8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Mild soil and cocoa nose. Black, thick beige head, minimal lace. Baker’s chocolate and coffee. Coffee notes fade and are replaced with charred oak. Full body, velevety smooth. Nicely done and very enjoyable.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2015
at 16:28
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Keg at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber with a large creamy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of grainy malt, caramel, floral hops. The taste is canned fruit, tropical, piney hops, mild oats. Medium bodied, low carbonation a bit astringent.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2014
at 19:13
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Light amber coloured body with a thin, funky bubbled one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of alcohol, stale malt, light hops and some fresh fruits. Light-bodied; Strong malt notes throughout with a touch of caramel and very light hops noticeable at the end. Aftertaste is pretty bland with only the earthiness from the malt and the light sweetness coming through - no complexity and no depth at all - very simplistic and easy drinking. Overall, a rather lacklustre beer with no real flavours nor complexity, not style or character and just a shell of what a beer could be. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Crystal City Wine Shop (12th Street Location) in Arlington, Virginia on 24-November-2014 for US$2,29 sampled at home in Washington literally a few steps away on 14-December-2014.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2014
at 01:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at South Street, 11/20/14. Pours a dark brown with a thin frothy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of dark fruits, toffee, honey, caramel, molasses, mild roasted malt. The taste is dark fruit, earth, toffee, citrus, molasses, faint medicinal note. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, lingering tart fruit.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2014
at 16:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery, 11/3/14. Pours near black with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of sweet malt, chocolate, coffee, roasted malt. The taste is roasted malts, chocolate, bitter coffee, mild booze, dark fruits. Medium-full bodied, lingering bitterness, low carbonation.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2014
at 19:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Nitro at the brewery, 11/3/14. Pours a clear copper. Aroma of caramel malt, mild resin hops. The taste is bitter resin hops, toffee. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2014
at 18:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the brewery, 11/3/14. Pours a clear dark brown with a thin creamy brown head. Good head retention. Aroma of chocolate with citrus and piney hops. The taste is chocolate, citrus and pine hops, mild roast. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. 50th South Street rating!
Tried
on 26 Nov 2014
at 18:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the brewery, 11/3/14. Pours a clear golden with a large creamy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of grassy, floral, fruity hops, pale malt. The taste is grassy, herbal hops, bready malt, mild sweetness. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2014
at 18:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the brewery, 11/3/14. Pours a clear golden with a medium sized off-white head, fair head retention. Aroma of grassy hops, mild bready malt. The taste is doughy malt, mild grassy hops. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness, refreshing.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2014
at 18:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Sedona, Charlottesville, 10/2/14. Pours a slightly hazy copper with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of candied citrus, herbal, pine, resin hops. Mild pale malt. The taste is candied citrus, pine, resin hops, caramel malt. Medium bodied, moderate lingering bitterness, good balance.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2014
at 18:39