6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle at CaptainCougar’s local tasting, thanks! Bright and clear amber. Aroma of very light scotch. Taste is pure whiskey, over the top.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2011
at 15:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Full pint draft at the Harbor Public House on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Pour ia a hazed orange golden with a smallish white head. Nice lacing as the beer goes down. Aroma is gently toasted malt, along with a bright citrus and a more muted yeast garlic. Fresh and inviting nose. Taste is nicely unfiltered for a lager, with the toasted malt, lightly sweet caramel, citrus and yeast notes from the nose. The yeast carries the finish, which gives it a bit of an unclean taste. Palate is thin to medium bodied, nice bright carbonation and the aforementioned dirtier finish. This worked good with pub food.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 May 2011
at 12:37
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours copper with a bubbly beige head. Aroma is sweetish caramel. Med body. Flavor starts like cola. Not very bitter. Makes me think of marzen. Does finish more bitter than not.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2011
at 20:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by someone at Clusterfork 3. Pours with a deep brown body and a small off-white head. Aroma is a bit smokey, peat, dark fruits, caramel, figs, earthy. Flavors are a bit boozy, smoke, peat, caramel, dark fruits. Medium bubbles, decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2011
at 13:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to hophead82. Pours with a small tan head and a hazed brown body. Aromas of light smoke, alcohol, a bit of wood, earthy, caramel. Flavors of dark fruits, raisins, red apple, dates and light smoke. Very light wood contribution. Medium to light bubbles. A bit warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2011
at 13:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours light amber with a creamy/foamy off-white head. Aromas of fresh stone fruits and mild caramel. Med body. Comes off astringent to me. And floral. And fruity. It’s just delicious.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2011
at 19:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours dark ruddy amber with no head. Rich vinous and dark fruit aromas. Full bodied. Flavor starts oaky/vanilla, goes to sweet dark malt, and then there’s something like date/raisin/prune. A very little smoke towards the end. Finishes more sweet than dry, but far from sticky sweet. Oak at the end as well.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2011
at 17:40
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber courtesy of riversideAK. It pours brilliant clear copper with off white head. The aroma is full with spicy hops, grapefruit, pineapple and lemon grass. The taste is robust, just to style, with thick resiny hops dropping big bitter notes like pine, grapefruit, tangelo, orange peel and pineapple. It also carries a fair amount of hop flavor as well as a touch of the sweet malt base. Very yummy IIPA.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2011
at 14:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Brouwer’s. Pours orange gold with a foamy white head. Aroma is very floral/perfumey. Flavor is astringently fruity. Nicely bitter. Sort of a lingering oilness - definitely not diacetyl tho. This is a very nice medium light and quite flavorful ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jan 2011
at 19:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours dark ruddy copper with a beige head that left rapidly. Aromas of malt, spice, and perhaps a bit of vanilla. Near full bodied. A bit sticky. Malty. It is rather Xmas spice, but pretty light. There’s bitter, but barely enough, or even not enough to cut the malt. Bitter seems to be building tho. Even seems less sticky with time. Starting to seem a hint evergreen. Different.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2011
at 18:33