5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce can from Woodman’s Appleton, 5/29/19. Hazy amber, thin fizzy white head, poor retention. Aroma of grapefruit juice, wheat. Taste is grapefruit juice, wheat. Thin.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2019
at 01:02
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter, 2016 vintage. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, whiskey, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, roasted nuts, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, oak char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, whiskey barrels, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, whiskey, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, roasted nuts, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, oak char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, roast, char bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, whiskey, coconut, toasted oak, biscuit, roasted nuts, dark/brown bread/crust, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, oak char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, whiskey barrels, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with an awesome roast/hop bitter/sweet, and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and whiskey/oak spiciness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mildly increasing warmth of 10.5%, with zero lingering barrel booziness after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding barrel aged imperial stout. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, whiskey barrels, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/tannic/drying finish. Fantastic soft/silky feel. A touch thin for the ABV, but the silkiness made up for it. Amazing balance of rich malts, and whiskey barrel presence/integration. Solid earthy hops and restrained fruity yeast. Not overly sweet from lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example. Age probably improved this one looking at the other reviews.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2019
at 03:29
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
The Aromas are dark malt, black patent, leather, and a little Coco and tree bark. Flavors are like nose, on the sweet side with some coffee, bitterness, and hints of whiskey in the Finish what are you. Good body and carbonation. Barely drinkable for the strength. Nice beer. From a 2018 bottling.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2019
at 01:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
The main thing about this beer is that it's dark and sweet. Aromas are dark malts caramel and a hint of bourbon. Flavors are like nose, again very sweet okay carbonation that did help cut the sweetness.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2018
at 14:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tallboy can from a Pick N' Save (Oconomowoc). Hazy orange, thin fizzy white head, decent retention. Aroma of orange juice and pale malt. Taste is tangerine, orange, pale malt. Hints of orange creamsicle. Mild lingering bitterness. Juicy. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2018
at 02:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce can from Woodman's Madison East. Slightly hazy orange, large fizzy white head, fair retention. Aroma of grassy hops, grainy malt. Taste is grassy, tinny hops, pale malt, corn flakes. Thin, crisp, mild lingering bitterness. Solid summer beer.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jun 2018
at 22:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Rigby. Pours a clear gold with an orange hue and white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma combines grass and earthy pine with a grain backbone. Flavor has a nice pine note with grass and grains underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2018
at 18:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at The Rigby. Pours a hazy deep copper with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy pine and light resin with a strong sweet grain backbone. Flavor has earthy pine with a touch of resin and a good amount of sweet grains supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2018
at 18:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle. Clear dark brown, thin foamy brown head, good retention. Aroma of roast, oats, a bit of caramel. Taste is roast, leather, oats, caramel, a bit of fruitiness. Thin, dark, chewy, and bold. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2018
at 01:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown color. Sweet malt and lots of alcohol. Sugar and a good amount of hops. Rich and full flavor.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2017
at 19:56