El Dorado - Aztec Brewing Company

mactrail

California

3.05/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

This is a darker amber than the usual Blonde golden color. Modest foam with an average carbonation. A faint nose of buckwheat and something lemony.

Some malty taste of a generic beery sort with a little sweetness. After that, the flavor is just bitter without anything aromatic. There is a little of the Pale Ale browned biscuit taste. This actually tastes more like the fruity English hops are buried here. I don't know why they like to call it "Kolsch style," there is certainly nothing of the perfumey German hops. This reminds me of the New English Brewing beers that are vaguely British but rather flat in flavor.

From the 22 oz bottle bought at Liticker's in Ocean Beach.

Serving type: bottle

02-19-2013 06:48:26 | More by mactrail

kendellmarie

California

3.5/5  rDev +5.7%

10-01-2012 21:53:48 | More by kendellmarie

Irrationalist

California

3.5/5  rDev +5.7%

04-25-2012 03:38:56 | More by Irrationalist

UCLABrewN84

California

3.5/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Aztec Brewing Company in Vista, CA.

Pours a clear honey orange with a tan head that settles to a film on top of the beer. A curtain of lace forms on the glass on the drink down. Smell is of sweet malt and some fruity aromas. Taste is very much the same. There is a mild herbal bitterness on the palate after each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is easy drinking.

Serving type: on-tap

03-07-2012 01:32:30 | More by UCLABrewN84

HopHead84

California

3/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

11/26/2011

On tap at Aztec Brewery.

A: Yellow gold with a small white head that quickly fades.

S: Mineral, a touch of apple, and a little bread. Light and simple but not unpleasant.

T: Big mineral flavor with an assertive hop bitterness. Malt is soft, imparting notes of bread. The finish is pretty clean with a trailing bitterness and evident astringency.

M: Light in body with moderate carbonation.

Overall: A little more mineral than I typically like and a bit too bitter.

Serving type: on-tap

11-27-2011 17:03:08 | More by HopHead84