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16 oz can, actually purchased as a single inside of Yellowstone. As such, I assumed this was a novelty product, and I had very low expectations. As it is, it’s a lot better than those low expectations, and is really quite good. Slightly hazed,...
12 oz can Love the packing , the powder blue is cool looking. Not a fan of rye beers in generally, and anyone that says the rye in this is muted is, I think, mistaken. Silly, wispy head that dies to leave massive bubbles. Deep orange body. Hazed....
I have a massive problem with any beer that was brewed SPECIFICALLY for a marketing niche rather than for the sake of brewing a beer. It's in cans (as far as I know it's unavailable in any other format), and being described as a session beer (when...
The second in the 'Vintage Ale Collection' from Coors. Proximity came first, this is called "Impulse', with an equally non-sensical explanation of the origin of the name, and the same, textured labels back and front. $7.99 this time, 50 cents more...
Dreadfully pale copper tone with a disappointing head, virtually no retention or lace and a somewhat sugary and malty nose. Tastes give that typical earthiness of many gluten-free beers, and it lingers in combination with a syrupy, sweetness -...
12 oz. Slightly chill-hazed, mid-golden pour. Nicely formed head, retention and lace about average. Nice looking beer. Orange peel bitterness rather than harsh pepper in the nose and the tastes, with a bit more rye bitterness in the back-end and...
I ran into a cacophony of new Mikkeller offerings in the store last week, with all kinds of weird, strange and expensive beer on display. I don't rate Mikkeller much, and their general loud posturing and ferocious, indiscriminate output tends to...
From the 12 oz can, the beer pours a lot darker than I was anticipating with a quite significant mid-amber color. Head and lace are not substantial, but there is some nice, sticky lace that forms. A little chill-haze forms in the body of the beer....
I think that Wild Heaven are a bit confused with their marketing, and no I'm not only talking about the unhelpful use of 'sessionable'! The name and marketing suggests that they are trying to tempt the light beer drinkers market, but light beer...
Disappointingly (but predictably), the label refers to this being a 'session beer', which at 5% it most definitely is NOT. Hazed and cloudy body with a pale white, half finger head. Nose and tastes have some significant hop character, and if this...
12 oz stubbie bottle. Blue label that is different to the picture in the BA db. As a single form Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a tad disappointing as the beer sits somewhat lifeless with a classic macro look - no head, no retention, no lace...
OK, let's be clear, at 4.4% this is NOT a session beer. Right, now we've got that out of the way, back to the beer itself. 12oz can, many thanks go out to BA Beejay for the chance to try this one. Pour is a deep gold color with a pretty spectacular...
12 oz single from Ale Yeah, Decatur, Atlanta, GA, USA. Relatively new entrant to the Atlanta market. Th e pour gives a clear, copper colored body with a one finger head. Head is unfortunately poorly retained and there is virtually no lace. Color is...
12 oz single, thanks go out to Rob for the chance to try this. This is a beer with some presence. I like it a lot. The pour looks substantial with a heavy, copper colored body and some really nice, thick white head. Nose and tastes deliver some...
Many thanks go out to Kevin for the opportunity to sample this beer. 12oz single. At first glance, from the general appearance and more obviously from the name, it seemed to me as though this was going to be some huge, American DIPA that would be a...
12 oz single. I've always liked Middle Ages but they pulled out of GA a long time ago (at least I don't see their beer any longer in these parts), this bottle came from my brother-in-law in upstate NY - cheers Rob. Slightly hazed, orange gold body...
Decent looking pour with a golden body sitting underneath a small, white cap of foam. Despite the small head, the carbonation seems quite aggressive and vigorous and a little prickly. Not much aroma, even after it warms. This beer clearly doesn't...
12 oz bottle, usual stubbie presentation from Tyranena, thanks go out to Kevin for a chance to crack this one. Honey orange color on the pour with a pleasing white head. The beer is capped with a frothy layer of thick bubbles and the head provides...
12 oz single from Hop City a few weeks ago. Pour is a hazy, honey colored amber with a fluffy white head and some persistent lace. Aroma is pretty sweet with plenty of maple syrup notes, some more honey and brown sugar. All of these aroma...
