5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3
Draft. Clear amber color, thick off white head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of cardboard and caramel. Taste is chocolate, caramel and cardboard.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Feb 2012
at 17:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle from Pepsican. Nose is vinous malty caramel with a light sweet hint. Hazy yellow orange with a medium creamy yellowish head. Flavor is light bitterness with caramel and light pepperiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2011
at 18:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle-pours a foamy white head with hazy yellow color. Aroma is fruit, light malt/hay, yeast. Taste is fruit hops, light/medium malt/hay, nutmeg.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2011
at 18:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle-pours a retaining light tan head with dark amber color. Aroma is medium malt-roasty/peat. Taste is medium malt-roasty/peat/some caramel/chocolate, secondary spice hops. Soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2011
at 21:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Super Nova Summerfest–12oz bottle-pours a tight offwhite head with yellow/gold color. Aroma is wheat/light malt/hay, secondary light fruit. Taste is slightly sweet wheat/light malt/hay, secondary light fruit/spice hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2011
at 20:58
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to John. Pours reddish amber with off white head. Nose/taste of candy sugar, roasted caramel, gummy bear and grain. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2011
at 18:06
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask @ Crescent Moon. Hazy, brown appearance with a foamy, tan head. Strawberry pie filing, toasty, dark malty nose. Pretty potent strawberry shortcake, toasty, dark malty flavor. Interesting idea but not all that good.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Sep 2011
at 20:50
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
12 oz bottle generously given to me by a friend. Best enjoyed by Month 06 Year 11 notched on the label. Pour is a slightly hazed golden orange with a pretty two inch dirty white head. The head falls with nice lacing. The aroma is a nice soft peatiness and a light mineral earthiness. Under the peat is a nice clean toasted maltiness. Taste starts with the earthy peat character, and moves quickly into sweet maltiness and finishes with a decent blast of diacetyl. This clears a bit as it warms, but remains in the long finish. Palate is medium bodied, slick oily mouthfeel and the fake butter finish. I’ll try this one again, I liked the initial nose - hope its a bit of an off bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2011
at 19:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Black Hills Beer Fest - Muddy copper pour with a small sandy head. Musty malt and floral scent, but not quite earthy. Taste gets in some peat, malty sweetness, and bitter florals. Now the earthiness comes forth. Not bad.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2011
at 16:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Black Hills Beer Fest - served from the cask (and rumored to be the first cask beer served in South Dakota). Pours a dark brown color with a finger of creamy tan head. Smells like a dark chocolate brownie with raspberry syrup. Nice progression of the base beer. Tastes more rich in the chocolate with a lot less of the roast coming through. The raspberries compliment the beer and blend in seamlessly. One of my favorites of the day. Right on!
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2011
at 16:36