7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Pours Clear pale amber, medium white head, great lacing. Faint aroma of citrus, grapefruit and spruce, with a light floral note. Flavor same, light sweet, light bitter. Light to medium body. Quite refreshing and in my opinion not deserving of the low scores.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2012
at 08:19
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Bottle. Pours an amber brown with a thin tan head and little lacing. Something is off here. Aroma is sweet caramel and butterscotch. Taste is about the same with some nuttiness and a bit of hops to round things out. Not again
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2012
at 16:04
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Pours a light orange gold color. Small creamy white head with a little spotty lacing. Light citrus and malt aromas. Taste is malty with some hop bitterness. Ehhh
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2012
at 17:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dexters. Pours a thick, bright, fruity red with a beige-pink head, pretty steady. Sweet red-raspberry aroma. Raspberry Barleywine? Supposedly pretty strong, if so, covers the alcohol well. Very smooth and easy drinking, albeit a little watery and one-dimensional. Sort of nice still, natural raspberry aftertaste. Somewhat dulled down, could benefit from...something more. An interesting treat, much more raspberry than barleywine.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2012
at 16:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
This brew pours dark brownish-black with a thin khaki head that diminishes to a film eventually. Top ring of lacing with spots underneath. Mildly roasty aroma with notes of chocolate malt and coffee. Medium, somewhat creamy body with flavors of mild coffee, milk chocolate and malt. The finish is roasted coffee with a mildly bitter aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2011
at 07:11
2.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
12 ounce bottle from Woodman’s West Madison. Pours a slightly hazy brown with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention and lacing. The aroma is purely overwhelming diacetyl. Caramel, butterscotch, buttered popcorn, some faint nuttiness if I really look deeply. Ick. The taste is caramel, nuts, butterscotch. Not as bad as the aroma but almost cloyingly sweet. Very faint hops in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2011
at 14:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Old Fashioned. Opaque brown-black with a nice foamy beige head. Medium bodied and dry, with chocolate tones. Not so smoky, very mild at best. There is a grainy richness, assumably from the hemp seed. rather straightforward, except for the dry mossiness. OK, but certianly not World Class.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2011
at 09:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Old Fashioned. Medium dark amber orange-brown. Thin, patchy head. Not much in aroma, some faint soapy hops. Some off flavors in the background, buttery. Grainy, dirty mouthfeel. The hops do help to combat the off flavors. Watery, medium bodied. Lots of soapy, one dimensional hop tones. Pretty sub par offering, sessionable I suppose.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2011
at 21:28
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Draft at Old Fashioned. Hazy, cloudy golden yellow, kind of odd for an oktoberfest. Thin, filmy head. Some buttery off aromas, not horrendous, but still noticeable. Creamy, not really true to style at all, I don’t get any German lager notes. Medium bodied butter-fest. Miss. Failure.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 May 2011
at 19:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Dexters. 10%. Black-brown, a hint of orange. Cloudy. Big off-white/beige head. Rich caramel tones, very malty. Mild hops are quite overwhelmed by the sugar sweetness of the malt. A little boring as far as mouthfeel, almost watery, but still captures the style well enough. Big and brutal, resinous sugary chocolate finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Apr 2011
at 16:43