6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared at John’s house. Pours clear gold with white head. Nose and taste of white sugar, apple, light bread, grain and lemon. Lighter medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2013
at 12:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 ounce bottle. Dark reddish brown color topped by a large rocky beige head. Sweet roasted malt aroma with notes of toffee and citrus hops. Big malty flavor upfront. Notes of burnt sugar, toasted pecans and resiny hops dominate the palate. Spicy hops finish this IPA nicely. Lots of flavor throughout. Big and bold, this one’s a winner.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2013
at 20:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 22oz. It pours a more or less black body, topped by a dense, finger-thick light tan head. The aroma has a touch of spices, cooked vegetables and some higher alcohols, but most of all there’s roasted malts, cocoa and dark chocolate. There’s roasted malts and bonfire hints in the flavor, it’s quite dry on the palate, yet there’s a flavor of residual sweetness. Spice hints, dark chocolate and coffee. Long finish with lots of dark flavors. It’s certainly a nice one, a bit rough and unclean in the aroma, making me thing I liked the barrel aged habanero edition better, but I see I rated that a bit lower. Would’ve been nice tasting all editions side by side. 130822
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2013
at 23:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 650ml @ Hotel Room, Hacienda Hotel LAX, El Segundo, CA
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, cinnamon, alcohol and licorice. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, chocolate and licorice finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, cinnamon, alcohol and licorice. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, chocolate and licorice finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2013
at 23:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 650ml @ Hotel Room, Hacienda Hotel LAX, El Segundo, CA
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma has notes of malt, chocolate, caramel and cacao. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long chocolate and cacao finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma has notes of malt, chocolate, caramel and cacao. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long chocolate and cacao finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2013
at 23:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 22oz. It pours an enourmous dark beige head over a dark brown beer. Lots of dark chocolate and bonfire on the nose. Coffee and roasted malts too. The flavor has bonfire, dark chocolate and coffee, as well as a nice bitterness. Bitterness from both hops and heavily roasted malts it seems. Full body, a tad too much carbonation, and quite dry. Lots of dark chocolate and coffee in the finish. A pretty pleasant chocolate porter, well worth a try if you ever find it. 130822
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2013
at 23:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 22oz. Nice lacings left as the light beige head sinks. Amber in color, looking quite clear. The aroma is very hoppy, with resins, grapefruit, pine cones and lemon peel. Quite malty too, caramel and a faint nutty hint. The flavor has a very nice blend of piney, resiny hops and pineapple, and caramel maltyness and nuts. Rather bitter too, dealing very nice with the residual sugars. Full body, not dry, but sort of, and with a very nice carbonation level. It misses some of the quenching qualities of certain IPA’s, but it’s a damn fine beer that I’d love to see again. 130822
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2013
at 20:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 650ml @ Hotel Room, Hacienda Hotel LAX, El Segundo, CA
Pours clear deep amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus and pine. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long slightly warm, malty, caramel and piney finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear deep amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus and pine. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long slightly warm, malty, caramel and piney finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2013
at 20:52
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
4oz pour at Max’s Hop Fest 2013. Pours a clear caramel amber with zero head. Nose is malty, cracker, apple, brown sugar, lemon. Flavor is the same. Slick finish.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2013
at 05:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Stone 17th Anniversary Brewers Reception, San Marcos, CA
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, chili and hint of cooked vegetables. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, burning chili and chocolate finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, chili and hint of cooked vegetables. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, burning chili and chocolate finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2013
at 22:31