Subsidiaries
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Rather muted, fruity rendition of the style.................................
Tried
on 18 May 2001
at 12:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
More Irish than hurling.....................................................
Tried
on 04 May 2001
at 01:45
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Crisp, fruity. Like the full gold colour, but the rest is lacking. Not indicative of Mr. Oliver's brewing ability.
Tried
on 04 May 2001
at 01:42
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Very much like Guinness, but a bit sweeter, fuller flavor and generally better all around. Its not nitro'd, which really helps it have a kick.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2001
at 23:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
A curious beer. More pumpkiny than anything I've ever had in this vein. Additionally, there were strong notes of cinnamon and cardamom - making this much like pumpkin pie. Nice but not something to drink more than taste of.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2001
at 23:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very nice and close to authentic, but heavy on the malt sweetness, reducing your ability to drink it in any quantity. Great yeast, though.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2001
at 23:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Whoa. This is one intensely fruity beer, with stacks of dark malt. A meal. (Well, it was. A fresh sample on March 1, 2004...brewed at FX Matt, btw...well, it was thin, astringent and borderline undrinkable). Another sample two weeks later, taken from the same batch, was closer to the way I remember it - maybe a little thin and lifeless but not nearly as awful.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2000
at 21:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
*sigh* I guess a brewery can't be perfect. While I've loved everything Brooklyn has produced so far, this is a disappointment. Its not bad tasting, but it has way too much hop flavor and aroma for a festbier. Further, the hop flavors actually dominated the maltiness one would expect from a festbier. I give it good marks for tasting OK, but its not a good Octoberfest.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Oct 2000
at 22:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
This is for the 2000 edition of the beer (specially brewed for the millenium). A unique American barleywine: not strongly hopped (although a mild hoppiness is present). It has a nice strong malt and yeastiness. Does not pair well with food, and is overall difficult to finish due to strength and boldness- but is a well made barleywine in the British tradition.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2000
at 23:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brilliantly balanced........................................................
Tried
on 25 Jun 2000
at 15:54