7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pour is a murkey brown with a small tan head. Aroma is strong caramel matls with a nice earthy hop backbone. Flavor is earthy and fruity with lots of peat-smoke bitterness. Alcohol is there but not a problem. Prob one of the best barleywine’s i have ever had. Yes it is as good as the hype.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2006
at 18:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pour is a complete black with no head. Aroma is dark chocolate with some coffee. I don’t really get the hops that the bottle told me i should be getting. Flavor is strong coffee and chocolate with a small amount of hops that finally show up. Very silky and smooth. Above average but not the best as it lacks the punch most impy stouts give you.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2006
at 15:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy yellow color with a thin white head. Sweet candi sugar aroma. Hints of spice and traces of banana.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2006
at 01:54
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, 12 ounces; eye: black with espresso-like foam that disappears quite quickly; nose: roasted malt, spices (smells like a spice cake I have made before); mouth: full in the mooth, foamy feel, coffee, bitter, oily texture, acrid; its acridness increases as the beer warms
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2006
at 17:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Murky orange-red-brown body, medium quickly dissipating buff head. A rare unfiltered doppelbock. Bready, caramely aroma with toffee, prune, and raisin. Plummy, raisiny body with bitter, perfumey notes, caramel, and toast. Sweet aftertaste with alcohol notes. Rich and dense, this is a very tasty doppelbock. Thanks Walt!
Tried
on 10 Feb 2006
at 17:33
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Rerate from a 2003 bottle at the Richmond Beer Industry Gathering 2006. Frothy tan head on a cloudy dark amber color. Aroma of caramel and molassas with some strong floral hops. Sweet caramel flavor blending with a floral hop background. Original Rating: 8/4/9/4/17
Growler from Whole Foods on 02/06/2011, 2006 vintage. Slightly hazy copper body with a small off white head Sweet fruit caramel and molasses aroma Sweet fruit flavor light caramel and spicy hints Medium full body mod carb 8/4/8/4/16
Growler from Whole Foods on 02/06/2011, 2006 vintage. Slightly hazy copper body with a small off white head Sweet fruit caramel and molasses aroma Sweet fruit flavor light caramel and spicy hints Medium full body mod carb 8/4/8/4/16
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2006
at 18:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a clear mild brown ale with a medium foamy slightly off-white head with great retention. Aroma of what I think is candi sugar is quite evident and well back by strong malt. Taste is also quite sweet, maybe even a tad too much for my liking with a dry hops finish. Not bad overall but just seems to be lacking complexity and yeast signature is way too discreet. Body is above average but could have been more full and bit more creamy. Interesting but I definitely had better beers from Victory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2006
at 10:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A little bit of a disappointment following a lenghty quest to acquire this one. Aromas is of apple, caramel, malt and light spice. Appearance is brown with tawny red highlights. Flavor is apple with sweet caramel flavored malts and a cider pucker that overpowers a bit at the end. Carbonation is a bit higher than expected and a little obnoxious. Slight viscosity overcome by carbonation. This would be much better without astringent pucker that detracts from overall enjoyment.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2006
at 21:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy brown colour with a tan head. Sweet bready and malty aroma. Flavor is malty and fruity, hints of raisin. Sweet malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2006
at 13:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Lightly hazy dark brown with a small, off-white head. Malty, somewhat vinous nose. Fairly full-bodied with sweetish, roasted accents and heaps of malt. Decent all right but fails to impress. 270106
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2006
at 02:12