7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a quarter finger's worth of khaki foamy head which dissipated pretty quick and didn't leave any lace
Aroma: nice vanilla sweetness rolling into some milk chocolate and dark chocolate malts
Flavor: basically the same - it's sweet but brewed to blend and balanced correctly between the chocolate and the vanilla; finishes blended through the vanilla and chocolate
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; pretty smooth along the tongue
Overall: great aromas and flavors but maybe just a wee bit lighter in body than I expected.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a quarter finger's worth of khaki foamy head which dissipated pretty quick and didn't leave any lace
Aroma: nice vanilla sweetness rolling into some milk chocolate and dark chocolate malts
Flavor: basically the same - it's sweet but brewed to blend and balanced correctly between the chocolate and the vanilla; finishes blended through the vanilla and chocolate
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; pretty smooth along the tongue
Overall: great aromas and flavors but maybe just a wee bit lighter in body than I expected.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2026
at 22:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: murky dark yellow color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: lemon rind bitterness, some piney hops, light orange rind bitterness and a subtle floral hop note; light malts in the background
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a decent bittersweet to sweet quality; finishes leaning into those prior noted citrusy rind bitterness tones
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; light smoothness; medium carb to this beer and medium level of hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: nice as an AIPA I could come back to this in that respect.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: murky dark yellow color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: lemon rind bitterness, some piney hops, light orange rind bitterness and a subtle floral hop note; light malts in the background
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a decent bittersweet to sweet quality; finishes leaning into those prior noted citrusy rind bitterness tones
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; light smoothness; medium carb to this beer and medium level of hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: nice as an AIPA I could come back to this in that respect.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2026
at 21:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to English pint glass.
Appearance: bright amber color with a three finger white foamy head which slid off at a nice pace to leave mild lace
Aroma: huge amounts of sweet and tart red raspberries up front with a light biscuity malt base
Flavor: mostly just the raspberries - sweet and tart; finishes the same way
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; good smoothness - nothing preventing the flow; good carb level
Overall: might be a simple beer but they brewed it right and this would be a nice one with my feet propped up on the back porch.
Can to English pint glass.
Appearance: bright amber color with a three finger white foamy head which slid off at a nice pace to leave mild lace
Aroma: huge amounts of sweet and tart red raspberries up front with a light biscuity malt base
Flavor: mostly just the raspberries - sweet and tart; finishes the same way
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; good smoothness - nothing preventing the flow; good carb level
Overall: might be a simple beer but they brewed it right and this would be a nice one with my feet propped up on the back porch.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2026
at 21:34
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: glossy burnt amber color with a stifled transparency; three finger eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light piney hops, some mixed citrusy rind bitterness and a little bit of floral hops; clean caramel/toffee malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine bitter smooth quality flanked by a sweet character for balance; finishes semi-bitter but a slight dryness
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; the smoothness is there but somewhat bitter and dry; good carb
Overall: nice enough as a West coast styled IPA, it works.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: glossy burnt amber color with a stifled transparency; three finger eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light piney hops, some mixed citrusy rind bitterness and a little bit of floral hops; clean caramel/toffee malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine bitter smooth quality flanked by a sweet character for balance; finishes semi-bitter but a slight dryness
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; the smoothness is there but somewhat bitter and dry; good carb
Overall: nice enough as a West coast styled IPA, it works.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2026
at 21:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to notes.
Appearance: murky orange to copper color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mango to tangerine to floral and a touch of orange hop tones; clean malts come a bit in a semi-stiff sort of way
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet to semi-bitter quality; finishes semi-bittersweet through some mango and tangerine hop notes
Texture: medium bodied; slightly sessionable; some smoothness but also some light hop assertiveness but nothing overbearing
Overall: not bad, it's kinda got that "semi-old school" bitter quality in the finish
Can to notes.
