7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
"Provided in a trade with someone from Philly. They bought this in a beer store in Vermont and I traded them a Long Trail Tripel Bag... Not a bad deal. Bottled on November of 2011. Poured into a Dogfish Head Glass. A - Poured a caramel and amber color with no head at all despite a vigorous pour. S - Chocolate malt and floral tones. I like the breadiness of this as well. Very unique to smaller breweries especially up here in Vermont. T - Mmmm. This is a delicious barleywine. Very smooth and tasty! I’m getting some chocolate and caramel with a bit of liquor taste coming through. It’s not very complex. M - Smooth indeed. I love the carbonation in it upon one single swish in the mouth. Good thing the flavor is good because it really stays with you. O - I’d like to buy this again. Tasty!!!!"
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2012
at 15:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22oz bottle-shared with jtclockwork-pours dark amber with a tan head. Aroma is brown sugar, then chocolate, orange. Taste is dusty cocoa-medium malt, earthy hops with some bite. Aggressive carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2012
at 21:56
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle-shared @Small Tasting at my place-pours black with red tint and a rich/foamy tan head. Aroma is resin, 2nd sweet dark malt-roasty. Taste is sweet resin/pineapple hops with some bite, cocoa/chocolate/roasty-dark malt. Taste is more complex than the nose. Ok carbonation. As it warms, some licorice too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2012
at 21:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
draft - Pours hazy orange with a long lasting off-white head. It has a citrus hop aroma and a corresponding flavor with nice grapefruit notes. There’s also a good malt backing and this medium bodied brew finishes with the expected lingering bitterness. It’s quite good. I don’t really understand the low ratings.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2011
at 18:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bomber pours deep rutty amber with minimal head. OK, let’s crack this Riddler. In the aroma I get big smashed cherries, brown sugar simmering plums and pomegranates as well as lesser amounts of earthiness and Christmas like spices. The taste is similar with bold cherry, plum and pomegranate fruitiness edged with a bit of roasted malts, earthiness and some yeasty spiciness. This is a bold fruity brew where yeasty spices and pomegranate tang attempt to balance the sweetness.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2011
at 20:43
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle shared at the 6th annual Richmond Industry Gathering, 11/27/11. Pours a hazy amber color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of caramel malts, bitter hops and some toastiness. The taste is bitter hops and pale malts. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2011
at 21:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 11/22/11
Aroma: The nose has a big citrus/orange component, along with some pine, resin, and caramel notes
Appearance: This one pours a copper-orange color with a beige head and some fairly heavy lacing
Flavor: The taste is medium-heavy sweet, its fairly citrusy, and has a nice pine/resin hop bitterness bite
Palate: This is medium-full bodied, with a sticky and creamy feel, average carbonation, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: I thought this was a very solid IIPA. It exceeded my expectations. From the first pop of the bottle it left a good impression, as it has a really nice initial nose. The rest of the beer is also quite solid, but it doesn't live up to the nose. Still though, it is a very solid DIPA.
Aroma: The nose has a big citrus/orange component, along with some pine, resin, and caramel notes
Appearance: This one pours a copper-orange color with a beige head and some fairly heavy lacing
Flavor: The taste is medium-heavy sweet, its fairly citrusy, and has a nice pine/resin hop bitterness bite
Palate: This is medium-full bodied, with a sticky and creamy feel, average carbonation, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: I thought this was a very solid IIPA. It exceeded my expectations. From the first pop of the bottle it left a good impression, as it has a really nice initial nose. The rest of the beer is also quite solid, but it doesn't live up to the nose. Still though, it is a very solid DIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2011
at 13:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bomber pours clear copper with full tan head. The aroma has some sweet citrus hop notes and some melon mixing with mild Belgian yeasty spices as well as pear and apple like esters. At times I seem to get some pine hops too. The taste is nice and chewy grapefruit hops, malt sweetened tangelo and then rolling toward increasing levels of bitterness. I only get the faintest spicy Belgian yeast notes before robust levels of bitter resiny pine hops take over. Tasty stuff with a pleasing balance between flavor hops and bitter hops and only light amounts of a Belgian yeast influence. I like it like that.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2011
at 18:56
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Deep golden color, reluctant off white head with poor retention. Aroma of grass and crab grass. Taste is extremely bitter with just a tad of citrus and funk. Interesting. Better as it warms.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2011
at 17:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a thick tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malty. Roasted dark chocolate malty. Mild fruity, spiced, herbal. Light sprouce note and nutmeg spiced. Lingering dark malty and roasted finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2011
at 13:46