Usual Anchor presentation. Bottle says 5.9% alcohol. dot-matrixed freshness says OLU. Always interested by a new Anchor brew, so here we go. Bottle produces a beer that looks a little macro in its appearance except for a much better head that is...
22 oz bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour here offers a good, high head (deep and rich with a nice off-white color) that lingers. The color however, is a different matter - a turbid, murky, dirty brown that I don't care for. The color...
12 oz can from a recent trip to NY. Purchased at Finger lakes Beverage in Ithaca, NY, USA. Nice pour with a good, solid copper colored body. Head is decent and leaves some pleasing, broken lace. Carbonation is mild but in proportion. Nose offers...
12oz can. $2.10 from Ned's in Lynchburg, VA, USA. Attractive simplicity to the can design with a slightly retro feel. I like it. Nice pour, with a golden body and a fluffy, light, non-dense head. An interesting beer to me since the upfront tastes...
12oz single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA. Very simple, but well constructed brew. Orange, slightly chill-hazed body underneath the firm, white egg-shell head; average lace and retention. Looks solid. Very light citrus aroma with a decent malt base...
Restoration. 12oz bottle, Taco Mac, Douglasville, GA, USA. Macro color but carbonation is strong. Head and lace decent too. Surprinsingly impressive pour especially in the bottle. Light hops in the nose with some simple malt/grain. After that all...
12 oz single. Fairly non-descript in the final analysis. Nice orange colored pour with some excellent head, lace and retention. Head is a noticeable white with high pillowing and quite fluffy. A touch of hazy in the body. Nose and tastes are muted...
Straight-up simple version of the style with a hop bill that is obvious but at the same time reserved. Good malt balance, refreshing and drinkable. Light orange body with minimal lace, the beer drinks easier than most of the style. Tasty and worth...
12 oz single, either from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA or perhaps Total Wine, Perimeter, Atlanta, GA, USA - the latter is more likely. Pour has a nice, bright copper clarity and the head is initially quite good. The retention and lace of course, are...
Delighted to find this 12 oz can at Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA as a single. Took this to the beach with me. The pour reveals an orangeish body with some serious lace and decent retention. Sticky. I didn't really get much nose from the beer other...
$2.75 from Green's on Buford as a single in the 11.5 oz bottle. Darkish golden pour with some decent, pure white head and lace. Some decent complexity in the taste with an odd combo of a refreshing lager like characteristics, but also a strangely...
22 oz bomber purchased at the brewery. Into the Terrapin snifter it goes. Pour is a turbid, browm murky one with a very large, rocky head. Retention and lace are both good. Very organic feel about this beer with elements of grassy hay, green hops...
22 oz bomber purchased from Riverside Beverage, Chattanooga, TN, USA. Possibly $3.99. Pale orange pour with frothy, bubbly head. Nose is a very mild hoppy note with a sweetish grassy note in the background. Essentially this gets carried through to...
12 oz single from Total Wine, Atlanta, GA, USA. A somewhat cloudy, light copper pour with some really nice lace and some significant head. Looks nice. I'd like a little more clarity but it's not the end of the world. A little floral hop note in the...
12 oz single with a different (updated?) label, $1.35 from Green's, Atlanta, GA, USA. Simple pour, with a pale golden pour, low carbonation and only a small amount of head and lace. Floral, sweet light nose without much hint of hops. Identical...
473 mL can as pictured in the beer advocate db. Thanks to stopbarking for the chance to try this one Clouded amber pour with an excellent head, retention and lace are good too. It looks pretty darn good. Nose and tastes remind me of a MUCH higher...
22oz bomber. Thanks go out to ... (not sure, sorry) ... Pretty much exactly what I expected which is a very good thing. The pour is excellent with a lovely orange amber body, a high head and some serious head retention and creamy, broken, dripping...
Interesting one this. This had been kicking around a couple of stores in Atlanta for a while, and it had been in a couple of bars for a while but I had passed it up for a long time. However, I pop into the Midway in East Atlanta for a quick beer...
Final beer from Upland that Penney brought back from Bloomington, IN, USA for me. Thanks! 12 oz bottle. Orange body on the pour into the tulip glass produces a thin looking body that lacks presence. Good clarity, but lace and head are both very...
