7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Slight haze in this golden orange pour. Large, creamy beige head and nice lacing. Nose is fantastic with tons of citrus, bright hops, grapefruit, and light caramel malts. Tastes a bit lost in translation from the awesome aroma. Citrus and florals compete with a soapy ending. Finished a bit brash. Damn, if it would have tasted more like the smell... Thanks Jordan!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2008
at 12:43
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of Maria. Pours a hazy, orangey brown with a bubbly, dissipating, off-white head. Lightly nutty aroma. Medium body with a gigantic carbonation that I doubt was ever intentional. Roasted malt and nut accents. The finish is dry without much bitterness. More of a Brown Ale than a Porter really. 290308
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2008
at 16:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with notes of roasted malt, coffee and caramel. Sweet flavor with notes of caramel and roasted malt and ripe fruits.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2008
at 16:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Black with red highlights, and a disappearing tan head. Lightly roasted aroma, some caramel and toffee. Sweet and roasted flavour with a lasting caramel finish.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2008
at 07:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle@fonefan/Brugmansia’s Cnudde tasting. Pours dark brown with a reddish hue and a crispy tan head. Light citric dry aroma with a minor roasted malt note, mild infection. Flavour is dry roasted malt with a light coffee note. Finish holds an initial light citric note and a solid bitter roasted flavour following. Nice roasted and mild lingering finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2008
at 13:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22 oz bottle purchased at 99 bottles in Federal Way, Washington. The label listed only Port Townsend I.P.A. (India Pale Ale). confirmed with the brewery that this is indeed Bitter End IPA. Pour is clear golden with some orange. Fizzy white head. Aroma is some dirty pine hoppiness - a bit of a wet cardboard smell. Taste of orange citrus hops, slightly sweet maltiness, and more of the wet cardboard dirtiness. I would try this again on tap, I have a feeling the bottling process was not kind to this beer. That or the beer was a bit on the old side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2008
at 14:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark ruby/tofee color with a small tan head. Rich caramel aroma with a citrus hops. Citrus/fruity hop flavor with some pine and sweet caramel backing. A bit of some darker malts. Summer fruit/cherry lingering with some sweetness. Alcohol is noticeable and comes on at the finish pretty strong. Time will tell if this gets better. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2008
at 22:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks to Suttree for sharing this at decaturstevo’s tasting. A fleeting off-white head forms over a medium brown body. Complex aroma of dried fruits and caramel. Sweet fruit flavor that follows the aroma. Decent Barleywine.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2008
at 07:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared by Styles. Clearish toffee brown-red body, thin buff head. Aroma of toffee and burnt caramels and a splash of prune and plum, with modest earthy hops. Toasty body with burnt notes, sweet caramel, and toffee, all somewhat oxidized. Moderate tartness. Earthy, bitter finish. Thins after a few sips.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2007
at 13:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle from Bottleworks. There was no date indicated on the bottle, so no idea what vintage this was. Pour is a clear brown copper with a very thin head that fades fast. Aroma of big sweet biscuit malty goodness. Not complex, but a nice nose. Taste is more of the malt and is really soft and really well put together (smooth). No heat whatsoever despite higher ABV. Nice Barley Wine. I would guess this was a year or 2 old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2007
at 08:30