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.
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Short’s Bludgeonyereye
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.
Short’s Yosemite Scooter
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.
Saugatuck Neopolitan Milk Stout
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.
Saugatuck Oval Beach Blonde
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.
Bell’s Expedition Stout
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.
Goose Island Ten Hills
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.
Alaskan Hop-a-Thermia
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.
Saugatuck Bonfire Brown
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.
Hitachino Nest Dai Dai
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.
