5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at Rock Bottom Minneapolis on 05/26/2009. Very clear amber body with a small frothy off-white head. Minty hop aroma with a bit of pale malt in the background. Dry floral and woody hop flavor on a pale malt background. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2009
at 08:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On nitro tap at Rock Bottom Minneapolis on 05/26/2009. Very dark black body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet roasted and chocolate malt aroma with some caramel backing. Sweet chocolate flavor, some roasty notes, and a smooth creamy finish. Light body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2009
at 08:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A reddish brown ale with a thin off white head. A nutty chocolate malt with light dark fruits. In mouth, nutty ale with fruity esters, a bit of boiled vegetables. Medium bodied. On tap at MSP location, Jan 24 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2009
at 22:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
A reddish amber lager with a thin white head. A sweet fruity Vienna, a bit funky and burned. In mouth, a rather light crisp malt, light caramel, some boiled veggies, roasted notes. On tap at MSP location, Jan 24 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2009
at 22:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Blonde ale with a thin white head. A pleasant sweet berry aroma. In mouth, a sweetish grassy wheat ale with light banana notes. Light bodied. On tap at MSP location, Jan 24 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2009
at 22:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Lightly hazed blonde ale with a thin white head. Pleasant C-hops and plum jam notes. In mouth, a nice fruity pale ale, with light c-hops, lemon and citrus notes. Light and refreshing. On tap at MSP location, Jan 24 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2009
at 22:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Growler pours completely black with a small tan head. Aroma is very strong with prune and tobacco, oh and of course a lot of smoke all up in dat bitch. the smoke comes of very slick and greasy. Taste is again sweet, slick, greasy, bbq smoke. The "greasy" aspect of the smoke is original, never experienced that before. Its cool but just doesn’t coalesce well.
Tried
from Growler
on 28 Feb 2009
at 19:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampler at MSP airport. The beer is clear but dark enough to make lower clarity. The aroma is dark, very woodsy, and light roast. There is some caramel sweetness as well. This caramel sweetness turns weird in the flavor, a bit vegetal and astringent in the finish, really kind of turned me off.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2009
at 23:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampler at MSP airport, third beer in the sampler. After the other three, I found this to be the most enjoyable for the moment and then had a shaker pour. It is a clear, more brown then red, color. It has a lightly sticky lacing. Aroma is perfect balance of hops and burnt and woodsy malt behind that, yet almost no residual sweetness, nice and clean. Taste is still hoppy (grassy and sweet hops) with loads of roast malts back there as well. Some toffee in there as well that melds perfectly as well. Comes off as fruit punch with a light caramel sweetness. Still clean and so fun and easy to drink. Came off as a lagered, clean, Irish Ale more so than a Vienna, either way I liked it a lot.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2009
at 22:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampler at MSP airport, second beer in the sampler and thus my second rate. It was a lightly hazy amber color. Aroma is well hopped with American hops on the sweet side of hoppiness. Taste has just a little residual sweetness from the malt, which in turn hides a little but of the hop flavor. Fresh hops in an easy drinking beer, not much more one can ask for.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jan 2009
at 18:45