5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazy straw color witha medium sized creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of big basil notes, thyme and citrus. The taste is big basil notes, soap, citrus, faint pale malts. Medium bodied. Way too heavy on the basil.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2013
at 19:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft at the brewpub. Pours a hazy pale yellow color with a medium sized creamy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of toasted malts, bread, spice, dry citrus. The taste is bread, spice, citrus and earthy notes. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2013
at 19:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the brewpub. Pours a clear red color with a thin white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of caramel, toasted malts, toffee. The taste is toffee, caramel, berries and faint herbal notes. Medium bodied. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2013
at 19:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at the brewpub. Pours a clear copper color with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of big rye notes, earth, caramel, citrus, toasted malts. The taste is caramel and toasted malts with a big rye finish. Medium bodied. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2013
at 19:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Had this at the NOVA Fall Brewfest. Poured golden yellow color with a small white head. Aroma is light malts caramel, and a touch of herbal hops. Flavor is caramel, malts. This beer was smooth and had a pretty clean finish. Refreshing Oktoberfest beer.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2012
at 19:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Served on draft at the Virginia Craft Brewers Festival, Devils Backbone, 8/25/12. Pours a clear copper color with a thin creamy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of caramel, stone fruits, floral hops. The taste is very fruity with caramel and toasted malt finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2012
at 14:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Served on draftat the 1st Annueal Virginia Craft Brewers Fest, Devils Backbone, 8/25/12. Pours a clear amber color with a creamy brown head. Decent head retention. Aroma of caramel, smoke and earthy notes. The taste is caramel, smoke and faint astringency. Medium bodied, clean and refreshing. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Aug 2012
at 18:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled at the Capital Ale House VA Beer Festival in 2009 and rated now from notes I found in an old rating book. Pours a clear straw color with a thin head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma of sweet malts with faint corn notes. The taste is bitter grassy hops and peach-like fruit notes. Medium bodied,
Tried
on 16 Aug 2012
at 18:15
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Served on draft at the brewpub. Pours a clear dark brown color with a large frothy brown head. Good head retention. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, bitter coffee. The taste is coffee, roasted malts, sweet chocolate and a bitter hop finish. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2012
at 19:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Served on draft at the brewpub. Pours a hazy orange color with nearly no head. Aroma of honey, citrus, wheat, banana and big spicy notes. The taste is wheat, caramel, honey, tropical fruits, spice. Medium bodied with slight lingering spice. 700th Virginia rating!
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2012
at 18:57