5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
bottle - Pours dark amber and smells strongly of caramel malt. The taste is also of sweet caramel malt but unfortunately includes an off sour flavor that suggests infection. This brew still manages to be medium bodied, but what good be a tasty scotch ale is badly flawed by the sourness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2011
at 13:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce bottle from Siciliano’s in Grand Rapids, MI. Opened 9/1/10. Pours a dark brown color with a thin tan head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel, toffee and diacetyl. The taste is cherries, toffee, diacetyl, raisins, caramel. Medium bodied. Not bad, but a little bit off.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2010
at 15:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Half gallon growler courtesy of my little sister Lori! Thanks again. Pours clear ruby mahogany with thin white head. The aroma is sweet apple, sugary grapes, some beats, ripe rich plums and some yeast. The taste is nice and sweet with red apples, dates, plums, sugar soaked raisins, some beat sugar and a mild level of spicy yeastiness. Nice offering.
Tried
from Growler
on 27 Aug 2010
at 19:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thanks ibrew2or3 for opening this growler. amber color, light tan head. lots of fruits, caramel malts, Belgian yeast presence, getting some currants, dates, apple, plums, candi sugar, caramel sweetness..
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2010
at 06:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Deep murky red-brown body, thick tight cream tan head. Estery nose, bananas and clove in addition to brown sugar and toasty malts. Complex body, with notes of clove, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, dark fruit, grapes, and bubblegum, almost cola-like, quite leathery/salty, with modest alcohol presence. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2010
at 20:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Served on draft at Hopcat in Grand Rapids. Pours a slightly hazy lemon yellow color with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Fruity aroma with notes of apples, caramel and pale malts. The taste is sweet grainy notes, light grassy hops and a fruity finish. Medium bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2010
at 21:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to my wife!: Poured a dark brown with a tan head. The aroma is light on the nose roasted malt and barley. The taste is a mix of grassiness and woodlands, very earthy and roasted malt. Reminds me of taste of hunting in dank dark woods.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2010
at 11:31
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to thirdeye11. Small white head golden body. White grape, grain, coriander, spearmint. Fizzy, dry, mint, pear. Dry and and lively bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2010
at 10:57
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap. Poured black with a thick yellowish brown head that lasted throughout the beer. Aroma was full of light chocolate notes that clashed a bit with a honey night. Flavor began sweet from the honey but transfered to more of a milk chocolate finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2009
at 10:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to my wife: Poured a orange copper color with a off white thin head. Aroma is sweet malts and hops. Taste is rich in malt and yet suttle hoppiness keep the tongue alive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2009
at 16:29