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.
Slight sweet aroma. Sharpish sweet bite. Sharpness fades out quickly and is just left with sweetness and a moderate maltiness. Not particularly great.
3 out of 5 Stars.
Bitter sweet aroma. Bitter taste of harsh dark malt, with sweet aftertaste. Drank on 5/15/14. Packaged 1/18/12.
3 out of 5 Stars.
Watered down tasting. Nice hop aroma, but very mild. Flavor is a mix of heart hop bite at the same time it tastes/feels like you’re drinking half water. I wonder if this is their low alcohol IPA?
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Rich sweet hop aroma, but not too strong. Nice sharp hop bite with a strong malt flavor in the background. Finishes with a nice balance of hops and malt and minor hop flavors fading in the distance. Gives no hint of its big ABV. Label says 040514, but it’s May 9th. I got this as a gift from someone a little over a month ago, so I must have missed the best by date by a month. I wonder how it would be fresh.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Slight sweet aroma. Full on dark malt flavor, like a stout. Finish is mostly malt with a lingering dark malt presence. Also a moderate hop presence lingering in the far background. Not as sweet as most browns I’ve had.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Faint sweet aroma. Slightly sharp bite that also has a fruitiness to it. Finishes very cleanly with a faint fruit sweetness that fades out slowly. Can definitely taste the orange peel.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Faint dark malt aroma with a bit of sweetness. Dark malt flavor with mild coffee background. Finishes slightly sweet but leaves little aftertaste.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet aroma of fresh hops, slightly sweet malt. Clean crisp taste with a clear hop rawness. Finishes fairly clean with a lingering pleasant hop flavor.
4 out of 5 Stars.
