Sweet aroma mix of hops and wort. Taste has a hop bite and a strong dose of caramel. Finish is fairly smooth with bits if caramel malt and hops hanging in background.
4 out of 5 stars.
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Nickel Brook Head Stock
Sweet fresh hops aroma. Taste of fresh, hop aroma. Slight malt sweetness on back end with aftertaste of crisp fresh hops and malt in balance. Flavorful and balanced.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour
Faint, sharp hop aroma, very citrusy. Clean and bright fruit hop taste. Crisp bite with a mild citrusy hop flavor slowly fading away in the background.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Bell’s Hopsoulution Ale
Strong sweet aroma of hops. Fairly clean taste that’s a mix of caramel malt and a slight hop bite. No real bitterness detected.
4 out of 5 stars.
Short’s Hellacious Rock
Strong sweet aroma, concentrated, almost like honey. Strong bitter hop flavor gives way to a slightly caramel malt flavor. Aftertaste is a drying malt taste with hop bitterness lingering in the background. Tastes like a strong beer, and is, at 8.9% ABV. Up front and in your face with an assertive, but not quite overpowering flavor assault.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Short’s Slurm Lord
Super strong aroma of fruity hops. Smooth, but slightly biting tinge of hop flavor gives way to a broader hop flavor blend and a creamy malt smoothness. Very full taste yet somehow light with a lingering aftertaste of sweet hops and creamy malt.
5 out of 5 stars.
Big Rig Alpha Bomb Unfiltered IPA
Full, strong, sweet aroma of sharp hops. Taste is a bright parade of hop bitterness that quickly fades and is replaced by a smooth malt and fresh hop flavor. Very little aftertaste. Leaves your mouth begging for another.
5 out of 5 stars.
Founders Dankwood
First tasted cold and it was not good- no real flavor, just warm bourbon alcohol heat. Let it sit for a few minutes, it’s still cold-ish. Sweet aroma with hints of bourbon. Taste is smooth, with a broad malt flavor that mellows quickly and provides a mild bourbon flavor in background. Nice blend. Aftertaste leaves a bit too much bourbon for my taste.
4 out of 5 stars.
Cigar City Guayabera
Fresh hop aroma. Crisp hop bite that immediately softens to a full flavor of fresh hops. Mike malt taste in background. Amazing job of such a strong hop punch to not be overpowering, and still have a detectable malt presence.
5 out of 5 stars.
Founders Trigo
Faint sweet hop aroma. Smooth taste with subdued hops flavor and a mild year/wheat malt flavor. Overall, very mild. Hard to believe with flavors this subtle that it’s 6.3%. Slight hop bitterness lingering in aftertaste.
4 out of 5 stars.