Reserve Kill Devil Brown Ale
Widmer Brothers Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Regular|
Score
7.04
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Aged in Puerto Rican rum barrels, and brewed with Sweet Barbados and Blackstrap molasses, palm sugar, and Calypso hops, Kill Devil’s flavor and name were inspired by the ingredients used by Caribbean distillers.”
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Widmer, pours a hazy amber with a small beige head. Aroma reveals rum barrels upfront, with notes of dried dark fruit (raisins) and caramel. Flavour brings out a rum bomb, with very far back secondary notes of raisins and other dried fruit. Boozy, but well-balanced and drinkable in small amounts. Decent beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2014
at 08:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Mason Lounge, listed as a Barleywine, so sort of rated from that perspective. Amber-copper body, looks filtered. Lots of rising carbonation bubbles meet an off-white, creamy head. The molasses smooths out the already malty beer. Adds some sweetness too. Creamy and smooth, this would be a fun beer to bring to a tasting. Almost has some Cream Ale tones incorporated into the rich amber malt. Vanilla touches. Quite nice, well executed.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2014
at 23:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Clear dark brown pour with a minimal tan head. Aroma of caramel, brown sugar and a bit of alcohol. The flavor is sweet, no hop flavors, all caramel and brown sugar that was hinted to in the aroma. I was expecting more perhaps, but no flaws, no excitement either.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2013
at 10:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
28th October 2012
Clear red - brown beer with a good pale tan head. Smooth palate, dry. Smooth malt, trace of caramel. Belgian like Coca Cola flavour. Traces of marmite and raisin. Dry finish, with a little spice.
Clear red - brown beer with a good pale tan head. Smooth palate, dry. Smooth malt, trace of caramel. Belgian like Coca Cola flavour. Traces of marmite and raisin. Dry finish, with a little spice.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2013
at 04:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Hal & Al’s. Pours a hazy brown color with a medium khaki head that recedes slowly. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt and rum. Medium to full body with flavors of roast malt, oaky rum and mild hops. The finish is sweet with a rum and molasses aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2013
at 14:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber bought at Super 1 in CDA, ID. Pours murky brownish-orange with a medium collapsing beige head. Aroma is strong in artisan caramel, molasses, booze, licorice. Taste is sweet with a little bitterness in the finish. Flavors of licorice, wet dog, rum. Oily mouthfeel, full body. Smells better than it tastes, but this is not bad.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2013
at 19:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Pours with a lightly hazed brown body with an off-white head. Aromas are of red fruits, rum, caramel, low oak, sweet, tropical fruit, molasses, brown sugar and nutty. Low esters. Flavors are super sweet, slightly metallic, caramelized, toffee. Diabetes sweet. Rum, brown sugar, malty, nutty, metallic, grainy. Medium carbonation, warming, chalky, medium bodied. Not repeatable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2012
at 14:47