7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Very guava juice appearance, full of clouds, looks like pulque curado. Very guava taste, fizzy and thick like pulque. I didn’t pick up the other flavour notes. It’s a fairly simple beer, really, and you have to like guava juice.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2015
at 11:06
2/10
Tried
on 01 Jun 2015
at 23:03
2/10
Tried
on 01 Jun 2015
at 23:02
6/10
Tried
on 31 May 2015
at 23:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours golden, with a big creamy head. Aroma has initial whiffs of sharp herbs, forest and juniper, before lots of sweet mango juice and a hoppy fruitiness follows, backed by ever so slight notes of sweet roasted malts. Creamy body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is sweet hops, with peaches, mango and floral notes, as well as tropical juice and sweet malts with toffee. Sweet fruity finish, with a mild herbal touch. Even though it is rather unusual and indistinct, it’s still quite nice. All the sweetness, from both hops and malts, as well as the added mango makes it all a bit overpowering though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2015
at 16:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft at Brixie’s. Looks more like a mix of milk and grapefruit juice. But I guess that’s how it’s supposed to turn out. What could it have but a big guava smell in the nose, with a bit of taunts that could be some PNW hops, even Amarillo. Wish I could claim the experience of having bought paletas off a sidewalk cart, but instead I have to take a stab at the experience. And it’s like a fruity drink all right with an extra spiciness that I wonder about its source. Is fiasco spicy? There’s no mention of the hops involved, and only this RB listing mentions the peppercorn and tarragon. Ah, so much I still need to learn; luckily I’m an eager student. Ask I can really say is that it’s truly fruity, unexpectedly spicy, and delicious!
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2015
at 18:13
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Pours orange gold white head. Nose/taste of rice milk, sweet rice, cinnamon and vanilla extract - Medium body. A touch too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2015
at 15:40
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
750 ml bottle into snifter, winter 2014 bottling. Pours slightly hazy deep ruby red color with a 1-2 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big raisin, plum, fig, peach, grape, apple, citrus peel, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted bread, and herbal/spice earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good complexity and balance of light/dark fruits, spices, and dark/bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of huge raisin, plum, fig, peach, grape, apple, citrus peel, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted bread, and herbal/spice earthiness. Fair amount of herbal/spice bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, plum, fig, peach, grape, apple, citrus peel, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, toasted bread, and herbal/spice earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity and robustness and light/dark fruits, spices, and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/spice balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy, and lightly slick/sticky mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic spiced barleywine style! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of light/dark fruits, spices, and dark/bready malt flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2015
at 23:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Daily Growler Powell. Hazy straw color with a medium thin white head that evaporates steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of malt, fruit and herbal yeast. Medium-bodied with flavors of citrus, floral yeast and bready malt. The finish is vine fruits and yeast. Decent overall.
Tried
from Growler
on 21 Apr 2015
at 16:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy golden orange color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big wheat, honey, bread, vanilla, cinnamon, cream, light nuttiness, and light herbal/spice earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of pale malt and spice notes; with good strength. Taste of wheat, honey, bread, vanilla, cinnamon, cream, light nuttiness, and light herbal/spice earthiness. Minimal herbal/spice bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of wheat, honey, bread, vanilla, cinnamon, cream, light nuttiness, and light herbal/spice earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice robustness and balance of pale malt and spice flavors; with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, moderately creamy, and lightly sticky/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice spiced cream ale style. All around great robustness and balance of pale malt and spice flavors; and very smooth to drink for the ABV. They definitely nailed the dessert aspect of this beer. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2015
at 22:16