Appearance: murky orange to copper color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mango to tangerine to floral and a touch of orange hop tones; clean malts come a bit in a semi-stiff sort of way
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet to semi-bitter quality; finishes semi-bittersweet through some mango and tangerine hop notes
Texture: medium bodied; slightly sessionable; some smoothness but also some light hop assertiveness but nothing overbearing
Overall: not bad, it's kinda got that "semi-old school" bitter quality in the finish
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2026
at 19:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: semi-hazy bronzed orange color with a two and a quarter fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: piney with pineapple, oranges and some peachy hop tones up front with a light clean malt backbone
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet to bitter quality; semi-long finish of the piney and orangey hop tones and a slight dry bitter tone
Texture: medium bodied, almost leaning to be a sipper....hmmmm...I wonder if I could session this beer...man oh man is that up for debate or what! Good smoothness to this and nothing distracting from any hop bitterness
Overall: absolute lovely aromas the finish might be a bit long and kinda bitter but I think I could return to this beer.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: semi-hazy bronzed orange color with a two and a quarter fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: piney with pineapple, oranges and some peachy hop tones up front with a light clean malt backbone
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a fine bittersweet to bitter quality; semi-long finish of the piney and orangey hop tones and a slight dry bitter tone
Texture: medium bodied, almost leaning to be a sipper....hmmmm...I wonder if I could session this beer...man oh man is that up for debate or what! Good smoothness to this and nothing distracting from any hop bitterness
Overall: absolute lovely aromas the finish might be a bit long and kinda bitter but I think I could return to this beer.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2026
at 19:22
7.2/10
Tried
from Can
on 15 Mar 2026
at 00:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a two finger khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some messy lace
Aroma: dark malts, semi-roasty with a light toast to it, nice allocation of sweet woody barrel to level out the roast, subtle vanilla slides in underneath, super light maple
Flavor: blends the prior mentioned aromas sweetly then roasty with an ample toasty underneath; clean quick aftertaste of vanilla, roast and toast
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper, good carb, semi-smooth with some roasty harshness but not distracting; finishes semi-dry with woody barrel and roasty notes.
Overall: quite the impressive imperial porter aged in whiskey barrels, I wouldn't mind knowing the name of the whiskey barrel used other than "local."
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a two finger khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some messy lace
Aroma: dark malts, semi-roasty with a light toast to it, nice allocation of sweet woody barrel to level out the roast, subtle vanilla slides in underneath, super light maple
Flavor: blends the prior mentioned aromas sweetly then roasty with an ample toasty underneath; clean quick aftertaste of vanilla, roast and toast
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper, good carb, semi-smooth with some roasty harshness but not distracting; finishes semi-dry with woody barrel and roasty notes.
Overall: quite the impressive imperial porter aged in whiskey barrels, I wouldn't mind knowing the name of the whiskey barrel used other than "local."
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2026
at 15:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can to becher pint glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a one and a half fingers of eggshell white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: roasted dark malts, coffee beans, dark earthy sweetness, some cocoa powder or baker's chocolate
Flavor: mildly sweet with a balancing roasty and toaty taste; mild roasty and toasty coffee-ish aftertaste
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability about it, finishes roasty, clean with some coffee bean
Overall: nicely done porter I would welcome again.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a one and a half fingers of eggshell white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: roasted dark malts, coffee beans, dark earthy sweetness, some cocoa powder or baker's chocolate
Flavor: mildly sweet with a balancing roasty and toaty taste; mild roasty and toasty coffee-ish aftertaste
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability about it, finishes roasty, clean with some coffee bean
Overall: nicely done porter I would welcome again.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2026
at 13:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can to becher pint glass.
Appearance: mostly dark brown with some lighter parts near the edges and a two finger off white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some messy lace
Aroma: roasted nuts, clean caramel to toffee malts, some earthy sweetness, and light grassy hops
Flavor: blends all the prior noted aromas together sweetly and semi-toasty; light aftertaste of nuts and malts
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, smooth along my tongue; finishes malt driven with some nuts and roastiness
Overall: nicely done brown ale worthy of returning to.
Appearance: mostly dark brown with some lighter parts near the edges and a two finger off white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some messy lace
Aroma: roasted nuts, clean caramel to toffee malts, some earthy sweetness, and light grassy hops
Flavor: blends all the prior noted aromas together sweetly and semi-toasty; light aftertaste of nuts and malts
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, smooth along my tongue; finishes malt driven with some nuts and roastiness
Overall: nicely done brown ale worthy of returning to.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2026
at 13:33