5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle-pours a dissipating off white head and hazy amber color. Aroma is bready/sweet light malt, light fruit, hint of herbal hops. Taste is herbal hops comes out first, then some spice hops with backbone of bready/light malt. Finish is herbal hops. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for picking this out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2009
at 18:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle from Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg. Pours a clear dark red color with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel, toffee and dark fruits. Taste is raisins, caramel, roasted malts and anise. Medium bodied with a creamy mouthfeel. I like this quite a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2009
at 00:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle from Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, VA. Pours a hazy red color with a medium-large frothy head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma is citrus hops, caramel and nutty notes. Taste is strong leafy, resiny and citrus hops with notes of caramel, butterscotch and almonds. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2009
at 23:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle from from Vintage Cellar. Pours a slightly hazy reddish copper. Medium head with decent head retention and lacing. Very nutty aroma with some caramel notes. Taste is bitter hops with caramel notes and some toastiness. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2009
at 23:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle from Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, VA. Pours a clear golden yellow color with a medium frothy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of toasted malts, grain, grass and a bit of corn. Taste is sweet malts, grain and a grassy finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2009
at 22:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Ruby brown-amber color with a respectable head. Sweet, fresh, and malty aroma. Sweet and smooth, a pretty well-executed Dopplebock, though it lacks some of the fruity/pungent yeast nuances found in some German examples. Creamy, with a balanced bitter edge. Really covers the alcohol well. Full flavored, but completely sessionable. Good stuff, way underrated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2009
at 22:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Once Upon a Vine - South on 02/21/2009. Clear deep cherry body with ruby highnights and a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet caramel and fruit aroma. Sweet caramel and light molassas flavor with some bready notes. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2009
at 16:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle-pours a dissipating light tan head and reddish copper color. Aroma is medium/dark malt, husky-toffee, medium fruit, some earthy/spicy hops, some alcohol. Taste is medium/dark malt, drying, husky-toffee, medium fruit, some earthy hops. Thanks jwc215 for sharing this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2009
at 08:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle. The color is a tan-orange, which immediately strikes me as un-Kolschlike. The aroma is mild and sweet. Not a bad beer, just misses the style. Not unlike an Amber really. Hmm. Some interesting smooth malty tones going on, quite earthy. Almost more of a hoppy light Alt. Disappointing, especially if you are looking for a crisp, light beer. I think it’s about time team Cape Ann took a trip to the Rhineland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2009
at 21:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Small dark-beige head over jet-black beer. Liquorice & lavender, pine or spruce, but not hoppy. Slightly peppery aroma too, maybe. Sweet, smoked and very roasted. Jumble of spices throughout, but no way of telling what - except some cinnamon impression. Bit uneasy balance. Medium bodied, very slick, grist. Not bad, but I get the impression that the intended flavours don’t work optimally together. Big thnaks to DavidA!
Tried
on 15 Mar 2009
at 09:16