6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at New Holland. Deep clear copper body, thin off-white head. Earthy hops, caramel, and fruity malt aroma. Sweet body, a bit thin, with plenty of earthy hops to go along with the fruity malts. Bitter, earthy, grainy finish. Medium-bodied. Pleasant, but nothing special.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2005
at 17:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at New Holland. Deep ruby-garnet red body, thin off-white head. Sweet fruity aroma, lots of sweet breads and berries. Flavor was berries, berries, and more berries, with caramel highlights and sweet breads, leading to a quick, short finish. Little alcohol presence. Very nice, but could use a bit more "roughage" to round out the "twigs ’n berries" profile a bit. Rich, sweet, and filling.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2005
at 16:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at New Holland. Deep opaque brown-black body, medium cream head. Strong black malt aroma, roast, coffee and baker’s chocolate. Lots of black malt bitterness in the flavor, a touch charred, with toast, a touch of plum, baker’s chocolate, licorice, and some piney/earthy hops in the finish. Somewhat leathery/salty with soy flavors. Too much emphasis on black malts and soy for my tastes, but it was still a decent sipper.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2005
at 16:57
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Randomly mashing together 2 styles does not a good beer make. Pours a clear amber color with a medium thin and short-lived off-white head. Very little lacing. Light citrus, wheat and caramel in the nose. Harsh and oily character, with bitter hops and citrus on one end and sweet malt and toffee on the other. The finish is kind of musty and bitter. I just did not enjoy this one very much.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2004
at 12:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a deep black with almost no head. Aroma is chocolate and hops. Flavor is sweet chocolate and dark malts. Hops come in at the end making this a very excellent brew. If i knew algerbra would make a brew like this i would have paid attention more in class.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2004
at 16:29
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
2004 bottle. Dark oak brown pour, with some barely perceptible deep amber tinges on the edges, small off-white/beige, disipating head. Aroma of bitter roast, dry hazelnuts and coffee, some strange astringent fruity notes. Flavor begins with some lightly dry toffee, some hints of milk chocolate and then quickly goes very dry and sour. Not sour as in sour yeast, but more of a sour milk, or sour/bitter coffee rind. Toasted astringent notes abound yet there is a stickiness to the body that is out of place. Heavily filtered and thin on the finish, I found the biggest problem to be the alcohol burn near the finish. The sweetness/body do not nearly hold this much alcohol and astringency/dryness. Stale, old and lifeless aftertaste that I find in a majority of New Holland bottled beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2004
at 16:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at New Holland. Rather hard to classify, as this ale includes honey and apple cider. I was told this is what New Holland considers their "sweetest" beer and I can’t disagree. Deep brown body, medium off-white head. Caramelized malt aroma with honey, apple, and a peculiar candy-like butterscotchy character. Butterscotch also permeates the flavor...aha, I figured it out- this tastes like those Bit-O-Honey candies. Cider and honey are strong and provide the aforementioned sweetness. Roasted notes and chocolate underlie the complexity of fruit and candy flavors. Quite yeasty and winey. Alcohol isn’t noticeable. Very interesting. I overheard another patron calling this a mead, but the apple cider and dark ale components stray from that formula. In any event, I liked this.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2004
at 15:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at New Holland. Deep sanguine red-brown body (probably the darkest brown ale I’ve tried), thin off-white head. Light aroma (I hate it when brewpubs serve their beers too cold), grainy and toasty/nutty. Flavor was very chocolatey and nutty with some raosted toasty aspects, kind of winey/grapey and woody. Has a tannin-heavy mouthfeel that coats the mouth. Just a touch of dark fruits before the long, roasted bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2004
at 15:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at New Holland. Cloudy orangish-red body, thin off-white head. Rather piney aroma, caramely, with a touch of fruit. Flavor starts with piney, bitter hops, soon softening to caramely, fruity malts before coming back with a yeasty, earthy, grainy and slightly bitter finish. Reminds me of their Red Tulip Ale (my favorite Amber) but hoppier and with less emphasis on Munich malts. This could probably be placed in a variety of styles, and that’s why I brought a growler of this "mystery" beer to marinaro500’s post-Thanksgiving gathering!
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2004
at 15:24
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
An amber beer with a disappearing orange head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel and alcohol. The flavor quite dry with hops and lots of alcohol. I like the concept Wheatwine.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2004
at 13:53