7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bottlecraft - Little Italy, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma has a nice roasted malt character—more than you expect from a Schwarzbier—with dry, earthy breadiness. Flavour has a deep malt structure, with dry cocoa, medium roast, and crusty, earthy rye bready notes. Great roast and dark cocoa. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
from
Bottlecraft - Little Italy
on 13 Dec 2025
at 17:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Redwood tip red ale. Sweetish red ale, light herbaceous notes…that it’s tree tips kicks in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Nov 2025
at 02:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Cask pint at Toronado in San Francisco, California. The pour is a slight haze golden copper with a cask foamy head that lasts. The aroma is grass and soft floral hop. Very fresh nose. The taste is really gentle, with great balance between a soft cereal cracker malt and the floral, softly fruit sweet, hop. There is more grass to the pleasantly lingering finish. The palate is light bodied with a soft natural cask body and a crisp, dry, super clean finish. Really nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Toronado
on 13 Nov 2025
at 03:36
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can thanks to Jack! Pours a clear light yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice dry grass with notes of hay, straw and a slight herbal note supporting. Flavor has a nice grass and hay combination with straw and a slight herbal note underlying.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Aug 2025
at 00:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours light copper/amber with a slight, transient tan head. Nice aroma of amber malt and perhaps pepper (not Chili). Med body. Malty but dry. There's a hint of smoke up front. Some pepper, some melon, and definitely some grass/spice. Probably not smoke, but it seems rather like it. Smooth and tasty lager.
Tried
from Can
at
The Davis Beer Shoppe
on 14 Aug 2025
at 23:35
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
on 26 Jul 2025
at 18:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Review based on the BJCP2021 guidelines (style 8B adapted: US origin). Can 45 cl - batch undeclared (BB: undeclared - Canned on 03/11/25). AROMA: medium-high roasted malt aroma with a coffee character. slight bread crust. APPEARANCE: very dark brown to black color with very dark ruby highlights. clear. medium light brown head, creamy, with good retention. TASTE: initial medium-high roasted malt flavor (coffee, slight dak caramel) with hints of sweetness, quickly overtaken by medium-high to high bitterness from roasted malts and hops. finishes dry and roasted, with slight burnt notes. TEXTURE: medium-low body with medium carbonation. slight astringency. OVERALL: a schwarz-like beer on steroids. good for roasted malt fans.
Tried
from Can
on 05 May 2025
at 15:24
6/10
Resinous bitter hoppy with grass and floral herbal edge, medium body, bitter hoppy close.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2025
at 06:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This was quite nice. Big over the top hops. Oily, resinous, very dry and bitter. No malt to be found, just hops, and more hops. Nice stuff.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Poured from a 16 oz can dated November 27, 2024.
Aroma is fairly hop forward with notes of lemon, grapefruit, pith, and woody, piney, herbal notes. Light bready grain notes and hints of alcohol.
Pours a slightly hazy, yellow gold with a large, thick, pillowy white head that recedes to a small head that lingers in clumps. Fairly high lacing and faint legs.
Flavor has a light sweetness with medium light bready grain notes. Medium bitterness and faint alcohol notes. Moderately strong herbal, woody, piney hop notes with hints of grapefruit and citrus pith.
Mouthfeel is medium light bodied and a bit crisp with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid hoppy lager. I wish it were fresher so the dry hop notes could come though a bit better, but they have held up surprisingly well. Not as crisp as I was expecting, but still pretty crushable.
Aroma is fairly hop forward with notes of lemon, grapefruit, pith, and woody, piney, herbal notes. Light bready grain notes and hints of alcohol.
Pours a slightly hazy, yellow gold with a large, thick, pillowy white head that recedes to a small head that lingers in clumps. Fairly high lacing and faint legs.
Flavor has a light sweetness with medium light bready grain notes. Medium bitterness and faint alcohol notes. Moderately strong herbal, woody, piney hop notes with hints of grapefruit and citrus pith.
Mouthfeel is medium light bodied and a bit crisp with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid hoppy lager. I wish it were fresher so the dry hop notes could come though a bit better, but they have held up surprisingly well. Not as crisp as I was expecting, but still pretty crushable.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2025
at 00:45