12 oz stubbie bottle - thanks to Penney from a recent trip to Bloomington, IN, USA. Very large and high head in the Duvel tulip. Bone white on top of the cloudy, orange honey colored body. Attractive and holds up well. It's "Dry Hopped", and "dry"...
12 oz bottle from Bloomington, IN by way of Penney - many thanks! Nice clarity in the dark orange body that has a good head initially and a decent head. However, the head fades quite quickly and leaves very little lace. OK, it's called Alpha King...
12 oz single from Total Wine, Kennesaw, GA, USA. Wasn't expecting too much from this, but I was glad to give it a whirl. Ultimately it did a little better than I thought it would. Good clarity, a nice carbonation and a prety intense orange color...
Took home a growler of this after trying a few at the brewpub. Pale Orange body with a slight chill haze type appearance. Head is high and gives amazingly good lace. VERY good looking. Nose and tastes are of that of an IPA rather than a Pale Ale....
22 oz bomber. Nice pale orange pour with good clarity and appropriate carbonation. Head is high and light, and fades to give a thin layer of lace on the surface of the beer and a little lace on the glass. Nose has a very light touch with the hops -...
500 mL bottle from Green's on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. $7.95 (or maybe $8.95) for the bottle. Pour is a lively one with plenty of bone-white head on top of the mid-orange body. A little sticky lace. A healthy dose of citrus/West coast pine in the...
Recently arrived in GA, I must admit that I really wasn't too excited to try this - I thought that it had too much potential just to be "another Pale Ale" taking up shelf space. In the end it was much better than expected. On-tap at the Brockett...
I absolutely DESPISE the use of the letters ESB to mean Early Spring Beer; it is both deceptive and classless. This is NOT an ESB, so if we are going to rate this on style it gets a F grade. I'll resist that temptation, JUST. I suppose that in...
12 oz single from a recent trade from Vancer and the CEO/Old Farts BIF, thanks! Pale orange pour with some head and lace but both fade very quickly. Slightly sweet, with a mild bitterness in the finish, but this is bland in the extreme. Lacks much...
12oz bottle as a single in a recent trade - apologies I can't remember who, but thanks. Light amber, solid head and thinnish sticky lace. Slight chill haze and cloudy nature. Simple balance, sweetish malts, easy drinking and well put together. Mild...
Thanks go out to Vancer as part of Old Farts/CEO BIF. 12 oz single. Pour is a bright orange color, but with plenty of murkiness. Better looking from a distance rather than up close. Nice head with some retention and a good bit of sticky lace. Great...
$5.00 for the 12 oz bottle at Taco Mac, Marietta, GA, USA. New(ish) to GA, coming in the second wave of Breckenridge products. Pour is a hazy, golden orange. Plenty of sticky lace and some medium head. Looks inviting. Citrus is in the nose and the...
12oz single from Tower, Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. Golden yellow pour with a standard macro look. head is decent with some sticky lace. Above average persistence. Slightly above average on the appearance front. Fine carbonation is persistent and...
Thanks to Brewfan for a chance to try this. 22 oz bomber, gold foiled top. Surprised at the simplicity of this beer considering it is part of the 100 series. Not that that it is a bad thing; in fact it's refreshing, but I did not expect such a brew...
12 oz single from Total Wine, Kennesaw, GA, USA. Mid-orange pour, small but well retained head with some really nice lace. Carbonation is mild but persistent. Soapy hop tastes are there upfront and they linger. Citrus character of the hop is...
Picked this up along with the Nogne Brown Ale at Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA for $3.99 for the 1 PT 0.9 fl oz. Relatively new to GA, they also have the Imperial Stout on the shelves. Having tried the Brown Ale yesterday, I was not surprised...
Been drinking this for a while, about time that I got around to reviewing it. Purchased as a single from Jax, Sandy Springs, GA, USA. Very cloudy, dirty orange pour with some nice fluffy lace. Hoppy aroma that doesn't quite come across as strong in...
12 oz bottle, thanks to ArrogantB for the trade. Pale orange pour with a nice head, some decent carbonation and some nice, simple lace. This is a very nice beer. The kind of beer that revels in its simplicity and the kind of beer that the top US...
