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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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.
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.
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.
Dogfish Head Liquid Truth Serum IPA
Sweet, flower-like hop aroma. Smooth hop flavor that has no bitter bite, but builds up slowly and smoothly to a full hop flavor. Very mild smooth hop aftertaste with a slightly dank note.
4 out of 5 stars.
Gigantic Sassy Pony Pale Ale
Great floral hop aroma. Slightly crisp hop bite of tropical fruits. Fades slowly and leaves you with mild hop sweetness. Fairly smooth mouthfeel.
4 out of 5 stars.
New Holland Mad Hatter
They re vamped their recipe a year or two ago, so i figured it needed an updated review…
Bright sweet hop aroma. Clean crisp bite of hops and balanced with some caramel maltiness. Both are flavorful, neither overpowering the other. Very smooth mouthfeel, with a slight caramel malt lingering in aftertaste.
4 out of 5 stars.
Petoskey Robusta Nut
Very sweet aroma, not quite bourbon like but similar. Sharp flavor bite of sweetness like dark chocolate, quickly followed by strong (but not overpowering) coconut flavors. Finishes witha mild dark malt roastiness that’s smooth.
4 out of 5 stars.
Samuel Adams Sam ’76
Faint sweet malt aroma. Refreshing taste slightly crisp but soft. Light flavor mix of malt and hops. Decent. Fairly smooth and flavorful, but nothing stands out very prominently.
4 out of 5 stars.
Odd Side Ales Diggity Dank Juice
Faint sweet aroma. Almost puckering, almost sharp sweet flavor. Gets very smooth and any sharpness subdues and leaves you with a mild lingering sweetness. Combination of grapefruit and pineapple flavor in the hop bitterness. Interesting.
4 out of 5 stars.