7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Barwa ciemnobrunatna, beżowa piana, dość obfita, umiarkowanie szybko się redukuje. W aromacie mleczna kawa (możliwe, że to diacetyl), paloność, nuty chmielowe, ziołowe. W smaku półwytrawne, wyraźnie akcenty chmielowe, kawowe, czekoladowe. Goryczka średnia, w kierunku wysokiej, treściwość średnia, wysycenie w normie, umiarkowana kwaskowość, alkohol nie wyczuwalny. Co prawda jest sporo półgorzkiej czekolady, ale zbalansowanej sporą chmielowością. Niezły porter, choć bez robienia szału.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2016
at 02:57
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Black colour, rocky beige head, fair lacing. Aroma is intensive dark chocolate, roasted, alcohol. Medium bitterness. Full body, quite heavy. Good, but not spectacular.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2016
at 15:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Pours clear with great and longlasting head. At first intense aroma of citrus and white fruits, after a short while some aroma of grains and notes of alcohol. In the first few sips alcohol was not discerneble which is a good sign for 10 abv, but on the other hand malts are not sweet, the beer is pretty dry as for 24 plato, malts are not so sweet, which means there is nothing that can counterblance the weight of alcohol. Bitterness is quiet good and balanced, some aftertaste of burnt popcorn (although equinox was not sued but maybe from mix of other hops). Luckily there is very little alcohol in aftertaste, dominant are bitterness and citrus, white fruity, with a hint of piney hops. However durgin the drinking the bitterness can be perceived as produced partially by alcohol which means that it could have been hidden better or fermented to less than 10,5%. I was expecting that this will be a Triple IPA instead of Barley Wine (and actually I love Triple IPA’s) but this is rather a Westo Coast Triple IPA - extremely dry ;) Personally I prefer Triple IPA’s to be a bit more malty (not even mantioning the level of maltinness required for the label "Barley wine"). Still it is a very good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2016
at 16:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Keg at Chmieliarnia Twarda, Warsaw. Hazy golden, small head. Huge aroma of pineapple and lychee. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Tangerine, passionfruit and lychee. Intensely hoppy and fruity. Sweaty bitter finish. Sweet but filled with fresh hops.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2016
at 11:39
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled at Chmielarna Marszałkowska, Warsaw. Hazy deep golden. Intense perfumy peach aroma. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Loads of juicy peach, warming and doughy. Mid bitter finish. All about peachy hops and alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2016
at 06:25
6/10
Tried
on 06 Feb 2016
at 06:14
6/10
Tried
on 06 Feb 2016
at 05:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Chmielarna Marszałkowska, Warsaw. Black, small beige head. Piney citrus and licorice up front. Mid sweet with medium-full body and well rounded mouthfeel. Asphalt, chocolate and citrus. Soothingly creamy with growing bitter finish. Nice!
Tried
on 06 Feb 2016
at 05:31
6/10
Tried
on 04 Feb 2016
at 05:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Hoppiness, Warsaw. Clear amber, mid sized head. Generous aroma of lychee, citrus and pears. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Lightly fruity, dominated by citric passionfruit hops. Mid bitter finish. Solid.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2016
at 05:23