6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
20th Anniversary bottle via a trade. Pours with a fading off-white head and a hazy brown body. Aroma of caramel, vanilla, dates and cereal. Taste is caramel, tea, dark fruits and light suntan lotion. Fizzy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2010
at 08:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, Batch 002. Dark brown pour with a thick beige head. Nose of sweet malts, toffee, light chocolate. Flavor is rich with a strong, sweet malty backbone. Notes of caramel, roasted malts, dark fruits, brown sugar. More roasted malts on the finish along with some mild bitterness. Medium bodied with average carbonation, this brew is smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2010
at 09:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour. A little lackluster from at the start. Pours a light gold with only mild haziness. Barely any head. Nice clove, wheat and yeast aroma, which gives way to a pleasant, fruity flavor. Light bread hints and some sweet and tangy characteristics. Nice, medium bodied and well carbonated. This hefe builds to a decent finish, but nowhere near what I would like to experience.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2010
at 18:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Location: 750 ml bottle from Norm's, 2/22/10
Batch 002
Aroma: Aroma has lots of sweet toffee notes, some fruit/cherry, some caramel, yeast, and roasted malts
Appearance: Pours a clear dark reddish-brown color with a thin beige head, some lace too
Flavor: Taste is fairly malty, sweet, yeasty, fruit lighter then in nose, light bitterness in finish
Palate: This beer is quite smooth and very drinkable, a really nice mouthfeel
Overall Impression: This is quite on point for this style. It has a lot of flavor to it, and a really nice mouthfeel. It works nicely. Highly palatable and drinkable. Not one of those beers where a 750 feels like way too much beer for one person. This one makes for a very good malt-lead bock.
Batch 002
Aroma: Aroma has lots of sweet toffee notes, some fruit/cherry, some caramel, yeast, and roasted malts
Appearance: Pours a clear dark reddish-brown color with a thin beige head, some lace too
Flavor: Taste is fairly malty, sweet, yeasty, fruit lighter then in nose, light bitterness in finish
Palate: This beer is quite smooth and very drinkable, a really nice mouthfeel
Overall Impression: This is quite on point for this style. It has a lot of flavor to it, and a really nice mouthfeel. It works nicely. Highly palatable and drinkable. Not one of those beers where a 750 feels like way too much beer for one person. This one makes for a very good malt-lead bock.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2010
at 15:00
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Refrigerated bottle poured into a glass. Pours a light amber color with small head that disappates quickly. Still has fairly nice carbonation and some lacing. A little sweeter (pretty well balanced sweetness) and a little darker than your typical pilsner. Kind of in between a pilsner and an american amber.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2010
at 06:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle from Total Wine Richmond, VA. Pours a slightly hazy orangish brown color with a thin head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel, floral hops, cinnamon, bread. apple. Taste is apple, caramel, bready malts, cinnamon and a bit of an acrid, grassy finish. Medium bodied. Quite a good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2010
at 14:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy golden with a tiny short lasting head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and hoppy notes. Flavour sweet with peach and malty notes.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2009
at 14:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 75cl.Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, ryebread, toffee notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091123]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2009
at 01:33
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle 22fl.oz.Clear medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, oxidide malt, toffee, fresh fruity - berry, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090922]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 23:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy mahogany with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caranel and chocolate notes. Flavour was sweet with roasted malt, caramel and hints of hops. Finished bitter. Very nice.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2009
at 12:20