6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and solid hoppy. Bitter, toasted and caramelish. Light breadish. Roasted and lingering dark malty finish.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2014
at 07:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours dark reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma has notes of malt, licorice, chocolate, nuts and floral. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long caramel, nutty and fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 10:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
A clear, auburn colored beer with a dense, finger-thick beige head. It’s roasted and nutty on the nose, with some toffee and coffee hints. Toffee, coffee, nuts and roasted malts in the flavor, some bitterness. Full body and a soft carbonation. Semi-dry. Lasting finish, but unfortunately equally boring as the aroma and initial flavor. Quite nice anyway though. 140829
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 10:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear dark brown with a lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt and dark chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. 290814
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 10:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate and caramel. Flavour is light roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, medium sweet, little dusty, hop and a medium bitter.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 10:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, toffee, vanilla and hops. Nice.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2014
at 10:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Copper beer with a dark cream head. Grapefruit aroma. Light cocoa and grapefruit flavor with malt and pine. Medium bodied. Light cocoa and pine linger with grapefruit and light caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2014
at 16:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Bine & Vine. Pours translucent gold with a slight white head. Tart cherry aroma. Med body, almost. Flavor is tart cherry, brett, then graham. Fairly dry. :) This is a mild sour/wild. Perfect for a day in the pool. Or anywhere perhaps. Not getting much wood. There’s light horse blanket. Very, very drinkable, but might not satisfy the dedicated sour head.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2014
at 18:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours hazy golden orange with a small fizzy white head that quickly dissipates to nothing, no lacing. Aroma is oaky, fruity, tart cherry, vinous, quite nice actually. Flavor is like a subdued version of the aroma, dry and light tart, not much funk going on, oak and vinous notes dominate, not a lot of cherry coming through. Not getting the diacetyl flavors of the first reviewer. I find this to be pleasant and drinkable, quite subdued in character with an oaky fruitiness dominating over the lactic and Brett notes. I expect this will develop complexity as it ages, but right now it is pleasant and drinkable. Lightish body, minimal carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2014
at 16:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle (seems partially bottle conditioned, at the very least unfiltered and bottled with a highish cell count). Pours with a mildly hazed peach hued body with a small white head that is quick to fade. Aromas are floral, stone fruit, wet wood, seltzer water (mineral + carbonic bite), cherry skins, a bit of underripe plum. Oak vanillins. Flavors show a young brett character (cheerio), toasted malt, mild tartness, tannins, vanillin, very subtle cherry character. Oak lactones, lots of wood. Pretty subdued, but not bad overall. Oddly similar barrel presence to the other beer brewed in San Jose with a similar name. Medium acidity, very tannic finish, somewhat watery, moderate carbonation. Not bad overall.
After reading the other review, I must say, I get zero VDKs and I am pretty sensitive to diacetyl. Just a young brett character and a stronger than I’d prefer amount of wood.
After reading the other review, I must say, I get zero VDKs and I am pretty sensitive to diacetyl. Just a young brett character and a stronger than I’d prefer amount of wood.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2014
at 17:17