5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
[1/28/17] Bottle/Draught at RateBeer Best festival in Santa Rosa. Golden. Spicy, herbal (heather), sweet, malt, a bit of fruitiness. Not really my thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2017
at 17:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at the Flavor Bistro with the RBWG 2016 crew. Pours clear gold with a creamy, white head. Odd nose, light vegetal notes, biscuits, hay. Lightly sweet flavour, with more vegetal notes, dough, white bread. Light bodied with average carbonation. Bitter finish, with more doughy biscuits, hay, grass. So so overall. A very basic lager.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2017
at 07:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Flavor with the crew. Pours unclear gold with a creamy, white head. Nice nose, some pithy citrus, pale bread. Medium sweet flavour with hard bitter orange peel, pithy grapefruit, tangerine. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A little harsh on the finish, with bitter grass and citrus rind, light pine. Too bitter overall, not enough balance. So so.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2017
at 07:47
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Flavor Bistro. Pours deep brown with a frothy, tan head. The nose holds ashy roast, cocoa. Light sweet flavour, with ample charred malts, baking cocoa, strong roast, scorched earth. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Somewhat harsh and bitter on the finish, with more scorched earthy and ashy-woody dryness. Just OK.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2017
at 07:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From tap at Woods Brewing, Oakland. Black color with beige head. Malty aroma, roasted, coffee, chocolate, caramel. Sweet and bitter, coffee taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2017
at 13:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Flavor Bistro with all my RB bros. Pours clear, deep brown with a foamy, tan head. The nose holds toasted malts, caramel, light earth. Medium sweet flavour with more toasted bread character, more caramel, earth, dried berries. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish with earthy bitterness, hints of pine, toasted caramel. OK stuff. Pushes the limits of ’malt liquor’, I will add.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2017
at 21:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at SF Beer Week Opening Gala. Pours pale yellow. Aroma: Some butter and dirt, but also grassy hops and pale Malts. True to the Czech stile. Medium body,sweet and buttery, light carbonation. Sweetish medium.palate. okay, not my beer though.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2017
at 03:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at SF Beer Week Opening Gala. Pours clear dark amber. Aroma is toasted caramel, grassy hops, malty forward. Medium body, strong later bitterness, again lots of malt and long cooked hops. Long bitter palate. Okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2017
at 03:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at SF Beer Week Opening Gala. Pours clear brown. Aroma: Burnt lager indeed, little roast, but mostly pale malts and a nice veil of hops on top. Medium body, lots of toasted malts and nuts, quite bitter but also caramelly sweet. Nice
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2017
at 03:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at SF Beer Week Opening Gala. Pours black, smooth foam. Aroma is roasted and dark indeed. Medium body, liquorice, bitter. Dry, soft, smooth. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2017
at 03:17