8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Poured a hazy orange brown with a thick tan head that lasted throughout the beer. Aroma was full of caramel, sweet grain, raisin and a nice backing bourbon and light fruit. Flavor was full of caramel and sweet grains with some light fruit, raisin and a nice bourbon backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2010
at 12:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Provided by a very generous MN ratebeerian - thanks man! Pours a clear apple juice color with very little beige head. Nice soft aroma is sweet, fruity, yeast, and just a kiss of bourbon barrel. Mellow flavor of fruits and caramel, light spice, yeast, and again a very complimentary amount of barrel aging. Hint of toasted coconut? So mellow and smooth. Very nice, in fact excellent.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2010
at 09:08
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewpub. Poured pitch black with a thick dark brown head that dissipated completely, but laced nice and thick. Aroma was an amazing combination of dark chocolate and raisins with a bit of roasted malts. Flavor was just as great with dark/deep chocolate, raisins, and some roasted malt in the finish. Mouthfeel was extremely thick and sticky, giving an illusion of ’chewiness.’
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2010
at 22:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewpub. Poured a clear orange with a golden hue and a white head that dissipated to the edges. The aroma was floral and fruity with banana, plum, and clove showcased. Flavor started fruity with plum and banana which were joined by growing notes of sweet grain and clove.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2010
at 22:26
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
2008 version. On tap at the brewpub. Poured a clear ruby-amber with a white head the dissipated to the edges and laces. Aroma consisted mainly of sweet grain and molasses with a slight underlying tone of alcohol. There was also a hint of dark fruit on the nose. Flavor started with molasses and a bit of sweet grain. These notes were joined by prunes and raisins in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2010
at 22:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap the the brewpub. Poured a clear amber orange with an off-white head that dissipated to the edges and laced slightly. Aroma consisted of notes of caramel and sweet grain with a slight biscuit and undertone of light pine. Flavor started with biscuit and caramel and had a bit of pine coming out in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2010
at 22:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. Poured a clear orange amber with a slight grayish brown head that dissipated to the edges and laced. Aroma had a combination of pine and caramel with some underlying toasted grains. Flavor started with smooth grains with a growing pine hop and a slight grapefruit note.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2010
at 22:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. Poured a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipated to the edges and laced slight. Aroma had a combination of sweet grains, caramel and honey with a bit of underlying caramel. Flavor started with sweet grain, slight hay and growing honey that led to quite a sweet finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2010
at 22:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. Poured black with a brown head that dissipated slowly to the edges. Aroma had a nice combination with of strong roasted malt and slight smoke with a bit of backing oat. Flavor had a strong roasted note initially accompanied by some smoke that mellowed to a dark grain finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2010
at 22:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewpub. Poured clear sunset orange with a near white head that dissipated to the edges and laced slightly. Aroma had notes of earthy grains, caramel, toffee and a hint of backing alcohol. Flavor started with earthy grains and was joined a light caramel note with a bit of underlying alcohol.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2010
at 22:07