7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours black with a dark chocolate brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has roasted malts with a bit of sweet dark grains and a hint of dryness. Flavor is similar with slightly dry roasted malts and some sweet dark grains.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2016
at 14:55
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Brown. Spicy, licorice, caramel, piney hops, sweet-bitter, roast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 07:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy deep amber red with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of sweet grains and sweet blackberry with some toffee underlying. Flavor starts with toffee and bread and has a slightly tart blackberry note supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2016
at 21:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber orange with a tan head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has a combination of earthy grain and grass with a hint of pine supporting. Flavor has a nice grass and bread note with a bit of pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2016
at 20:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a hazily light yellow with a gold hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has a good amount of tequila with some sweet fruits, Belgian yeast and some sweet grains. Flavor has a good amount of sweet fruits with Belgian yeast and a tequila finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2016
at 20:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Growler at RBWG, thanks jackassl. Reddish brown appearance with a brown head. Burnt sugar, caramel, nutty, lightly herbal nose. Lightly smoky, chocolate, toffee, heavy piney, nutty flavor. Decent.
Tried
from Growler
on 30 Jan 2016
at 20:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewpub. Pours black with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges quickly. Aroma is sweet dark grain and coconut forward with a hint of chestnut supporting. Flavor us a bit more coconut heavy with dark grains supporting and a bit of toffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jan 2016
at 21:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear deep brown with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of nuttiness with some sweet slightly dark grains and a bit of bread. Flavor has sweet chestnut and sweet grains with a bit of bread underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2015
at 15:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewpub. Pours near black with a slight ruby hue and a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of dark grains and a bit of roasted malts with a decent amount of dark fruits and chocolate. Flavor balances chocolate, dark fruits and dark grains with hint of licorice and roasted malts underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2015
at 15:17
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a near clear amber orange with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has an odd chocolate and spice combination with a bit of pumpkin underlying. Flavor is very sweet with a mismatched combination of sweet chocolate, sweet grains and vanilla.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Dec 2015
at 19:31