6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at GBBF 2007. Hazy pale chestnut with thick lasting beige head. Good smoke and a little herby, it’s got vegetables. But it settles down and is a good hoppy smoky beer. Almost like a best bitter. Nice intense hop. Bit over carbonated. Quite a fresh aroma. Just a little harsh from carbonation. Still, some smoke over it all. Loads going on . Grassy hop aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2007
at 11:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rating #500. 500ml bottle at Uber Tavern in Seattle. Pour is a murky reddish brown with a nice off white head, which lasted almost the entire beer. Aroma is smoke (charcoal) and spiciness - earthy , pine and berries. Taste is a perfect representation of the aroma - the smoke, earthiness, sweet berries and spice blend very nicely together. Had the perfect ratebeer experience for rating #500 - drinking with a new friend (after4ever) who I met through the site, at a bar (Uber) that I learned about through the site and drinking a beer I would have never tried had it not been for this site.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2007
at 09:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown color; huge head, just foam. Very malty, both the aroma and taste, a lot of caramel, very sweet, but also some off-flavors due to the over fermentation. Uncontrolled.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2007
at 17:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Creamy white excellent fully lasting head. Dark yelloow colour. Too cloudy and too many particles. Heavy hoppy and yeasty aroma. Nice hefe flavor, very spicey aswell. Creamy palate. nice hefe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2007
at 08:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Muddy brown colour. Moderate malty powerfull nice hoppy aroma. Not as good flavor. Light bitter flavor. A little harsh average finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2007
at 09:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Huge tan head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma is roast malt and fruits. Taste is roast malt and fruit with some yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2007
at 07:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Orange colour. Light malty heavy hopy nice aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average bitter finish. Oily palate. Average IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2007
at 11:43
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
500 ml bottle. Deep red, almost black body with a beautiful beige head. Aroma has roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Flavor is harmonic, roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. This is a creamy and smooth porter, but unfortunately I find the rather low alcohol causing an imbalance. I’m ending up with a beer feeling too watery to deserve a higher score for palate and overall. The appearance, aroma and first sip were lovely. I really prefer the ordinary porter from HB. Many British porters manage to be full-bodied at this alcohol percent. Sorry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2007
at 14:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle. Orange body with a beige head. Nice powerful aroma of grapefruit, apricot and peaches. Fruity, well balanced malt and hop flavor. A tasty and flavorful beer at only 4,5% ABV
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2007
at 12:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
2009-12-03, 6.5% ABV, 6-5-6-3-12=32
Beautiful red-amber color. I remembered a better beer; this one has some ashes in the aroma and even more in the flavor; there is a light smoke aroma; the flavor has a quite good caramel and a light smoke touch; correct bitterness. There’s some light spiceness, maybe the juniper; it just makes it a bit weirder, without making it better. The dryness of the ashes is disturbing.
2007-07-26, 6% ABV, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Cloudy brown color; persistent head, as the bottle keeps erupting foam. The aroma is a nice mix of smoked malt and German hops. Good body structure, malty taste, with strong smoke character, plus strong and aromatic hopping, and light yeast taste at the end. Very good.
Beautiful red-amber color. I remembered a better beer; this one has some ashes in the aroma and even more in the flavor; there is a light smoke aroma; the flavor has a quite good caramel and a light smoke touch; correct bitterness. There’s some light spiceness, maybe the juniper; it just makes it a bit weirder, without making it better. The dryness of the ashes is disturbing.
2007-07-26, 6% ABV, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Cloudy brown color; persistent head, as the bottle keeps erupting foam. The aroma is a nice mix of smoked malt and German hops. Good body structure, malty taste, with strong smoke character, plus strong and aromatic hopping, and light yeast taste at the end. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2007
at 16:36