5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Clear brown with a nice off white head. caramel, molasses and hop aroma. Thin carbonated palate. Caramel flavor with a hop finish. Nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2010
at 17:53
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled at the 2010 Indiana Winterfest. Poured a hazy golden amber with a small white head. Aroma had notes of cedar and pine and a hint of alcohol. Aroma started with pine notes, but the barrel aging seemed to have combined awkwardly with the beer.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2010
at 10:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle, $9.50/6pack at Binny’s. Popped when the Colts drew first score. Pours a big tan head over a brown body what shows light though as ruby highlights. Hell, as fine-looking a beer in this style as I know. Smell is mostly brown malts, a bit of Crystal, and this is a new enough bottle that I get some nice grassy fresh hops smell. Taste is lighter than the Newcastle minikeg I’ve been draining; a bit more caramel with a hint of coffee. No distractions in this beer travels from my lips to my throat. Just a darn fine brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2010
at 19:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Woody bourbon and chocolate caramel aroma. Dark brown color with small head. Chocolate malt, coffee, and ash/dry grass flavor - a hint of bourbon in the finish. Nice beer - a bit light.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2009
at 02:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2007 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a deep brown body and a fading tan head. Aroma of brown sugar, light meat, fruity esters and chocolate. Taste is estery wheat, wet dog and vegital. Light bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2009
at 09:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle - Pours very dark brown with a tan head. The aroma is heavy on the bourbon with some roast malt underlying it. The flavor is also heavy on the bourbon. There’s roast malt and some chocolate notes under there too, but I thought the body was too light for all that bourbon. In that sense it has the same flaw as the beastie barrel stout. It’s alright but could be better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2009
at 11:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at the Bloomington Beer Festival. Poured black with a dark brown head. Aroma was full of coffee and oat notes. Flavor had a combination of sweet chocolate and bitter coffee notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2009
at 13:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Bloomington Beer Festival. Poured chestnut with a light brown head. Aroma was malty with a bit of an acidic coffee bite. Flavor was well balanced with malty flavor that dominates a lesser bitter hop flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Oct 2009
at 17:52
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy pale gold with a thin white head. Aroma is full of wheat and yeast notes as well as a strong metallic aroma. Flavor is weak with a bit of wheat, a bit of citrus and yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2009
at 19:44
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at SBWF. Characteristic orange color with a decent white foam. Tropical fruits found in the aroma and taste but it was not an explosion of them. Nah, it was quite a bit anonymous still drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2009
at 07:26