3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours clear yellow with a white head. Slightly sweet grassy aroma. Flavour is extremely weak and watery, as expected, with grass, corn and sweet bready malts. Slight pilsner-like bite at the end. Not surprising, but this is quite non-stimulating.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2010
at 17:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at the 2nd annual SLC holiday tasting
Appearance: Clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing
Aroma: Caramel and floral
Taste: Floral and pine
A nice IPA to finish the night of great beers, food and people. Looking forward to next years!
Appearance: Clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing
Aroma: Caramel and floral
Taste: Floral and pine
A nice IPA to finish the night of great beers, food and people. Looking forward to next years!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2010
at 09:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Dark brown, small beige head. Nose of maple and brown sugar. Roasty palate with strong maple notes. Drinkable but too sweet
Tried
on 12 Dec 2010
at 09:22
7/10
maple fudge with reminiscence of dried maple syrup. Quite sweet though never cloying. Ends with a bit of bitterness.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2010
at 21:13
8.5/10
Blackberries are omnipresent but never overbearing. Very malt forward with some spices and maybe a whisper of bitterness.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2010
at 20:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Wow... I was not expecting much from this fruit porter, after having the Barley Days Yuletide Cherry Porter a year ago, and not really enjoying the mix between porter and fruit (cherry). This time, it’s blackberries, and it seems to work much better. This beer pours a dark brown, but not black, and has red highlights. Its head is nice and creamy, tanned, has great retention even staying all along, coating the brew and lacing all over. Fresh blackberry smell with some dark malt in the background and hints of butterscotch. Beautiful mouthfeel that refreshing, but not too watery and oily, with a little dryness in the end. The fruit is present in the taste, but very well-balanced with notes of roasted malt, caramel malt, coffee and molasses. This beer is so well-brewed, I really enjoyed it and would love to have some in cellar.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2010
at 16:41
7.5/10
Smoke and peat are predominant with a nice harsh but not quite bitter finish.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2010
at 19:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (shared by brunnsbe, thanks!). Quite much pitch black colour with not too much head. Aroma is smoked, some dark dry fruits, mild ashes and berries. Also some slight alcoholic notes. Flavour is dark berries, some ashes, mild smoked notes as well as some roasted malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2010
at 05:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
650mL bottle, pours dark reddish brown. Aroma of English hops and caramel malts. Flavour is essentially the same, beginning with the malts and finishing with very English-pronounced hops. Very solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2010
at 23:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a medium black color stout with a large off-white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light dry roasted malt notes with some notes clear notes of maple which are surprisingly quite enjoyable. Taste is also dominated by loads of maple notes with well balanced sweetness and some dry roasted notes. Body is a bit thin for style with some very good carbonation. Very interesting experiment with maple notes being clearly identifiable and some well balanced sweetness. Not sure I would have this often but well brewed nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2010
at 20:17