12 oz single from Mac's, Atlanta, GA, USA. Hazy, lemon colored pour with (as others have mentioned in their reviews) perhaps a light tinge or hint of green - an odd color indeed. Creamy, piled high head with some pretty nice lacing. Appearance is...
Pictured 07/04/25 Original notes 12/21/06 Hard to believe that I have never reviewed this from the bottle, so here goes. I end up drinking quite a lot of this beer, but it's really only by default. In the majority of bars that one finds oneself in...
12 oz single given to me by BEERchitect - thanks! Not my favourite style, but I am happy to persist! Typically cloudy orange pour with some chill haze. The lacing is a sticky treat, much like a top quality IPA. Not much head though except a small...
OK, origins of this are not really very clear, but the best I can come up with is this; ABC have been contract brewing a beer for a group of restaurants in the Atlanta area, noteably the Pie Bar, for some time. The Pie Bar has been marketing this...
Decent beer, but the style is somewhat uninspiring to me. 12 oz bottle purchased as a single from Liquor Barn, Lexington, KY, USA. Copper colored pour with good head and some lacing. Good balance between a really quite hoppy nose and a more malt...
Thanks to BigLove as part of Blue Max BIF 48. 12 oz bottle poured into a regular 16 oz glass. Pale, golden orange with not much head but some nice sticky lacing. A little chill-haze. Clean and sharp in the taste with some lemony hops. Balanced with...
Light colored body with some excellent lacing. Simple hop profile in the nose with a nice malt balance. I got an amazing blue cheese taste from this beer!! Who'd have thought?? Anyway, drinkable with an interesting aftertaste - not unpleasant but a...
12 oz, brown stubbie with screened label of a "surfer dude". Thanks go out to Boolshot for the trade. I suppose that you might want to put this in the "West Coast" APA category since it has a pretty high hop intensity for an APA. Don't get me...
Above average offering from this brewpub. Drank more like an IPA than an APA to me, with more bitter hop flavor than I was expecting. Pretty good amber color with a decent head. Not much lacing. Aroma was simple with some balance but not...
Updated notes 05/28/22 Slightly redesigned can (pictured) from the original from 16 years ago, and most interesting to note that the hoppy nature of this American Pale Ale is now highlighted. It’s always been the case, and Dale’s has always been...
Pale orange with some chill haze. Some small bubbles of carbonation keep rising to produce some half decent film and some patchy, but nice lacing. Sweet malts dominate initially, but this is followed quickly by some fruity bitterness. The fruity...
Additional notes 08/09/23 (pictured) Well, this beer has been though a few changes over time. Saw it today as a single (can of course) in a grocery store so grabbed it in a purely curious fit of pique. As you can see below somebody at Three Floyds...
Extremely basic APA with all the typical characteristics of a low to medium quality, staple beer. Served too cold, generating no head, no lacing and virtually no aroma and no taste. Under different circumstances (i.e. some care and consideration)...
Very light orange color with a nice bubbly (soapy like) head with some lacing. Clarity is big and its definitely a good looker. The light and clear appearance certainly adds to the feel of "freshness". Lovely grass-like, hay hop profile runs...
Golden orange pour, slightly hazy, very attractive color. Head is scant with some hanging around the extreme edges to give a little ring and some very minor lacing. Aroma is difficult to pick up, maybe a little wheat or cereal in there? Taste is...
As others have noted, the aroma was better than the taste, not that the taste wasn't good, it just didn't quite come up to the expectation that the smell suggested. Very solid appearance, burned orange color with a really good sized, well retained...
Very nice APA with good flavorful character and aromas, and a refreshing edge to it. Nice looking, deep orange pour with significant head and lacing. A lot of chill haze. Hoppy bitterness is upfront in the nose and the taste and lingers...
Golden, almost yellow color, this looks much more like a macro swill lager than I was expecting for the style. Lack of orange highlights is a little concerning for a PA or IPA. Strange head situation too! Very little head to speak of, but some good...
