Subsidiaries
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle Pours a clear redish golden amber with a nice dense creamy white head. Lots of thick persistant lacing too. Aroma is plenty of hops of course but it has a sweet side, balanced well. Flavors are a strong hop character but again, nothing overwelms you. Rich dark malts are balanced with eht citrusy hops and there is a woody mellow flavor that brings it all together. Standard hoppy bitter trailer, a bit grassy, but not too sharp. A nice IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2004
at 20:04
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
A clear brown beer with a huge light brown head. The aroma is dominated by chocolate and coffee and is quite sweet. The flavor is sweet with notes of chocolate and roasted malt. A very delicious beer.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2004
at 17:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Blond color. Crispy aroma, a bit malty and lightly smokey. Some nice malt taste, residual sweetness, and bold final bitterness. Very good as thirstquencher.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2004
at 11:17
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cloudy blond color. Light malty aroma, a bit smelly. Almost a lager, poor Weizen character (because of the yeast, probably) and high bitterness. Not a bad beer, but different from the Weizen I’m used to.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2004
at 11:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Lots of hops go into this one. The 2004 vintage seems a bit better than last year’s brew. Maybe a little crisper? Nice copper/red color entices you to jump right in and makes this one a little darker than some of my favorite IPA’s. The flavor matches color, with a bit more of a malty flavor than most... which turns out surprisingly pleasant. Should be a year-round offering. 2006 vintage is nowhere near the product that Sierra Nevada has offered in the past. Flavors are buried under a wheat/grain dust body that covers up some of the more subtle offerings.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2004
at 22:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle Pours a nice brown black with a medium tan head and substantial lacing. Aroma is much like a dry stour. A bit sour and biting. Flavor makes me think even more dry stout. Dry sour and a bit too harsh. Lacking a little of that sweet dark maltiness. Quite smokey and of old campfires. Very dry and somewhat chalky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2004
at 00:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle pours a hazy red-amber with a modest head and thick even lacing. Aromas are syrupy sweet hops and bown sugar. A sweet woody hops flavor is up front with a fairly sharp alchol bite. Smooth feel and moderate carbonation. A barley wine with a well deserved high score. HeRftYDrf is a beer-sharing FOOL !
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2004
at 03:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
2004 version. Pours is a nice red with a white head. Aroma is very hoppy almost winey. Flavor is a dry hoppy bite with some malts at the back end. Very fresh and full bodied. Good stuff!
Tried
on 03 Nov 2004
at 19:10
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Tap @ Lucky Baldwins, Pasadena Anonymous nose. Golden, low carbonation and head. A bit fruit in the flavor, but overall lightish with a bitter finish. Not too exiting.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2004
at 12:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Slightly hazy golden color, short white head. Aroma of cascade hops. Sweet and bitter taste, like an american pale should be i guess. Nice beer. --- Beer merged from original tick of Pale Ale on 26 Sep 2017 at 20:35 - Score: 7. Original review text: Klassiekertje
Tried
from Can
on 03 Nov 2004
at 05:29