6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a dark brown with a large tan head. Aroma is a pretty good roasted malt with a decent coffee. Flavor is more of a roasted malt with some bitter dark chocolate with some minor coffee notes. This is a rich a flavorful brown ale. Not a huge flavor profile but a lot of minor flavors coming together making this a above average brown ale.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2016
at 19:56
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
On tap at 83 degrees
Pours dark brown with a small beige head, some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and caramel. Flavor of roasted malts, caramel and roast coffee, ashy
Ok
Pours dark brown with a small beige head, some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and caramel. Flavor of roasted malts, caramel and roast coffee, ashy
Ok
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2016
at 21:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at Imazato. Lemony, creamy nose with a bit of biscuit. soft, fruity flavor, a bit too sweet, creamy. Something lager-like about the malts and yeast. Crisp and nice enough.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2016
at 21:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours dark brown, bit muddy. Not much carbonation. Some dark fruits and hops in the aroma, sweetness also there. Taste is sweet as I expected scotch ale to be- but not as sweet as I was fearing. Roast and dark fruits together.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2016
at 00:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Deep brown mahogany color. Very lovely rich malty, slight sweet nose that dark cherries, plums sauce on ham, brandy, toffee. Sweet smooth mouth. Lots of raisins, toffee, cherries and brandy in the mouth. This is an exceptional scotch ale. Wow. Never too sweet or cloying. So smooth and rounded. Fantastic.
Tried
on 16 May 2016
at 07:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Slightly Cloudy golden color. Biscuity nose with some tropical fruits. Very dry. Thin body. Modest bitterness. Much more towards a session IPA than an IPA even though it’s 5.1%. There are other 5%+ beers with a lot more body. It’s fairly approachable. I drank in Okinawa after a hot day on the water and it was the type of IPA I was looking for so rating might be a tad higher in a different situation.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2016
at 04:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Bine & Vine. Pours brown with a tan head. Aroma is toasty/roasty caramel/light treacle. Something hints at cola. Med body or nearly. Flavor is earthy, hinting at chocolate and nuts - very treacle, tho in a dry way. It is much drier than I expected. Sadly browns are far from my favorite style, but I think this is a good one.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2016
at 19:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Mitsuya. Light grassy hops with some pine and grapefruit notes. Medium to thin body with average carbonation. Feels light compared to most IPAs (probably the low abv). Spiky, bitter finish with lots of pine. Pretty one-dimensional basic IPA. Feels more northwest than San Diego. --- Beer merged from original tick of IPA on 13 Mar 2016 at 17:32 - Score: 6. Original review text: Kind of average, light bodied, strong piney bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2016
at 07:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Bine & Vine. Pours gold with a white head. Mild resin/floral aroma. Med body. Flavor is resin/floral/mildly roasty malt. Sort of ESB plus? Decently bitter. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2016
at 19:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Jiyugaoka AEON Liquors. Pours nice amber, quite clear and with a beautiful foam top. Aroma was already strong when I cracked the can open - and from the glass even more so. Nice citrusy American hops. Taste has strong oily resiny presence that is blending nicely with hops. Alcohol is low but flavours are there and not subdued as is the case often with session IPA’s. Good one and I guess they call it "benchmark" for a reason.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2016
at 08:34