5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle: Poured a medium black color ale with a nice foamy off-white head with standard retention. Aroma of roasted malt is kind of weak and I could not find anything else really. Taste is also a bit thin with some roasted malt and not much else going on. As mentioned, body is thin and carbonation is low I’ve had much better beer form that style to truly care about that one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2005
at 09:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured an copper color ale with nice thick white head with good retention. Aroma of bitter hops is clearly distinguishable. Taste is comprised of a nice mix between floral malt and bitter hops. Body is a bit thin for my liking but this still make for a refreshing drink in the summer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2005
at 14:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle-pours an off white creamy head. Color is a hazy orangy/copper. Aroma is malty. Taste-not balanced, and don’t care for the flavor of these hops. Good carbonation. A little bite. Didn’t deliver as anticipated from the visual and the aroma. rerate–on tap-pours a white head with gold/copper color. Aroma is faint malt. Taste is caramel malt, flat hops. OK carbonation. 3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2005
at 13:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle-pours a tall light tan head. Color is deep copper. Aroma is hops-grapefruity. Taste is bitter grapefruit, aftertaste is a flatness and a little bite. Colder is better. rerate–on tap-3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2005
at 13:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2004 bottle, a bit of age behind it. Dark mahogany-ruby-brown. Big, yellow-tan head, quite lasting. Sediment in the bottom of the bottle, unpasteurised as well. Looking at my notes, this beer was quite the wild ride. It begins with a floral hops aroma, with some light mocha in the background. Light roast, anise and a strong black malt influence, or deeply kilned chocolate malt, that might be a bit too overdone. Flavor begins with lovely roasted pork, coffee, smoke, floral/minty hops. Mint sauce with lamb, toasted almonds and bitterness to finish. It seems to be going wonderfully, but then the notes take a turn and suggest that it has too bitter, earthy hops, rooty bitterness, celery stalks, ginger-like spiciness. Hops take over as it warms.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2005
at 14:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
GOlden ale with a nice hoppy resinous aroma. Deep malts dance with citrusy hops and light nuts. Medium bodied. Pleasant IPA.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2004
at 20:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at Brewtopia ’04 Large head on a clear, deep amber beer. Malt, weak hop aroma. Lacks the robust malt and hop signature, and heavier body of a good IPA, more of an APA or ESB. Drinkable but a little thin.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2004
at 18:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Brewtopia ’04 Clear, deep mahogany color. Good lacing. Malty with a slightly smoky aroma. Over this has a malty profile with a slightly bitter hop finish. Not a bad beer, but not up to an English Strong Ale IMO.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2004
at 18:41
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Orange to brown in colour, with a proteinic haze, Caramel malt aroma with little hops. Malty with very grapefruity, almost bilous hops,harsh. No diacetyl noticed though. A big disappointment.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2004
at 19:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep amber coloured body with a large off-white 'microfroth' (stolen from the land of espresso) head. Aroma purely of citrus and piney hops. Medium-bodied; Strong hoppy flavour which lasts long in the palate! Aftertaste shows a lot of the hop character while still bringing some malt character through. Overall, a nice heavily-hopped beer! I sampled this on draught at MacGregor's in Rochester, New York on 21-January-2004.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2004
at 01:03