5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
I am not overly familiar with this brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a chestnut color with a large tan head that faded quickly. The aroma was sour malts and was mildly vegetal. The flavor is bitter chocolate, light tangy malts and a mildly nutty undertone. The finish is a mix of dry chocolate and nut. The taste is really more like a brown ale than a typical octoberfest. The taste was not too bad which was a welcome discovery given the rather questionable aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2005
at 15:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Black and opaque with a handsome, creamy head. Lovely hoppy nose. Surprisingly sweet with great notes of caramel. Lots of roasted malt, lightly burned flavours. Very lovely. 031205
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2005
at 15:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
bottle - This tastes like a pretty standard IPA with the characteristic powerful hops flavor and aroma. It’s decent, but I don’t detect anything special here. It’s an average IPA choice for any hop head.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2005
at 18:11
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Nice wheat ale,hazy golden in color with a cream colored head. Acidic taste with citrus overtones. A good wheat ale.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2005
at 19:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle - Pours with minimal head, very dark brown, strong malty aroma. Flavor dominated by roasted malts. It’s easy to drink and tastes like a fairly typical porter to me. I’m not getting the Scottish part that’s advertised.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2005
at 22:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle - This is a nice pale ale, and is on the high end of the bitterness scale for the style. It has a somewhat malty aroma, but the taste and aftertaste is dominated by the hops. This brew is a pretty good choice, though certainly not the best of what’s probably my favorite style, the pale ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2005
at 20:29
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
bottle - I don’t understand the "bitter" comments. It doesn’t taste even a little bitter to me. It would probably be better if it did. It’s a okay ale, but mostly it’s boring. Better than a Bud, but nothing to get excited about. This "Tire Bite" ale definitely needs more bite. Maybe that’s the style of golden ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2005
at 21:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
An opaque brown beer with a lazing though collapsing brown head. The flavor is sweet and very roasty, while the flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, roasted malt, and chocolate combined with hops. Nice one.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2005
at 16:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Strong peach malt and hops aroma. Orange-red-brown color with small head. Slightly sweet peach malt flavor with strong hops finish - not too overpowering. Nice flavor with nice bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2005
at 13:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Sweet grainy malt aroma. Light yellow color with small head. Slightly sweet/tart malt aroma with hint of hops in the finish. Favorably comparable to the German Koelschs.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2005
at 11:36