Slightly sweet aroma with hint of hops. Very sweet taste with a hop grain bite on the end. Finishes clean with slight lingering sweetness.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Category Archives: Reviews
Round Barn Kolsch Style Ale
Bland, minor sweet aroma. Sharp bite followed by a moderate sweetness. Sweetness fades to a mild sour-like taste. Heavy carbonation leads to a big head in the glass and gives gassiness leading to near instant bloating. No thanks.
2.5 out of 5 Stars.
Epic Escape to Colorado
Mild sweet aroma. Nice fresh grain taste, not too hoppy. Gives full mouth malt followed by a hop bite on the end that fades slowly. Lovely hazy color.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Left Hand Twin Sisters
Sweet, dry hop aroma. Grainy, slightly raw hop flavor with a slight sweetness on the back. Fades smoothly with a faint hop flavor lingering. Bottled 9/4/13, drank on 10/30/2013.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Founders Harvest Ale 2013
Slightly sharp, dry-ish hop aroma. Sharp, cutting hop taste but not too strong or harsh. Leaves you with a light malt taste mixed with a moderate hop flavor. Bottled 10/2/13, drank on 10/29/13. I noticed the ABV is about 1% higher than last year’s. Listed as 70 IBU, not sure about last year.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Dragonmead Crown Jewels
Heavy sweet aroma like honey. Very interesting flavor when hitting the mouth with a bit of honey sweetness, a very fruity taste, then a solid clean malt taste. Overall, very interesting and refreshing, almost light tasting- but not like a light beer. Quite unique, in a good way.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Southern Tier 2X Steam
Sweet malt aroma. Full flavored malt with a slightly sharp hop edge on the backside that leaves a lingering hop sweetness. Strange combination of malt flavor first followed by hop flavor- I’m used to the other way around. Can’t really tell the high alcohol percentage.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Green Flash Brewing West Coast IPA
Nice fresh strong hop aroma. Grabs taste buds aggressively with a full mouth hop flavor. Hop flavor slowly fades out and lanes you with a slightly harsh but sweet hop flavor that fades ever so slowly… Until your taste buds demand another drink and the cycle starts again.
5 out of 5 stars.
New Holland Oak Aged Hatter
Slightly sweet aroma. Fairly wet, flat taste with a noticeable hop bite. As the drink goes down the chute, you can taste the oak flavors mix in along with a much stronger hop flavor. Finally there’s a slightly lingering alcohol burn for a brief moment.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Founders Brewing Devil Dancer
Thick sweet aroma. High alcohol sweetness immediately hits your mouth. Fades out to a moderate hop sweetness which tangentially gives way to a mild malt taste. Bottle says 112 IBU, but doesn’t have the typical hoppiness, probably because of the heavy alcohol content. Not very pleasant. Unfortunate I spent about $6/bottle. Says it was bottled 16 months ago, on 6/18/12. Oh well, I’ll save my money next time.
2 out of 5 Stars.
