6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16 oz. draft at the brewery. Pours a pitch black color with a dark beige head and good retention. Light lacing. Strong dark malt molasses aroma. Strange salty resinous flavor. Not enjoyable. Medium body. Low carbonation. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
at
Benford Brewing
on 12 Oct 2025
at 23:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Appearance has an almost cola look. Aroma has very pleasant smoked ham smell. Taste has hints of smoked roasted grains.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2025
at 05:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Very dark brown, almost black with a small tan head. Aroma is burnt grains and dark coffee. Taste is a briny dark coffee with a tad of chocolate and a bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2025
at 05:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Dark golden-amber in color with a nice three finger head. The aroma has a noticeable honey smell. The taste was more bitter then I would expect. While it had notes of honey there wasn’t very much sweetness.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2025
at 05:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Orange-amber in color with a two finger head. Aroma is fruity and spruce. Taste is caramel upfront, grains and fruity in the middle with a pine bitter finish. Alcohol an sneak upon you.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2025
at 05:12
7/10
A dark copper imperial ipa with a thick frothy lacing off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light vinous character, alcohol warmth, resinous hops, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity caramel malt with dark fruits, resinous hops, alcohol warmth, very nice.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2021
at 01:48
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pale yellow with a large soapy head. Tangy, tart and citric with an egg white note. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
on 24 May 2021
at 21:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz can pours a dark brown/black with some cloudy, beige head. Big nose, rubbery, nutty, burnt toast, cocoa powder, malt. Flavor is a bit thin, malt, cola, toast, some cherry, licorice. Finishes with a touch of acid too. 7 4 6 3 12
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2018
at 14:28
6/10
Tried
on 03 Nov 2018
at 20:13
4.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Since no reviews of the Problem Solver have been posted for nine months, that means this can's either super-fresh or super-old. No dating on the bottom, so who knows? Doesn't matter; either way, this brew's one harsh, astringent beast. a massive booze-bomb full of wet malt funkiness and a white-hot back end. Mild citric hop notes are no match for the giant caramel-and-damp-grain backbone, while the finish turns simultaneously cloying, bitter and fierce, the liquor burn announcing every last digit of the 11.5% ABV. Pours a pretty orange with a permanent off-white head, but the nose is musty cardboard and alcohol. Just a brutal pint.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Aug 2018
at 00:22