6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Bistro BA Fest; Calleed Glacier Beam Razz XXX, aged for 3 years in A Jim Beam barrel; ABV 10%; Nose of artificial smelling raspberries and some oaky vanilla; Hazy rust with a big beige head; flavor of raspberries and caramel with some woodiness and alcohol. Not my favorite Glacier beer!
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Nov 2008
at 00:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the Bistro’s West Coast BA Fest, 11/10/07; Nose of oak, chocolate and cherries; clear brown with a small off-white head; flavor bourbon, and chocolate.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Nov 2007
at 22:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
FoBAB Chicago, 2007. Nice dark brown color, with a stiff tan head. I don’t get much of a Jim Beam presence here. What I do get is a fine taste of strong bock beer. Dark fruity malts with plum and raisins, light maple-flavored pipe tobacco. Is this not served in their Anchorage location?
Tried
on 05 Nov 2007
at 12:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
FoBAB 2007. Deep brown but clean color. Short-lived head. Cherry flavor here is sweet instead of the usual tart. For being, presumably, a big beer, it’s pretty light and easy to drink. Fruitiness respectfully bows out at the finish for a nice budding of brown malts.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2007
at 10:42
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
FoBAB 2007. Finally get to pop the cap on Alaska beers. And yes, it’s still aged in Ukranian oak. My first beer at FoBAB, so my perceptions are still relatively clean: Light cherry and grape smell. Oak is there; usually I don’t perceive it, but here it’s a light presence. Toffee and cherry taste. Alcohol seems a little strong, but not burning. Some young whiskey notes at the finish.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2007
at 10:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bright amber. Lovely aroma - a delicate mix of spices, florals, calabash, caramel and noble hop (ok, it’s actually Northern Brewer). On the palate its quite a bit flatter - gourd, then caramel then a subtle spice. The yeast character has all but disappeared.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2007
at 21:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at The Bistro’s DIPA Fest; Nose shows dark fruit and some minor citrus hop notes; Rusty brown with a small off white head; flavor was of fruitiness, caramel, and some hop bitterness lasting to a decent hop finish. Not really impressive after all the others I’ve tried today!
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Feb 2007
at 23:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the Bistro BA Brew Fest 11/11/06; Nose of coffee and oak woodiness; transparent dark brown with a small tan head; flavor of a little bourbon, coffee, and roasty wood.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2006
at 19:20
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Draft at the Bistro BA Brew Fest 11/11/06; AKA Ukranian; Nose was coffe chocolate, toffee, and OAK!; opaque black with a small ring of tan bubbles; flavor of coffee, oak, roastiness, and spices.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2006
at 19:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled at the Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer at Goose Island, Nov.11, 2005. Dark brown to black lager with thin moka head. Aroma of brown sugar and prunes. Smokey malt noted in mouth, with prunes and vanilla notes. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2005
at 09:05