6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap today at the source. Pours a hazy medium golden color with a decent sized off white head that displays minimal retention with decent lacing. Smells of bitter pine with hints of citrus and little to no malt presence. Taste is harsh piney citrusy bitterness that lingers long into the end of every sip. Quite a drying enamel melting finish. Taste again has little to no malt presence. Medium body and carbonation level with a resinous almost sticky mouthfeel. The brewery calls this an APA, that is quite a stretch! It’s IPA if not a double although it might be a shade or two darker than guidelines. I found this to be flavorful, but the bitterness is a little bit harsh.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Dec 2011
at 15:50
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
I went into Milly’s today on a whim and was surprised to find this beer on tap, yes please. Pours a jet black color with a creamy beige head that displays moderate retention and lace. Smells heavy on the burnt caramel, anise, brown sugar and light roasted coffee and earthy hops. Frankly this wasn’t what I was expecting as I set the glass under my nostrils. Taste is bitter astringent coffee and roasted grains, hints of anise and molasses, burnt caramel, and a moderate earthy hop bite. Medium body, thick sweet burnt sugary mouthfeel, light to medium level of carbonation. Wow this one is a mess. It smells like a Foreign extra stout with too much dark caramel malt. Missing is any chocolate or dark fruit flavor, creamy mouthfeel, etc. I did not enjoy this one very much. Maybe I can try it in a couple of months after it has had time to settle down, but as is this is a pass.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Dec 2011
at 15:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the source. Pours a deep clear copper color with a decent white head that’s leaves a fair amount of sticky lace on its journey down the glass. Smells of hops, no really. Dank resinous pine mixed with grapefruit and other light citrus. Malt, uhm yeah, I’m sure there’s some malt in there but I can’t find it. Taste is an explosion of pine and resin moderated only slightly with citrus ala grapefruit and apricot. Malt, yeah there’s a hint of bread and caramel but its hard to find. Medium body and carbonation level with a dank sticky resinous mouthfeel. I really liked this dipa, its actually really good which surprised me a little.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Oct 2011
at 14:14
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours a solid black color with a minimal tan head that dissipates quickly. Smells of coffee, roasted grains and earthy hops. Lots of acridic almost burnt coffee in the aroma. The taste backs up what my nose found, acridic burnt coffee mixed with a light roasted grain and slight astringency. Finish is rather dry with a lingering coffee bite. Thin body, light carbonation, slick acridic mouthfeel. I did not enjoy this stout. The base beer doesn’t have enough body to stand up to the thinning affects of adding coffee to a beer. Its also a bit boring and did I mention acridic.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2011
at 14:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a solid black color with a smallish off white head that dissipates rather quickly, but does leave a fair amount of lace. Very sweet chocolate and caramel aroma. Smells like hershey’s chocolate syrup and little else. Taste is exactly as advertised in the nose. Chocolate syrup and milk chocolate with a hint of caramel and little else. If you like chocolate this is the beer for you, its tasty if not a bit one dimensional. Medium to thick body, light level of carbonation, creamy sweet and sticky mouthfeel. I really enjoyed this beer, in fact it was the only one that I got seconds of. Its tasty in chocolatey kind of way.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2011
at 13:58
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours a solid dark brown bordering on black with a minimal tan head that actually leaves a bit of lace in its wake. Smells of chocolate and an almost medicinal cheery aroma for the most part. A bit of caramel and butter are faint in the background, but this one is mostly chocolate and ludens cough drops. Taste is lots of caramel, light chocolate, butter and a faint tart cherry taste. Medium body, light level of carbonation, earthy mineraly mouthfeel. I really wanted to rave about this one, but I just couldn’t. The cherry flavor is barely there and what I do find is tart almost medicinal. Meh.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2011
at 13:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a deep dark brown color with a minimal tan head that shows minimal retention but does leave some lace. Smells nutty with caramel and toffee playing a supporting role. This ones all about malt, little to no hops in the aroma. Taste is nutty caramel and toffee with a bit of buttered popcorn and a slight astringency thrown in as well. Slight touch of earthy hops in the flavor with before a somewhat dry finish. Medium body and level of carbonation, slick toffee candy like mouthfeel. Decent brew that’s easy to drink.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Oct 2011
at 13:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a burnished copper color with a minimal off white head that shows little retention or lace. Smells of earthy piney hops with a smattering of toffee and caramel. Sweet sticky malt aroma with just enough hops to keep it from cloying. Taste follows the smell really well and adds a bit of a buttery component as well as a bit of a mineral bite. Light to medium body, medium to high level of carbonation with a sticky bubbly mouthfeel. Decent English style brew.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2011
at 13:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Orange hue in the hazy yellow liquid. Lots of tantalizing citrus and grapefruit in the aroma. Light retention in the pint. Flavor is exclusively hops. Name your hop and you can find it in this brew. Citrus, pine resin and grapefruit. Medium body. Very juicy and slick mouthfeel. Nice lingering hop bite in the finish, somewhat dry after the sip. Hop heads should really enjoy this one, I did. Something to be said about a freshly made, huge hop brew, from the source.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2011
at 17:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ brewpub. Served in pint glass. They offer a chocolate rim on the pint, (I declined that offer) Small thin, tan head. No head, no lace. Sweet roasted chocolate malt nose with light coffee. Soft carbonation with a nice chocolate and lite coffee notes. No hops here at all. Very creamy and smooth to drink, mouthfeel is medium. Lots of roasted malt. Nice drinker. Solid porter, nice and simple straightforward roasted porter.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2011
at 17:23