7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounces of a 750 ml bottle (2014) poured into a tulip-style goblet. Pours a clear amber/golden orange color with 1-2 fingers of off-white head that fades moderately. Nice head retention leaving a half finger ring around the glass. Sparse lacing. Aromas of wine, a little oak, berries, stone fruit, honey, slightly medicinal/boozy notes. Tasting notes of wine, raspberries, subtle tart fruit, wheat, herbs and spices, light booze. Medium body with a dry and warm finish. Medium carbonation, slick mouthfeel. Interesting beer, would love to try the others in this series.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2014
at 22:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle - thanks brentk56! Pours lightly hazy orange with a small white head that dissipates fairly slowly and leaves decent lacing. Aroma is light overall, vinous, fakish-raspberry, some oak. Flavor is about the same, a bit of raspberry, some wheat notes poking through, oaky tannins, some wine. Light sweet, fairly tannic and a bit of fruit skin bitterness on the back end. Medium body, highly carbonated, a bit hot. Nothing amazing to be sure, but better than I expected given the ratings.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2014
at 16:17
6/10
Tried
on 15 Mar 2014
at 15:52
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle @ home, picked up in Charlotte. Pours a fairly murky dull yellow appearance with a dull white head. A lot of spicy coriander in the nose. Orange citrus / citrus peel, spicy yeast nose. Kind of soapy / potpourri flavor. A massive amount of coriander in the flavor. Low sweetness and bitterness. Not too great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 21:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can @ home, picked up in Charlotte. Pours a cloudy, dull yellow appearance with a nice, foamy, white head. A ton of spicy yeast in the nose that has a sort of nutmeg quality to it. Potpourri, lemongrass, tangerine also offered in the aroma. Slightly acidic and slightly metallic. Flavor is a bit dull, though the can was sitting on a hot shelf for god knows how long. A bit of banana and more citrus. A bit twangy. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2014
at 20:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours orange with white head. Nose and taste of raspberry, musk, vanilla, oak, white wine, wheat malt, banana and light sourness. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2014
at 16:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the RBWG 2014 grand tasting, thanks! Pours a cloudy dark brown with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of roasted malts with notes of dark fruits and dark grains. Flavor has bitter roasted malts with dark grains, dark chocolate and a hint of dark fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2014
at 19:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle purchased during RBWG in Asheville. Pours peach gold with white head. Nose and taste of chardonnay, oak, canned peaches and light earthy malt. Pretty straightforward. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2014
at 14:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at RBWG meet and greet. Pours amber with off white head. Nose and taste of sweet rasin, brandy, oak, fig, dark fruit and bready malt. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2014
at 19:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle - Light malts and sweet barrel notes. Cloudy copper with a thin beige head. Barrel and booze notes, with a sweetness that just doesn’t agree with me. The brandy, sweet fruit and yeast just put me off this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2014
at 10:13