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Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular|
Score
6.84
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with a medium sized foamy brown head. Sweet and malty with strong molasses and ginger. Long finish. Moderately full bodied
Tried
on 31 May 2021
at 01:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16 oz can poured, picked up clearly off season at The Cave, Kirkland. Poured blind in the locals only tasting, while watching the game. Wish you were here, Tcon! We are stuck trading off blind pours over here. Dark ruby brown pour, a patchy fizz head. Tons of gingerbread. A dessert stout for sure. I can't tell if I would pick it out right away in a blind, but since I know what this is, it's obvious. A good amount of spice. A very fun Christmas like brew to be enjoying here on June eve. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jun 2018
at 03:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Blackish beer with a dark cream head. Ginger aroma. Ginger and light molasses flavor. Medium bodied. Ginger and light molasses linger with light malt.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2018
at 00:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can. Barely translucent dark brown color. Small creamy tan head. Bold ginger nose with a hint of molasses. Flavor follows nose. Notes of ginger, molasses, graham crackers, dried fruit and Jamiriquia. Thank you.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2017
at 23:33
7/10
Last night.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Nov 2017
at 18:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can into snifter, canned on 9/28/2016. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge ginger, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, anise, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, toasted brown bread, light coffee/molasses, and herbal/roast/toasted earthiness. Nice aromas with good complexity and solid balance of dark/roast/bready malt and spice notes; with great strength. Pretty strong on the spices in the aromas, but not too overwhelming. Taste of huge ginger, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, anise, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, toasted brown bread, light coffee/molasses, and herbal/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/spice and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of ginger, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, anise, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, toasted brown bread, and herbal/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and spice flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitter/spiciness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, lightly sticky, and slightly chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 8.5%. Overall this is a very good spiced imperial stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and spice flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Powerful spice aromas, but more balanced in the taste. This is still very perfumey/vibrant on spices either way. A very unique, but very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2017
at 19:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can. Very strong ginger, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Black with moderate brown head. Very sweet strong gingerbread, light chocolate malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. A ginger bomb - not quite overwhelming but close.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Apr 2017
at 20:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Can: Rubied, deep brown-black with a creamy tan head. Ginger, chocolate aroma. Semi-tangy ginger, chocolate malt, caramel taste. Gets slightly peppery and warming after a while..... A hefty dose of ginger in this one.....but not really "gingerbread"... A decent body, and a lot of flavour, but not a great balance.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2017
at 18:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pint can from Kroger. This will be brewery rating #400. Pours deep brown with a soft beige to tan head. Aroma is gingerbread cookies, sugar. Smells quite sweet, almost too sweet, but for some reason it seems to be hitting the spot with my nose right now. Flavor is gingerbread cookies: cinnamon, ginger, sugar, perhaps molasses. However, there’s a strange undertaste (not chalky, thank god). Aroma is better than the flavor - it’s quite strong.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2017
at 16:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can thanks to rich. Pours out dark brown almost black topped with a sand head. Nose is big cinnamon ginger bread sweetness. Taste is more of the nice ginger bread man cookies nice sweet and spice.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2016
at 21:10