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.
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Ballast Point Grunion
Strong sharp aroma of hops. Clean hop taste that gets slightly bitter them blends smoothly into a nice slightly sweet malt taste. Very smooth, with nice lingering hop flavors.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Blackrocks 51K IPA
Sweet hops smell with hints of fresh yeast. Crisp hop bite, with good mix of hops and malt. Dry, not to sweet or too much aftertaste. Maybe a hint of yeast flavor in mild aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Arbor Red Snapper
Sweet aroma, with a hint of roast malts. Nice crisp malt bite, replaced by smooth malt flavor. Ends with a roast malt taste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
North Peak Sinuous
Very sweet malty aroma. Thick frothy head. Hoppy taste kind of a sweet hop flavor. Aftertaste is a bit harsh.
Had this at winter beer festival and it was great. Having it now it’s just good.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Short’s Chatterbox
Clean aroma is a mix of yeast and light malt. First taste gives a tart bite of hops, quickly followed by a full flavored hop mouthfeel.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Amsterdam Brewery Downtown Brown
Slightly sweet almost soap-like aroma. Full mouth flavor of sharp but sweet malts, just on the sweet side of stout black malts. Very crisp with a brief lingering fresh mild hop flavor that fades out leaving a fairly clean palate.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Bell’s Mars
Strong sweet aroma. Full flavored sweetness very reminiscent of Hopslam, but without the hint of honey sweetness. Hop harshness mixed with a malt sweetness that leaves a slightly harsh hop aftertaste. Can taste hints of the high alcohol mixed in there.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Stone Go to IPA
Sharp hop aroma. Very hoppy full flavor hop bite. Fades out with a bit of a mild malt flavor with some hop aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Bell’s The Oracle
Very strong sweet aroma, almost like rotten or over ripe fruit. Sweet, puckering taste with a sharp hop bite on the backside. Lingering hop aftertaste at a low level. No notable alcohol flavor like you might expect with 10% ABV. Just a very strong, slightly harsh hop flavor to let you know something unique is going on.
4 out of 5 Stars.
