5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle @ Greg’s dump, pregaming Trailhead Tuesday. Pours an amber, clear appearance with an off white head. Sweet biscuity, bready, caramel aroma with grapefruit and tangerine. Decent body. A bit of butterscotch. Caramel. Pretty high bitterness. Not very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2014
at 19:04
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Dark golden body with small rocky head, but lots of chunky lacing. Aroma is pure malt, more malt in the taste with a touch of some sharp hops. some lingering bitter finish.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2014
at 18:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking straight up black color with a one finger off white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. It left some nice light clingy lacing.
The smell had a nice blend of roasty to sweet malts coating some nice bittersweet citrusy hops.
The taste took those flavors and blended it fairly easy. There was a nice roasty and slightly citrusy aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed to do its due diligence to allow a decent sharpness pounding my tongue into submission.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good black ale worthy of having again.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking straight up black color with a one finger off white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. It left some nice light clingy lacing.
The smell had a nice blend of roasty to sweet malts coating some nice bittersweet citrusy hops.
The taste took those flavors and blended it fairly easy. There was a nice roasty and slightly citrusy aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed to do its due diligence to allow a decent sharpness pounding my tongue into submission.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good black ale worthy of having again.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2014
at 23:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle @ Greg’s dump, picked up at Supermarket Liquor. Pours a reddish brown with a light brown head. Light cocoa and caramel aroma with a bit of coffee. Dull carbonation. Light fruitiness. Some chocolate and roast in the flavor. Kind of boring but not horrendous.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2014
at 17:36
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Reviewed from notes.
I poured this into a pint glass.
The appearance was a decent looking dark brown to black color with a decent looking one finger white foamy head that ends up leaving some decent spider web lacing.
The smell was mainly malty but roasty as well. Lightly spiced with what seems to be perhaps some ginger, and cinnamon.
The taste was kinda sweet roasty and winter spiciness allowing a decent spicy aftertaste leading into a dry finish.
On the palate, it sat at/about a medium with more of a sipping aspect to it than sessionability. No worries at 7% and being a winter warmer, it is where it should be.
Overall, I say this was a fairly good winter warmer I’d have again.
I poured this into a pint glass.
The appearance was a decent looking dark brown to black color with a decent looking one finger white foamy head that ends up leaving some decent spider web lacing.
The smell was mainly malty but roasty as well. Lightly spiced with what seems to be perhaps some ginger, and cinnamon.
The taste was kinda sweet roasty and winter spiciness allowing a decent spicy aftertaste leading into a dry finish.
On the palate, it sat at/about a medium with more of a sipping aspect to it than sessionability. No worries at 7% and being a winter warmer, it is where it should be.
Overall, I say this was a fairly good winter warmer I’d have again.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2014
at 01:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle from the Spring variety pack. Aroma is pretty muted, but there’s faint honey, floral notes, grain, generic beer. Pours slightly hazy golden with a one finger white head with decent retention. Taste is much like a pale lager with a faint hint of honey sweetness. Forgettable. Second thoughts: this started to grow on me after a bit. The honey comes through more strongly after sitting about 10 minutes, making it go beyond the mostly pale lager it seemed to be at first. Also, a hoppy bitterness makes itself known in the finish. Much better than my first impressions.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2014
at 20:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle from the Spring variety pack. Aroma is malty, orange circus peanuts, bready. Pours almost clear copper with a one finger cream-colored head with decent retention. Taste is bittersweet with a lingering bitter finish. Has the flavor of an English pale ale, but then that bitterness hits, which is very APA. It’s like a hybrid of the two styles. Mouthfeel is creamy, finely carbonated. Flawed, but not terrible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2014
at 19:54
8/10
Tried
on 04 Jun 2014
at 07:22
6/10
Tried
on 04 Jun 2014
at 07:20
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours a hazy orange colour with a small, short lived white head. Aroma of apricot, caramel and wheat. Sweet flavour of apricot and wheat with a dry, citric finish. Light body, watery texture and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2014
at 23:48