Excellent sweet hop aroma, smells like a bag full of fresh hops. Smooth mouthfeel with a nice moderate hop flavor, lingers slightly hoppy but not bitter at all. Can’t tell it’s 8.3%.
5 out of 5 Stars.
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Filling Station Omena Harvest Ale
Fresh taste, not as hoppy as the description makes it sound. Fairly low bitterness bite, but decent hop flavor. Can taste the malt backing, menu days German pale, biscuit makes, and hint of crystal. I think I can taste the biscuit.
4 out of 5 Stars.
New Holland Dragon’s Milk Reserve With Toasted Chilies
Bottled 10/05/15, drank on 10/29/15. Nice sweet bourbon aroma but not harsh at all. Taste is very pleasant with nice dark malt flavor but no harshness. This is slowly followed by a slight wooden barrel flavor that gives way to a moderate chili kick. Slight alcohol warmth in aftertaste, mixed with chili heat. Great stuff going on, distracting you totally from the 11% ABV.
5 out of 5 Stars.
Blackrocks Grand Rabbits
Faint sweet aroma. First taste is fairly sweet and almost puckering. Finished smoothly with a sweet tinge that gives way to a neutral clean malt flavor.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Short’s Ermagerdness
Great fruity hop aroma. Sharp hop bite with a hop aftertaste that lingers between a harshness and a full palate full of varied hop flavors.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Short’s Sticky Icky Icky
Sweet hop aroma. Crisp hop bite, gives way to a harsh hop flavor. Lingering hop aftertaste. Additional drinks mellows the hop edge and makes it nice.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Upper Hand UPA
Sweet, almost vinegar aroma. Very smooth malt flavor with no significant hop flavor.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Short’s Spruce Pilsner
Strong pilsner aroma. Starts smooth them comes in with a sharp bite at the back end. Aftertaste you can taste the spruce flavor. A bit minty. In hindsight, I’m not sure I want my beer to taste like a pine tree…
2.5 out of 5 Stars.
Fat Head’s Head Hunter
Very sweet hop aroma, almost like pineapple juice. Clean, sweet bite. Full-flavored, but not overpowering. Slight hop flavor lingers and fades out with some sweetness. A lot of floaters in there. Only 2.5 months old, and bought from the cooler, so should be ok.
5 out of 5 Stars.
Saugatuck Hop in Yer Rye
Clean hoppy aroma. Crisp flavor bite that comes in with a nice malt taste. Followed by hints of the rye sweetness but matched with a hop bite that keeps it from being too sweet. Fairly clean finish. Full flavored, but doesn’t come across as 8%, so it could be deceptive.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
