7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Dragonmead, pours a clear pale blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out plenty of lacto, gentle tart citrus and a little acidity. Flavour is likewise tart and yogurty, with moderate acidity, yogurty lacto, and tart citrus. By the books and rather authentic. Nice to try an unfruited Berliner these days.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2020
at 03:22
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
12 ounce bottle into snifter; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours crystal clear nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger finger dense and rocky khaki head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, apricot, red apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, nuts, and dark/brown bread; with light notes of coconut, molasses, licorice, milk chocolate, cocoa, leather, tobacco, herbal, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roast malts, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, apricot, red apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, nuts, and dark/brown bread; with light notes of coconut, molasses, licorice, milk chocolate, cocoa, leather, tobacco, herbal, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Very mild herbal/roast bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, apricot, red apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, nuts, dark/brown bread, milk chocolate, cocoa, leather, tobacco, herbal, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roast malts, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and slightly sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol for 8.4%. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged scotch ale! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roast malts, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV, with the minimally bitter/drying finish. Perfectly balanced rich malts and fruity yeast complexity; with great bourbon barrel presence/integration. Not overwhelming or boozy on barrels. A highly enjoyable offering, amazing spot on style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2018
at 00:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2017. Pours a hazy yellow with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has sweet and dry honey with a bit of sweet apple coming through. Flavor has sweet apple, sweet honey and a bit of dryness underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Nov 2017
at 16:31
3.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 3
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear light gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has grass and grains with buttered popcorn backing. Flavor is full of buttered popcorn with some grass backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2017
at 13:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dark grains, roasted malts and a light vegetal note. Flavor has dark grains, roasted malts with a bit of bitter chocolate backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2017
at 13:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy light yellow with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has notes of bitter citrus with some light sweet grains and a hint of onion. Flavor has earthy citrus, light onion and a bit of sweet grains.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2017
at 13:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of earthy grains with a bit of raspberry and elderberry underlying. Flavor has lots of sweet raspberry, light elderberry and earthy wheat backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2017
at 13:32
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear straw yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy and sweet strawberry with some musty straw backing. Flavor has lots of earthy grains with some misery strawberry.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2017
at 13:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear deep amber gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is straight raspberry with some sweet wheat note. Flavor has earthy semi tart raspberry with some light grains backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2017
at 13:26
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of sweet strawberry supported by sweet wheat. Flavor has sweet strawberry, a bit of earthy rhubarb and sweet wheat backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2017
at 13:24