Either Side Of The Hill - Golden Road Brewing

weazal

California

3.03/5  rDev -16.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

SMELL: Mostly a tempered white pepper spiciness with a fruity, cherry note and sweet malty aroma.

TASTE: Good strong upfront flavor that's a combination of hoppy bitterness well balanced against a biscuity malt sweetness. Despite the richer flavor, it remained fairly light and quaffable with a lingering hoppy bitterness at the back of the palate.

It was fine and enjoyable enough as a slightly more interesting casual drinking beer.

Serving type: on-tap

01-21-2012 21:52:44 | More by weazal

bfellows

3.9/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Its a beer with an identity crisis!

Is it a double IPA, An imperial amber, A wee Heavy, A barleywine - hell just call it a strong ale.

a - gorgeous amber with delicate long lasting white head and lacing.

s- hops, malts and er um throat lozenge

t- starts like an ipa, slides like a red and ends like a barleywine

m- see taste

o- fun and interesting beer, not an everyday kind of thing

Serving type: on-tap

05-10-2012 05:52:56 | More by bfellows

gregmoscetti

California

4/5  rDev +10.5%

05-01-2012 00:09:17 | More by gregmoscetti

Retsinis

California

4/5  rDev +10.5%

03-08-2012 21:47:27 | More by Retsinis

UCLABrewN84

California

3.58/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Library Alehouse in Santa Monica, CA.

Pours a clear dark orange with a bone colored head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Chunky rings of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of citrus fruit and citrus zest. Taste is of malt, citrus zest, and herbal hops. There is a medium amount of bitterness with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp yet medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer but nothing too exciting here.

Serving type: on-tap

02-20-2012 07:03:04 | More by UCLABrewN84

RexF

California

3.83/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This is a surprising beer. It smells very hoppy but has a very light flavor up front. It starts like a mellow amber ale but finishes strong with all kinds of flavors and boozy warmth.

I like this a lot, i'm just not sure when I would drink it. Not that I would refuse it if anyone was pouring it for me.

Serving type: on-tap

01-22-2012 03:52:41 | More by RexF

charlzm

California

3/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Consumed January 15, 2012 at the brewery.

Beer is a cloudy caramel brown with a very fine off-white head a finger thick.

Aroma is a little smoky with a bite of spicy pepper.

Flavor has a spicy bite up front that carries over to the mid taste. Soft caramel malt up front and light bitterness on finish bracket the peppery midtaste. Did they add persimmons to this or something? Slightly sweet. Imagine a watered down Arrogant Bastard with virtually no hops and you get the idea.

Mouthfeel is unremarkable, save for a small amount of noticeable carbonation bite.

Drinkability is moderate, as this is more or less a one trick pony. If you don't care for that peppery character, you won't like this beer.

Serving type: on-tap

01-19-2012 17:46:10 | More by charlzm