6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from New Beer Distributors, NY
Beautiful dark mahogany color; generous creamy head; sticky lace. The aroma is perfumy, with caramel, creamy, not much hoppy, maybe soapy, a noble touch of yeast. Medium body strength; dark caramel flavor, spicy (pepper); reasonable bitterness, a bit dusty and with a very light soap impression. Quite strong final bitterness. No hop qualities. Unimpressive, somehow boring.
Beautiful dark mahogany color; generous creamy head; sticky lace. The aroma is perfumy, with caramel, creamy, not much hoppy, maybe soapy, a noble touch of yeast. Medium body strength; dark caramel flavor, spicy (pepper); reasonable bitterness, a bit dusty and with a very light soap impression. Quite strong final bitterness. No hop qualities. Unimpressive, somehow boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2011
at 15:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
I can finally expunge this one from my “wants” list after it had been on there for years. Thanks John. This 2009 vintage pours clear copper with tan head. The aroma is modest in strength with malts, some floral hops, pine and some tree sap. The taste is pretty smooth with pine hop resin, some spicy hops and a bit of floral hops too. Toward midway spicy hops, earthiness and a touch of roast come forward to create a near black tea like sensation.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Apr 2011
at 19:36
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 4
Overall 8
I’ve gotten several bottles of this in trades so I’m not sure how old this bottle is. Pours a solid black with a big fluffy tan head that sticks around for a while. Nose is of chocolate syrup, a bit of perfume, some brown sugar, carob powder, a touch of alcohol. Taste hits with chocolate syrup mixed with hops. The hops push their way through the middle battling with some alcohol and dried dark fruit and winning, only to succumb to the roasted malt finish. Very complex taste, it seems I picked up something new with every sip, very nice! Mouthfeel is oily and resinous, body is medium at best, carbonation is a bit high. Very nice complex tasting stout. Lower the carbonation and up the body and I’d drink this every day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2011
at 17:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap. Poured a clear gold with an amber hue and a white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was full of biscuit and bread notes with a hint of backing sweet grain. Flavor was similarly malty with bread in the start and a bit of a sweet biscuit finish. Definitely missing a hop profile.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2011
at 06:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Clear copper with a white head. Medium aroma of citrus and lemon hops, light earth, and light malts. Flavor has a more noticeable lemon flavor with citrus, light caramel sweet malts and a subtle sourness. Decent but one was enough that night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2011
at 09:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Used a snifter. Color is a hazy amber red. The head was large at first but died down to a bubbly thin layer that left lines of lacing. Nose is citrus/ orange and piny hops, pleasant aroma. Makes me think of snapping a pine branch. Taste is grapefruit hops, mild bitterness. Piny hops,resin. Aftertaste gives a puckering affect. If I would ever drink this again, it would HAVE to be an aged bottle. I wouldn’t drink a young bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2011
at 16:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle courtesy of MaltDawg at the 13th Richmond Gathering. Thanks! Pours a clear amber with a large white frothy head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of leafy hops, pale malts and a soapy note. The taste is citrus hops, some tropical notes, pale malty notes. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2011
at 17:01
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle, 2 years old. Dark brown with red and lace. Oxidized aroma, winy, with roasted malt, chocolate, berries and raisin. Flavor of wood, charcoal, roasty malt, dark chocolate. Very light body, think and fizzy. Decent. Probably better fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2011
at 04:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
This ale poured a deep orange colour with a awesome, tan coloured, frothy head. Slightly cloudy. To the nose there was scents of corn, hops, sweet malt, caramel and cheese. First sip was slightly watery but the flavour wasn’t. Hopps start off and get stronger in the flavour. Other flavours of caramel and spruce only add to its flavour.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2010
at 18:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Growler. Not really a DIPA but a nice American Strong Ale. Lots of caramel and spicier malt notes. Hops are pine resin with a little bit of grapefruit pith. Body was a little thin for the relatively sharp flavors but that was probably emphasized by coming from a growler that had to make a cross-country trek.
Tried
from Growler
on 19 Oct 2010
at 00:14