Cottrell Olde Yankee Ale

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pours a copper color and a clear texture. There was a small amount of foamy head that quickly dissipated. Below average lacing. The aroma had a decent enough aroma of hops, malt, and some caramel. The taste was of hops (an average amount), a bit of malt, a bready quality, some caramel, and a hint of citrus. The mouth feel is a well-carbonated beer with a dry, clean finish. Light - to medium - bodied.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

A beer of the month club offering for june/july 2010. Pours a nice amber color with a medium white head. Mouth feel is nice firm texture that is not watery. Flavor is nice, but a bit thin - typical grains and malt. Would make a fine accompaniment to any lunch or a light snack.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

New England Run Sample #3.. I wasn't feelin' this that much. I see it got some good reviews, but seemed just average to me. We went to a lunch place in Providence where you can bring your own beer (which don't exist where I live), so maybe having this paired with Asian food drinking it out of the bottle wasn't the best idea. But still, I'd figure something would stand out....just eh. Tasted and seemed more like a lager. My next review (Geary's) will describe more of what I was looking for. I may give this a 2nd chance, but probably not unless choices are limited. Btw...beer is expensive up here!!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

This one poured an amber apperance. The aroma consists of caramel and mild citrus notes. The flavor has a slight nutty presence with some caramel and citrus. The aftertaste is slighty bitter. Overall this a decent session amber.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Poured an amber-reddish color with a nice head and good lacing. The aroma was floral hops and some caramel. Flavor was toffee, caramel, floral and light pine hops. I'd call this well-balanced, but oddly enough it was empty in the middle (and I'm not sure that was bad). I doubt I've ever written that before, but this experience was unique. Lots of hop zing on the bitter end, and a good malt balance, but something was "empty" in the middle, kinda like the equalizers were up for the low and high, but off in the middle (if you're an audiophile). An interesting and enjoyable experience, either way. Thanks again, Todd.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Pours a bright copper with a thick foamy off white head. Aroma is sweet biscuit, citrus, toffee, and toasted grain. Flavor starts with sweet caramel and toffee, turns bready, toasted biscuits, and finishes with a mild pleasant and slightly citric bitterness. Awesome balance, and an awesome beer. I've always got a six pack on hand, my session beer of choice.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Average Ale. Average head. Average color. The only thing that impressed me was it was brewed in CT. Nice taste with a pleasing finish. C+.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

In my travels, I've found and read that as far as ales go, color as used to describe it means literaly nothing. At one time in England, it denoted a bottled only beer, not one taken from a cask, but bottled directly. I vote it as: A DAMN good beer! Dark amber in color, beige head, lots of lace and a trizillion tiny bubbles that once again denotes a well brewed beer. Malty at the nose, a bit earthy maybe?, malts are large in this beer, with a nice full mouth feel that I like, the finish, a bit spicy and a tad dry. Nice carbonation, reminds me of beers brewed with the Burton double barrel system, try Windsor Double Barrel Ale, and see if they don't match up well.