7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pint at Toronado. Clear golden color. Moderate bitter Saaz aroma, more bitter than I want it. Some earthy lagered malts. Well lagered without metallic character. Faint floral fruitiness. Mouthfeel is dry and mine rally, moderate carbonation. Lots of hops and white bready malts. A bit thicker on the back end. Not sweet. I want it to be a little less bitter and a little crisper on the backend.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2015
at 18:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Pine Box in Seattle for the Holy Mountain debut event. 6oz poured into a 12oz tulip-globe glass. Black beer, not much on head and lacing. Its a nice, well attenuated beer. There is a bit of acidity on the nose but not so much on palate. Roasted flavors, light prune, but not too strong on anything. Lower hop level, which I highly support. A nice sweet but unsugary finish to the beer. Even a faint fruit/ester character at the end. The finish is my favorite part of the beer. I would love to see future iterations of this imperial stout, its got so many positive going for it and none of the trappings of many new big impy stouts. I also wonder if its a British yeast being used. Either way, I would rather try the next batch of the un-oaked version rather than another barrel aged, adjunct-added imperial stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Oct 2014
at 14:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Pine Box in Seattle for the Holy Mountain debut event. 12oz tulip-globe glass. Appearance is super thick and cloudy, can’t see thought it. Very pale hay color. Definitely needs some fining. Aroma is a cool mix of hops. Some esters that blend nicely as well. I like the tropical mix of the hops and esters. However, that is quickly overwhelmed by a bitter hop aroma. Flavor losses most of the tropical fruitiness and becomes more of a hop driven bitter flavor backed up by some Belgian, lightly doughy, biscuit malts. The malts are a bit messy, have a muffled feel. Ends with a bitterness. Its a decent first commercial stab and I expect that it will be refined with further iterations.
-- rated with beerbasher/winphone
-- rated with beerbasher/winphone
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Oct 2014
at 14:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft pour at Toronado. Pours a super cloudy hazy dark orange color with no head. Huge grapefruit aroma with some hops. Bitter grainy flavor with some hops and fruit. Kind of a dry beer. This beer is decent. Nice citrus flavor to it. Overall I liked it. Will look into this brewery more for sure.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Oct 2014
at 12:58