6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
This is a fine beer. Nice fruity aroma with bananas and cloves. Hazy red brown in colour. Thinish but pleasant notes of bananas and cloves come out to make the palate happy.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2004
at 23:17
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Black with good brown head. Nose is roasty,chocolate & citrus, all at the same time.. Huge roasty espresso profile,well hopped,long bitter finish with a light alcohol heat.Chewy and complex. This is great stuff!!
Tried
on 09 Mar 2004
at 20:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This is one amazing beer! There must be a barrel of hops in each bottle. Aroma is hops. Flavor is you guessed it hops! The Beer is a nice copper color with a off white head. This is one of those beers you could put in you top 5 of all time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2004
at 17:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bearing in mind that I generally do not care for Pilseners my fondness of this beer stands out. ...... Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a pale yellow color with a medium sized white head. There is a crisp floral hop aroma with undertones of citrus. The flavor is initially mild with a sweet flowery taste that seems to just swirl around the tongue and provide a brief sour/malty aftertaste. One of the best pilseners I have ever tasted - but not so much as to make me much of a drinker of this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2004
at 11:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Poured a dark black brew with a huge foamy dark head. Aroma of roastiness and coffee are very present. Strong body with subtle taste of alcohol. Very complex, taste of coffee, caramel and chocolate are mix very well. One of the best Imperial Stout I had the chance of drinking. Re-rate (2007 bottling date with best before of 2012 and drank in 2013): Wow. Almost no oxidation with enjoyable notes of chocolate and roasted malt with light oxidation notes. Has kept better then I had expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2004
at 12:10
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Plain golden, small head... nothing special here... Skunky and sewery smell... not awful, but this really isn't enticing me to take a sip. Well the taste is much much better than the smell. Strong floral, but also bitter and crisp. However, it's not really my thing.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2004
at 06:01
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Paid $7.99 for a 6-pack. Nice burnt-orange color, with a decent head. Most of the IPAs I've had recently have had an extreme head, so this one is small in comparrison. Hoppiness in the nose, with a light citrus (grapefruit). Very nice smell, but not strong... I must admit, I love IPAs that smell up the room the moment I open the bottle. This one doesn't, but still has a nice aroma. Not quite as hoppy as I had imagined. I've heard for so long that I needed to try this since I loved IPAs/hops, and I must say, I'm a bit disappointed. I thought it was going to be insanely hoppy. Instead, it's nice hoppy. Anyway, it's still a good brew: slightly malty, pretty hoppy, hints of citrus, hints of pine, hints of pepper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2004
at 02:04
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
VAML is a pale yellow beer witha frothy head. The aroma is light hops. The flavor is a nice balance of hoppy sweetness, but lacked in intensity. The body was extremely light and somewhat watery. Nothing robust about this beer. Drinkable.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2004
at 02:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
A clear golden beer fills the glass under a dense white head. Hops meet the nose while preparinf the tongue for the well balanced sweet/bitter brew with the hoppy finish. Light, dry, and lively this is a refreshing Pilsner.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2004
at 18:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
The head came and went quickly on this clear yellow beer. Yeasty aroma with citrus and spice in there too. Sweetly acidic, this light bodied brew was softly carbonated with a finish that was a little drier. Slight alcohol as well.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2004
at 18:23