Slight hop aroma. Moderate hop bite and malt taste. Light hop aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
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New Holland Dragon’s Milk Reserve with Raspberries
Nice clean aroma with a hint of raspberries. Slight edge of bourbon flavor that gets replaced by dark malt, and then a nice raspberry flavor comes in. Overall very balanced 3-way tug-of-war going on between bourbon, dark malt, and raspberries. You can feel the alcohol heart in the aftertaste, slightly lingering in the back of the throat. I think I would like it more of there were less bourbon presence, and it was just the dark malt and raspberries commingling.
Bottled 10/06/15, drank 11/17/15.
4 out of 5 stars.
Filling Station Walla Walla IPA
No noticeable hop aroma. Sweet taste with a bit of bitterness on the back end. A hint of grapefruit-like palate cleansing effect, with a hint of bitterness. Smooth malt taste in the middle.
4 out of 5 Stars.
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.
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.
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.
