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
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep brown beer with a slight moka head. Nuts and malts aroma with roasted malts in mouth, with some nuts and molassess. Good body. A pleasant beer (DRAFT) 26/04/04-Bottled-Deep brown ale with a pleasant nose of caramel and malt, sweet maltsm, with nutella comes out, slightly woody, with juist a nice touch of hops in the end, medium bodied. Still a nice beer. Brewed in Ol' Plattsburg.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2004
at 23:37
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pale yellow beer with a very german lager nose. Biscuity fresh taste but very little body. Slightly tart. so so
Tried
on 13 Mar 2004
at 23:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Update (original rating, 4.4) - I recently had the bottled version of this beer, and it was not nearly the same as I remembered it to be - still a great beer, but the fresh, juiciness of the draught version is non-existant - do get some from the source! [growler] This is one great IPA - coper in color, with impressive lacing - crisp, fresh, mouth-watering hop aroma - wonderful balance of woody, hop flavors and mild, malty, sweet flavors - pine, sweetened grapefruit juice, gingerbread, biscuits - hops finish clean, but maltiness sticks around keeping your salivary glands working - if this brewery takes off and they bottle this stuff, it may well dethrone Hop Devil as the best IPA on the east coast - it’s certainly the best in the northeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2004
at 19:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark amber colour with a thin white head. The aroma was pretty fragrant and pretty malty. The aftertaste was potent and lasted quite a long time. I sampled the Lake Placid 46'er IPA and hated it, but figured I'd give this a tasting (blind--not from a review), and it turns out I was pretty impressed by Lake Placid this time around. Try this beer and not the 46'er IPA. I tasted this on tap at MacGregor's in Rochester, New York.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jun 2003
at 06:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark amber; light woody hop, caramel and faint phenols in the nose. Balanced palate – wood, caramel, brown sugar, hint of grapefruit, with a finish that brings substantial maltiness so that it borders on sweetness – I should not that this is more balanced than bland.
Tried
on 23 May 2003
at 07:11
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bought the bottle, just because it was an IPA at my local beer store that i've never seen before. Golden colour with a decent head. Smell of just about nothing, but some hop character, but not much. Taste of barely an APA to put it that way. Not much hop presence and barely a flavour. You don't really need to try this if you are looking for a beer you would WANT to drink. Aftertaste of some citrus, but not much more than that. Try again Lake Placid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2003
at 20:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma is roasty and lightly fruity - tiny bit of lacing - a well-hopped English Strong - tiny bit of spice - a bit lacing in body and complexity - this seems very similar to their 46er IPA, the only real difference is the roasty quality to the flavor and aroma and the slightly higher maltiness.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2003
at 21:38