=== Updated Review 05/10 === 12 oz bottle from PittBeerGirl as part of 2010 Secret Bunny. Much the same to report in terms of taste, BUT the beer seems a LOT lighter (yellow) color than I recall (and that my notes would suggest) from five years...
Very nice pour with a crystal clear, golden appearance and an impressively large, billowing white head. Aroma is immensely hoppy, but the beer drinks much less hopped than the smell would suggest. Clean on the palate, with some citrus notes, but...
100% unmemorable beer. Average scores most of the way across the board. Light orange pour with a fast receeding head despite an aggressive pour. Some malts and biscuit in the nose, and a very mild, sweet taste initially. A little hop bitterness in...
Good looking deep yellow pour with a decent head a little sticky lacing. To me, this drinks much more like a european lager than a APA, as it has the ability to be fairly non-descript and refreshing at the same time. Very clean and sharp all the...
Incredibly orange, cloudy pour with a substantial, billowing, white head that left some pleasing lacing. Hoppy aroma that isn't very well replicated in the taste. Typically American Pale Ale in both appearance and taste, this beer is no more or...
Well, well, well - what a nice experience and a pleasant surprise. I was expecting little, but enjoyed this one very much. I was expecting a poor quality, nasty macro type, but got a pretty sophisticated brew, againast all expectations. A nice...
This was the new, specially brewed 8% brew that Spike was kind enough to give me a preview of before it's appearance in September 2004, not the previously reviewed smaller beer. This brew reminds me of a typical English bitter, it has the classic...
$2.00 bottle, Buffalo Wings Bar & Grill, Douglasville, GA, USA. Pours brown with a very nice head, good lacing and some first class retention. A simple American Pale Ale. By that I mean a brew that stands out from the micro crowd by a mile, but is...
$2.75 on draught, Mellow Mushroom, Douglasville, GA, USA. I had heard an awful lot about this brew, most of it very good so I had high expectations. As is often the case, the hype was somewhat misplaced. Nice looking pint, with a real golden color,...
$6.99, Six-pack, Publix supermarket, Villa Rica, GA, USA. Very attractive, pale orange, clear pour with a nice head with some good retention and a little lacing. Blast of floral hops up front, that softens but lingers, giving a surprisingly bitter...
Drank this at Houlihan's at Atlanta Airport for this review (as well as hundreds of other times too) and as a result was overcharged - but hey, they had about 20 bottled beers and this was the only one of any quality that wasn't a macro. Great...
Part of a mixed six pack (2 Hefe, 2 Cream Stout, 2 Boston Ale) from Sam Adams @ 7.49, Publix Supermarkets, Villa Rica, GA, USA. Really very nice. I was expecting little, but got much more. A very attractive light amber/orange pour with a white...
I'm sure this is a quality beer to many, but it's simply not "my cup of tea". If you like aromatic hops, then go right ahead, you won't be disappointed, but if your senses are offended by overpowering flavors then this will not work for you. The...
Given what I had heard about Dogfish in general, I have to say that this was a let down. A very thin experience with very little out of the ordinary to recommend it. The pour, appearance and aroma were all disappointing to me, I was expecting a far...
$3.25 small glass (16oz?), Big River Brewing, Chattanooga, TN, USA. Lovely golden color with a surpisingly decent head that hangs around. Definite aroma (and taste of) of apple undertones. Dryish aftertaste brought some bitterness but very well...
$2.75, 16oz serving, Buffalo Wild Wings Cafe, Douglasville, GA, USA. This is Sweetwater's flagship offering and it is simply put, steady and reliable. Very nice offering, a drinkable beer that strikes a very good balance between hop bitterness and...
A sweet, malty taste is the pervading experience with this brew. Some decent carbonation but little or no head, with unsurprisingly little or no lacing. Enjoyable, but you would need to enjoy the maltier side of things to really appreciate this...
Significantly better on draught than in the bottle. Hoppy, malty and tasty, this is a very nice, an often available oasis of a drink, in an frequently hopeless desert of North American macro's. A very good example of the style that I enjoy...
Well, I really, really enjoyed this. It surprised me. A cloudy orange/copper appearance with a good head that faded quickly. Just the right amount of carbonation for me (very little). Very clean bitterness with almost no chemical aftertaste like so...