Subsidiaries
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
A pitch black beer with a chocolate brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of roasted bread and chocolate. The flavor is lovely: sweet malty with loads of roasted malt, chocolate, and coffee.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2004
at 14:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A light amber beer with a small head. The aroma is sweet with notes of hops, grass, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet and dry with notes of grass and hops. The end is rather dry.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2004
at 17:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a nice cloudy gold. Aroma is of yeast with some malts. Flavor is yeasty and malty but nothing realy stands out. Another summer im not fond of.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2004
at 19:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2004 Edition: Sampled 11/6/04. Still has the hallmarks of a very young barley wine. Pours a rather lighter brown than one would expect. Looks is very inviting, like a soda, but once you taste... I get impressions of brown sugar and maple syrup, but not too much. No complex aged components yet, but it still carried a good bit of IPA hops. Much more drinkable to the beginner (like my brothers and father who tried it for the first time) than one would expect of a big beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2004
at 01:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Golden beer with a faint spiciness in the aroma. Malt and grassy flavors but light and refreshing. Better than your typical lager, but not by much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2004
at 00:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottled, thanks SpringsLicker!
Very dark brown, firm creamy beige head. Roasty, coffee aroma. Dry and earthy, rich on choclate. Medium bodied. Hoppy and lightly citric with pleasant, soft, bitter finish. A clean and very classic porter.
Very dark brown, firm creamy beige head. Roasty, coffee aroma. Dry and earthy, rich on choclate. Medium bodied. Hoppy and lightly citric with pleasant, soft, bitter finish. A clean and very classic porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2004
at 14:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle Pours a very dark brown with verly little head or lacing and barley enough carbonation to feel. Aroma is a subdued coffee, nutty, and dark chocolate. Tasteed a bit plain with no real strong flavors. Coffee and dark roast grain. Not verry sweet. Slightly nutty and tasty in general. Finish was pleasant and smooth. A nice porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2004
at 01:33
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Not bad, but not really overly inspired either. +++Sampled from a 12 oz bottle this beer poured a pale yellow color with no real head to speak of. The aroma was light and of course hoppy - but really fainter than I would have thought. The body is light an kind of thin and watery which I found to be a real disappointment. The flavor was hoppy and mildly wheaty with a a bready aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2004
at 10:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours bright light golden yellow. Head was frothy and dissapated rather quickly. Not much lacing. Smells of light hoppyness and grain. A bit yeasty. Flavor was crisp and light, slightly of lemon and lightly bitter. The lasting finish was a bit bitter but not unpleasant. A good light beer on a hot day. But not particularly interesting.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2004
at 00:58
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Golden colour with a light sparkle. Big, clean bready malt aroma. Full body, light toastiness and more big bready flavours. Long and very well-balanced. A rival to Hofbrauhaus Maibock.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2004
at 15:13