5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Bluegrass, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out earthy hops and biscuity malt, not much of an aroma really. Flavour is along the same lines, with earthy hops, some resins and biscuity malt. A little sticky and resinous on the finish. Not a whole lot of depth to this, but it's okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 21:23
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
On tap at Bluegrass, pours a deep dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma brings out toasted malt, a bit of dark cocoa and earthy notes. Flavour is along the same lines, with stale earthy notes and dull bready malt. Stale and lifeless. Bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 21:23
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
On tap at Bluegrass, pours a hazy copper golden with a small beige head. Aroma brings out metallic notes, piney hops and somewhat stale biscuity malt. Flavour is a bit stale, with metallic notes, stale biscuity malt and old hops. This just isn't good.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 21:22
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at Bluegrass, pours a cloudy orange with no head. Aroma brings out not much anything, maybe some light wheat. Flavour is dull and lifeless, with toasted biscuity malt. Not much to write about here.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 21:22
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From Nov 2007
This one pours from 12oz bottle(bottled 10 07) a very dark brown with a 1 finger head of tannish foam that quickly leaves the scene leaving just a ring around the glass and there's almost no lacing.
The smell is delicate to me. I can just detect some faint notes of wood and maybe some vanilla?
The taste has a nice bourbon flavour up front with some vanilla backing it up. After a few more sips, I can taste some dark fruit and toffee. The mouthfeel is fairly light as is the carbonation and it finishes with a bitterish hot cocoa flavour. Hmm...I don't notice the abv at all but I'm sure *that* will catch up to me later. ;^)
Btw, the more I sip, the more I notice a somewhat watery finish..I mean, it really loses a lot of its character there and it wasn't exactly power packed with flavour in the first place.
All in all, I'd say it 's a good tasting brew of the style but, I don't know, it's missing that certain oomph to make it special. At least, to my tastebuds. I'm glad I got to try it but it's turning out to be something that I wouldn't try hard to seek out again. YMMV.
This one pours from 12oz bottle(bottled 10 07) a very dark brown with a 1 finger head of tannish foam that quickly leaves the scene leaving just a ring around the glass and there's almost no lacing.
The smell is delicate to me. I can just detect some faint notes of wood and maybe some vanilla?
The taste has a nice bourbon flavour up front with some vanilla backing it up. After a few more sips, I can taste some dark fruit and toffee. The mouthfeel is fairly light as is the carbonation and it finishes with a bitterish hot cocoa flavour. Hmm...I don't notice the abv at all but I'm sure *that* will catch up to me later. ;^)
Btw, the more I sip, the more I notice a somewhat watery finish..I mean, it really loses a lot of its character there and it wasn't exactly power packed with flavour in the first place.
All in all, I'd say it 's a good tasting brew of the style but, I don't know, it's missing that certain oomph to make it special. At least, to my tastebuds. I'm glad I got to try it but it's turning out to be something that I wouldn't try hard to seek out again. YMMV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2017
at 08:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark amber with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is toasted malt and caramel. Medium body, caramel, rye, raisin, light finish, good
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2016
at 17:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is bread and dark fruit. Medium body, raisin, toasted malt, light dry finish, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2016
at 17:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is cocoa, roast, dark fruit. Medium body, cocoa, sweet, light dry finish, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2016
at 17:33
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy orange with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is orange candy and floral. Medium body, orange zest and floral, light bitterness, ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2016
at 17:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark brown ruby hue with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is roast and cocoa. Medium body, toasted malt, caramel, light dry finish, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2016
at 17:30