7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber pours dark brown with copper hues and light looking mocha head. The modest aroma has a bit of dark roasted maltiness, some rauch smoked malts and a touch of bacon. The taste has dark roasted maltiness and a bit of spicy black licorice rolling into modest levels of smoky sort of peatiness and smooth dry cooked bacon. Into the finish the spicy anise like note or black licorice sort of takes front stage here as the dark roasted malts and rauch float around in the background.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2012
at 20:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
22oz bottle at the May 2011 DC tasting. Thick brown-black. Steady beige head. Burnt smoky aroma. Charred coffee. Somewhat watery, but lots of burnt malt flavor, burnt bacon tones. Very nice, lots of smoky depth. A hint of warmth. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2012
at 20:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Tim. Pours black with white head. Nose/taste of smoked meats, smoked black malt, vanilla and smoked chocolate. Some charcoal in finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2012
at 19:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Oatmeal, whole orange, and daffodil nose, soapy. clear orange, thin yellow head. Much more floral om the palate. perfumey daffodil. Briefly vegetal and mossy at midpalate. Cracker finish. Somewhat resinous. Full flavored, medium body, sufficiently bitter for the style. On paper, this could make for a solid DIPA. Otoh, it doesn’t come together well and the flavors are unappealing.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2012
at 15:26
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Smoke aroma, with light coffee notes. Clear garnet brown, thin tan head, minimal lacing. Substantially smoky, but not to rauchbier levels. Tree bark and soil also present. Campfire smoke and twigs finish. Somewhat astringent, filmy mouthfeel. It must be me, but I’m finding I don’t like smoked porters very much.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2012
at 07:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Out of a bottle in pint glass. Massive turbidity. Orange-ish cloud haze with white head. Nose is cereal and corn. Sweet malt. Massive malt and sticky sweet pine. Hops are muted. Not great for the style, but drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2011
at 22:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Slightly hazy orange with a medium white head. Not as hoppy as expected. Malt, citrus, caramel. Bitter finish. Descent but far from the best DIPA that I have tried.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2011
at 15:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 22fl.oz.[ Trade by Meilby ]. Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, wood, light oxidide malt, moderate hoppy, fruity hops. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, wood, hop bitter, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111001]
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2011
at 10:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet malty, caramel, dried fruit and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 011011
Tried
on 01 Oct 2011
at 14:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. SLightly hazy amber with small tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel and fruit. Flavour is malt, caramel, rip fruit, fruit, little toffee, medium sweet, hops and a bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2011
at 14:00