Subsidiaries
3.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Purchased at Binny’s in Chicago, IL; enjoyed after a good work week, first Friday I’ve had at home in a long time. Since I used to go to school w/ this guy, and he was a nice guy, I figured I’d try out this brew that bears his family name (see what I did there...). Sorry but this beer just sucks. When I opened the bottle, foam exploded out and I had to let it sit for about a minute before it started to calm down. Appearance is a cloudy moderate gold with an annoyingly large while head. Aroma of clove, wheat, ale yeast. Taste is very carbonated, goes down like sparkling water, tastes somewhat like a Belgian wheat which is a bit odd. I’m not a fan, good guy, but a bad brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2013
at 16:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a dark, slightly cloudy amber with almost no head. Aroma of caramel malt and a good bit of dank herbal hops with a little medicated band-aid. Taste is light bitter. Band-aids, herbal and pine hops with a somewhat weak malt backbone. Medium bodied with a slick texture. Lively carbonation and a very long finish. Overall, pretty good. Probably one of the most flavorful steam beers I’ve had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2013
at 18:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a copper with a small white head. Aroma is a citrus hop. Flavor is more of that citrus hop with a minor caramel malt backbone. Not a world beater IPA but it has plenty of hop flavor with some chewy malts in the backround. Better than the rating on here.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2012
at 19:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Not impressed. Maybe the least impressive ipa to date. Nothin special about this - too bad really
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2012
at 19:43
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Single bottle from Binny’s. Pours a big bubbly head in a narrow 312 glass. Slightly spicy American Wheat smell. Taste has a bit of umami to it, later on I get a note of ale fruitiness. Mostly European hops, I think, with a finish of American cones. Small amount of sediment on the bottom gives the last inch or two in the glass a lot of floaties and a slight yeasty character. I find it pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2012
at 20:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear dark brown with a slightly amber hue and a brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of roasted malts with a bit of coffee and backing dark grains that have a hint of sweetness. Flavor has a good amount of dark grains with a hint a bit of creamy coffee and a bit of dryness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2012
at 13:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma is a nice caramel malt base with a nice hop follow up. Flavor is a nice hop resin with some caramel malt and sweet black bread. Probably the most flavorful "steam" beer and includes the original from Anchor.
Tried
on 05 May 2012
at 14:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Enjoyed at the Blind Robin in Chicago, IL with some friends. The bartender opened this up because we were complaining about the 5 Rabbit beer we purchased, he said he liked this one much more. I didn’t take notes, but from what I remember it was a solid Oktoberfest brew, pretty standard, mostly malty and pretty smooth. Not bad, I may try a bottle again sometime soon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2012
at 10:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Filtered orange-tan. Thin, patchy head. Some resinous orange pine hops in the aroma. Sandy mouthfeel, quite nice and hop forward. A really well done California Common, could go head to head with Anchor. Medium to full bodied, with a nice chewy, toasty malt body. Excellent balance. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2011
at 22:24
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
12oz bottle. Amber-brown. Big, intense beige head. Fruity, piny aroma, some faint cinnamon coughy syrup which gets worse and worse the more it warms.. Maybe this is infected, but tastes like a hoppy amber to me. Bitter, slightly soured, overcarbonated. Not bad per se, but hardly good. I take it back...bad. Infected for sure. Sorry guys.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2011
at 02:53