malt and hops kind of fighting over who’s going to lead. Warming a bit seems to tame the sharpness of the hop bite and leave more malty aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Slightly fruity strawberry aroma plus dark malt. Flavor is strong with dark malt but a hint of strawberry in the background and leaves you with a creamy/foamy mouthfeel at the end. Interesting, but maybe a little too sweet at the end.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
