7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Blackish beer with a tan head. Rich toffee and molasses aroma. Flavor of molasses, toffee, light smoke, and chocolate. Medium bodied. Molasses and light smoke lingers with chocolate.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Feb 2010
at 12:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Rich amber-brown beer with a light tan head. Fruity, light sherry aroma with malt. Fruit and sweet malt flavor with brown sugar and light spice. Medium bodied. Sweet malt lingers with light spice, caramel, light earth, and fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2009
at 13:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On Tap. Pours with a brown head, and a black body. Good retention. Aroma of leather, chocolate, and brown sugar. Taste is leather, brown sugar, chocolate, and goodness. Medium bodied. Nice and chocolatey. A bit dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Nov 2009
at 21:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Stone Sourfest. Pours with a hazy golden hue and a small white head. Aroma of raisins, and light tart grape. Taste is much the same with raisins, grapes grape and a light funk. Light carbonation.
re-rate: hazy red with an off white head. Aromas are sour with pie cherries and red wine. Flavors are bing cherries, red wine barrel, leather and a persistent funk.
re-rate: hazy red with an off white head. Aromas are sour with pie cherries and red wine. Flavors are bing cherries, red wine barrel, leather and a persistent funk.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2009
at 10:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Beachwood BBQ. Pours with a murky pale yellow covered by a huge, creamy white head. Aroma is intense with tons of coriander, florals and spiciness. Taste is coriander, orange, honey, jasmine and herbal. Medium carbonation, light bubbles.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2009
at 18:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at Beachwood BBQ. Pours with a large, creamy tan head over a black body. Great lacing. Aroma of chocolate, salty, tangy, lactose and lightly spicy. Taste is exotic nuts, toffee, chocolate, salty and coconut. Typical cask creamy mouthfeel and light bubbles. Very different and pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2009
at 18:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Stone Sourfest. Pours with a dark brown head over a dark brown body. Aroma of coffee, molasses, light wine and leather. Taste is vinegar, chocolate, grapes, funk and sour. Light bubbles.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2009
at 17:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. A dark red-brown beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and nuts. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of smoke, bacon, roasted malt, and nuts, leading to a dry, roasted, and lightly smoked finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jun 2009
at 17:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Stone World Bistro. Pours copper/amber with off white head. Aroma and taste, smoked malts, plenty of dark fruits, caramel malts, toffee?, with a distinct smoke profile. Nice tasty stuff, not used to tasting smoke in a scotch ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 May 2009
at 00:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Glass thanks to Mark at Craftsman. Pours a hazy purple to red color with a very generous white head that stays for the duration. Aroma is a bit spicy, and vinous with grapes. Taste is very nice, with a bit of tart grapes (albeit not sour), and some nice Belgian yeast esters that add a bit of spiciness. Smooth mouthfeel. Light carbonation. Pleasant beer. Very well hidden alcohol if it really is 8%.
on more recent tastings, jam and sage notes toward the finish...and of course wine.
on more recent tastings, jam and sage notes toward the finish...and of course wine.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2009
at 00:03