6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at BAM Fest. Pours with a hazed golden hue with a foamy white head. Aromas are of anise, clean, light vanillin, grainy, bready, medium ester and spicy phenols.Flavors are anise, oak like, spicy, fruity, rounded vanilla and licorice. Warming alcohol, grainy, bready. Low carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2012
at 15:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled at GABF on Saturday October 13, first sessionDark brown to black color, brown head. Sweet, coffee scent. Coffee taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2012
at 09:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the source. Pours with a mostly clear bronze body with a lasting tan head. Aromas are of dark fruits, raisins, caramel, toffee, whiskey, medium esters, oak and cola. Flavors are of dark fruits, tannin, fudge, raisins, plum and other fruity esters. Medium-low barrel. Marmalade, cherries, a touch of sweet chocolate in the finish. A bit port like. Fuller bodied, lower carbonation. Warming with low tannin.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2012
at 14:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the source. Pours with a hazed orange to copper hued body with a lasting white head. Aromas are hoppy, melon, pine, citrus, lightly dank with a touch of mint. Some spicy and bready malt characteristics. Slightly earthy with some caramel and toasted notes. Relatively clean yeast wise. Flavors are medium to highly bitter with pine, melon and grassy notes. Slightly sharp. Rye, spicy and toasted malt. Lasting bitterness with a bitter balance. Lively carbonation, medium dry and clean.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2012
at 14:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the source. Pours with a deep brown but not black body with orange highlights and a tan head that lasts. Aromas are roasty, chocolate, tangy acidity, currents, red wine, a bit of balsamic, earthy, nutty, merlot grapes, rustic, tobacco. Flavors are earthy, nutty, rustic, soil, dry, tobacco, husky grain. A bit of merlot, very lightly tart. Flavors clash a little bit. Lively bubbles, dry and tannic.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2012
at 14:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewpub. Normally there beers are served a bit cold, but not near frozen. This was. Served icy cold. Poured with a hazed red hued body with a lasting white head. Once warmed: aromas of red wine, cherry pit, lacto, leather, medium funk, esters, dates, medium oak and some alcohol. Flavors are acidic, medium acetic acid, medium to medium low malt presence, dry. Red wine, funk at a medium. Low tannin. Some warmth, slightly tannic finish, lively carbonation, dry.
Sourfest. Would have given it a slightly lower score. Pours with a murky, orange hued body with a small tan head. Aromas show a huge raw oak vanillin, red wine, currants, fruit, low funk. Flavors are medium tart with tons and tons of oak. Dark fruit, vanillin, wood, low funk. Mildly acetic, medium bubbles, dry.
Sourfest. Would have given it a slightly lower score. Pours with a murky, orange hued body with a small tan head. Aromas show a huge raw oak vanillin, red wine, currants, fruit, low funk. Flavors are medium tart with tons and tons of oak. Dark fruit, vanillin, wood, low funk. Mildly acetic, medium bubbles, dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2012
at 17:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught. Pours with a clear, deeper golden hued body with a lasting white head. Aromas are grainy, bready, toasty, lightly nutty. Low phenol, medium ester, dry apple, light pear and under-ripe plum. Flavors are on the sweeter side of things. Medium grainy, malty, light fruit, peppery yeast. Mild hop flavor with low bitterness. Fuller carbonation, medium body.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2012
at 14:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask. Pours with a hazy to nearly muddy golden hued body with a lasting white head. Aromas are zesty, kaffir lime. Lemon-lime soda, grainy, floral, coriander and perfume. Flavors are grainy, bready, dry and citrusy. Bitter, very bitter. Chamomile, lime, medium esters. Smooth mouthfeel with low carbonation and a medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Sep 2012
at 14:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the source. Pours with a crystal clear red to copper hue with a large, just off-white head. Aromas are strongly hoppy, green, grassy, tangerine, zesty, spicy, citrusy. Lots of high co-humulone hops notes, mildly dank. Flavors are dank, citrusy, herbal, green, pine, herbaceous. Medium caramel and toasted malt. Not too sweet. Reminds me a little bit of old-school Arrogant Bastard. Assertively bitter with an overall bitter balance. Moderate carbonation, medium to fuller bodied, somewhat warming with a lasting bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2012
at 15:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Medium dark-beige head over brown-black beer. Smoked, tarry, Rauchmalz, phenolic. Phenolic and very tarry flavour, pitch, long-lasting flavours. Medium to well bodied, oil consistency. Smoke or die...
Tried
on 11 May 2012
at 11:13