Subsidiaries
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(On tap at the brewpub, March 8 2014) Pours basically black with a small, tight tan head with a little lace. Aroma has big sour dark fruit, a reasonable amount of toasty wood, some bourbon and a slight sweet chocolate malt note. Flavour has lots of sour/tart dark fruit and a little roast malt up front with a bit of red wine character, a sweeter dark coffee/chocolate malt stout character makes its presence felt in the middle while the bourbon and wood builds into the finish, which is pleasantly dry and toasty with a lingering sour/tart fruitiness. Medium bodied with soft carb, silky smooth. Love the integration of the character of a sour with the bourbon wood notes and the underlying stout body is just powerful enough to be felt without overwhelming those items. Could sip this for ages, until the 11% puts one to sleep. Super.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2014
at 16:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(On tap at the brewpub, March 8 2014) Pours a clear dark brown with a bit of bubbly off-white head. Aroma has roasty coffee bean, citrus rind and flesh, some herbal/floral character, bit of dark sugar/molasses malts. Flavour has lots of citrus hops, slight pine and mint, along with a roasty coffee/chocolate malt profile with just a little sweetness. Finish had citrus pith and ’green’ hop notes, moderately bitter, some roast and a little alcohol heat. Fairly full-bodied with low carb, smooth. Nice integration of roast malts and reasonably bold hops, not quite a black IPA but in the same ballpark. Tasty stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2014
at 16:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(On tap at the brewpub, Mar 8 2014) Pours a cloudy dark gold, no head because it was frothing out of the tap and thus settled in a pitcher before making it to the glass. Aroma is pine heavy and resinous, some grapefruit pith and lightly bready and sweet malt in behind. Flavour hits with hops at first, punchy and resinous with some pine and citrus rind. Big sweet malt body, a little bready and some caramel. Hops provide a decent bitter punch and help dry it out on the finish as does noticeable alcohol but some malt sweetness persists. Mouthfeel fairly full, carb almost non-existent after frothing away. A good DIPA, one of the most pine-forward hoppy beers I’ve had in a while and with a pretty big malt presence too. I tend to prefer fruity hop bombs but this is well done.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2014
at 16:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bar Volo, pours a cloudy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out piney hops, resinous notes, and caramel malt. Flavour is super piney and resinous in the hop department, with a nice balance of dry caramel biscuity malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2014
at 14:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bar Hop, pours a clear pale blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out some Belgian yeast, floral hops and biscuity notes. Flavour brings out a nice hybrid of bretty, funky Belgian yeast and floral hops. No residual sugars, rather really dry and drinkable. Great stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2014
at 07:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(On tap at the brewpub, Mar 8 2014). Pours black, small bubbly pale tan head, no lace. Aroma of dark malt and coffee, slightly toasted, light bourbon character with wood/vanilla. Flavour heavy on roasted coffee with some dark malt sweetness at first. Dries really quickly, however, with a fair amount of roast and a fairly light touch of wood/vanilla and bourbon compared to some takes on the style. This seemed like a breakfast stout with a bit of oats in it? Finish is very dry, coffee, roast and a little lingering barrel character. Mouthfeel medium, a little creamy, very soft carb. It’s fairly easy-drinking actually and far from the booze, roast or barrel bombs that it could have been, but I think I prefer my impys a bit less dry. I also wish I’d had it before Icebreaker.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Mar 2014
at 17:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(On tap at the brewpub, Mar 8 2014) Pours a very dark brown with a small pale tan cap of tiny bubbles. Aroma of roast malt, a little coffee, slightly nutty. On the palate, dark malt provides initial sweetness alongside a medium roast, some chocolate. The oats make themselves known mid-palate with a dry cereal character, along with some hop bitterness towards the finish that cuts right through the malt sweetness. The finish is very dry and oaty with a bit of roast. Fairly full-bodied for a porter thanks to oats, a little creamy, soft carb. I like the notion but thought the oats ended up killing a bit of the flavour later on. Still pretty good.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Mar 2014
at 16:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(On tap at the brewpub, Mar 8 2014) Pours a hazy yellow with a dense, lacy white head. Aroma is quite bright citrus hops, grassy and herbal and slightly wheaty. Flavour again citrus rind and a little flesh, grass, some more wheat grain in the middle but no real malt sweetness. An herbal, slightly spicy hop finish with some grapefruit pith, quite dry, decent bitterness. Light and effervescent. The hop profile is a good match for the light wheat body and also provides much of the sweetness. Would be good on a hot day.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Mar 2014
at 15:56
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
My favourite beer to be had at Indie. Thin light head. Blond tan beer. Lovely light sourness, with cherries. Crisp carbonation.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2014
at 16:49
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Pour at the Indie. Notable addition to the description, as told by the server, is that this is a Wit with clove, pomegranate, and clementine. This is a miss by Indie, who consistently make great beers. Smells of pine, grass. Taste of grass, pine and a really weird aftertaste of cigarette smoke. (My wife describes the after-taste as +"totally weed" not smoke, just weed.) Not a good beer.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2014
at 16:42