6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle Pours a clear bright orange-amber honey color witha small but creamy and lsting head. Sweet light malt aroma with notes of apricots and faint citrusy hops. Flavor was hoppy and bitter up front and a bit overpowering of the nice malts that hinted in the aroma, and the relatively hight ABV was apparent,. A woody sharp aftertaste and a nice rich feel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2005
at 22:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Light tan-amber colour. Piney, citrusy aroma. Rich woody hops, balanced by light bready pale malts. Woody, earthy with a hint of grapefruit.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2005
at 10:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep red body, thin light cream head. Big toffee aroma with raisins, caramel, and a touch of prune. Yeah, it’s like a holiday dessert. The flavor isn’t as interesting, but it’s still pretty nice with toast and a touch of toffee and dark fruits, notes of caramel, and hints of red grapes in the finish as well as bread. Nice balance of toasty and sweet flavors. There may be a touch of spicing too (cinnamon?). Thanks Dan (jah noth) for the bottle!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2005
at 23:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle Pours a nice rich clear mahogany, with very little head and just enough off white ring to maintain fine lacing. A good malty aroma includes apples, cinamon, caramel. Slight alcohol as well. A woody, malty flavor that hides the ABV quite well. Flavors are fairly subtle, nothing really reaches out and grabs ya. Mild, easy, and soft. Not much carbonation, and a slightly chalky feel at teh end. Easy on the hops and not much bitter on the aftertaste. Nice seasonal from the PNW. Thanks to a non-RB friend for this reccomendation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2004
at 22:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Dark ruby color with a small white head. Spice and malt aroma. An almost creamy mouthfeel. Xmas spices with some opange peel and sweet malt/toffee flavors. There’s a spicey hop underlying everything, but it’s just a tad too sweet with the malt
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jul 2004
at 19:15
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Comments Hazy gold,small head.Light malt nose. Light malt start, crisp hop finish.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2003
at 12:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at brewery Cloudy amber,lasting beige head.Light citrus hop/sweet malt nose.Big tart grapefruit profile,soft carbonation and mouthfeel. Good balancing malt in back
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2003
at 08:06
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Light fruity nose. Faintly fruit malt palate with decent body for the style. I also had it at the Archer
Tried
on 08 Jan 2003
at 20:19
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cloudy brown, tan head.Spiced,light malt alcohol taste.Good lace Didn''t care for it
Tried
on 03 Jan 2003
at 13:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Beautiful golden orange color with. Great flowery hop nose.Light malt foretaste, citrus hop mid, with stong hop bite at the end. A good one!
Tried
on 01 Jan 2003
at 15:58