6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle purchased in Virginia on way to Asheville for RBWG. Pours reddish orange with off white head. Nose and taste of maple syrup, squash, pie crust, pumpkin spice, nutmeg and cinnamon. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2014
at 21:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
$2.25 Bottle, Wine Warehouse, CHO. Pours dark brown, almost black, with 1/2" of brown head. Smells of chocolates, malts, light fruit. Taste is delicious creamy chocolate, cherry, and vanilla. Finishes very smooth and lightly smokey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2014
at 03:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Pours an almost murky orange color with a large foamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of citrus and pine hops, pale malts. Clean. The taste is bitter pine and citrus hops, mild tropical notes, pale malts. Medium bodied, slightly off-balance, refreshing. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2014
at 17:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Pours a hazy dark brown color with a large foamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, cherries, mild lactose notes. The taste is chocolate, cherries, smoke, roast, lactose, nuts, mild bits of coffee. Thin-medium bodied, low carbonation, very drinkable. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2014
at 16:44
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Sampled on draft at Hou Thou this beer poured a black color with a trace soapy tan head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was chocolate and cream. The flavor was sweet lactose, chocolate, malted milk, a hint of cherry, moderate toasty malts and had a boozy presence. Medium length finish of lactose, toast malts, chocolate and booze. Smooth and creamy body. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2014
at 16:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle from a Kroger. Pours a hazy amber color with a large foamy white head. Fair head retention. Aroma of pale malts, mild pumpkin, mild spice. The taste is pumpkin, apple, berries, mild spice. Medium bodied, delicate and not boozy at all for an imperial. Smells kinda blah but the rest of the package is thankfully fairly nice. Decent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2014
at 16:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Location: 12 oz bottle from Sparrow, 12/29/13
Aroma: The nose is cooked vegetation (pumpkin, butternut squash, etc.) and spice
Appearance: A mahogany color with a fizzy tan head that dissipates quickly leaving a small ring
Flavor: The taste is full of vegetation, with plenty of spice, and some underlying sweet malts
Palate: The body is medium-plus, it has a fizzy carbonation, and a just straight-up odd finish
Overall Impression: I've never seem anything from this brewery before (at least that I can recall), but it is always good to see a new brewery randomly show up in my local stores. Anyway, as for the beer, this one is certainly interesting. One of those beers where half way through I'm not even sure whether I liked it or not. Still, it is very much worth trying. Eventually I decided that I like this for one bottle's worth, but I've got 3 more, if I end up drinking those, we shall see if I still like it.
Aroma: The nose is cooked vegetation (pumpkin, butternut squash, etc.) and spice
Appearance: A mahogany color with a fizzy tan head that dissipates quickly leaving a small ring
Flavor: The taste is full of vegetation, with plenty of spice, and some underlying sweet malts
Palate: The body is medium-plus, it has a fizzy carbonation, and a just straight-up odd finish
Overall Impression: I've never seem anything from this brewery before (at least that I can recall), but it is always good to see a new brewery randomly show up in my local stores. Anyway, as for the beer, this one is certainly interesting. One of those beers where half way through I'm not even sure whether I liked it or not. Still, it is very much worth trying. Eventually I decided that I like this for one bottle's worth, but I've got 3 more, if I end up drinking those, we shall see if I still like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2013
at 16:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rustico, Arlington tap ($6): Pours black with a beige head. Aroma is chocolate and cherries and sugar. Taste is chocolate, with a very discrete and separate taste of cherries (really well done in this regard). Body was soft and velvety. Chocolate flavors were tasty. Everything was adequately balanced. Good job.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Dec 2013
at 08:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled on tap at the Bier Baron DC. Pours a slightly hazy amber with some thin, creamy head. Nose is very sweet smelling, maple, spice, fake pumpkin. Flavor is a little better, still sweet, plenty of maple, roasted parsnips and squash, some mild spice. Sweet finish. A little one note.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2013
at 10:49
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
$2.20 Bottle, Wine Warehouse, CHO. Pours... ok, there are chunks in this beer. Like chunks of snot or glue. Pours a chunk dark amber with a small head. Chunks settle to the bottom. Very mild aroma. Light maple and pumpkin. Some spicing. Taste is heavy nutmeg and cinnamon, light maple, pumpkin, and copper. The chunks turned out to be not-so-well blended spices as the beer was spicier the more I drank.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2013
at 08:52