7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Pours clear, bubbly, honey-gold with a short, off-white head. Honey, light smoke, coffee-cake aroma. Taste is the same...malty, sweet... A slight cream soda/ginger essence. .......and more honey...... Very soft and mild for the ABV, though it lends an almost mead sort feel to it. Quite tasty.....though not a lot of smoke to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2015
at 17:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft. Cherry, toffee malt, hay, and alcohol aroma. Chestnut with moderate head. Sweet cherry, apple, toffee malt, and moderately bitter herb and alcohol flavor. Pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2015
at 19:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft. Ash, hay, and chocolate malt aroma. Black with moderate head. Sweet milk chocolate malt and moderate bitter herbal hay flavor. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2015
at 19:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft. Banana, orange, clove, and wheat malt aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with moderate head. Sweet banana, orange, clove, and bready wheat malt aroma. Nice body. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2015
at 19:25
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft. Tangy orange malt and orange peel aroma. Amber with small head. Sweet-sour orange juice, lime, and mildly bitter orange peel flavor. A nice fruity pale ale (and again, more bonus points for another "Christmas Story" reference).
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2015
at 19:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft. Light barnyard, orange malt, and orange peel aroma. Hazy pale yellow with moderate head. Moderate horseblanket, orange malt, and orange peel flavor. Nice balance. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2015
at 19:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft. Chocolate oatmeal malt aroma. Black with small head. Lightly sweet chocolate oat malt and lightly bitter hay flavor. Nice - on the dry side. Bonus point for the obscure "Christmas Story" reference.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2015
at 19:16
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
2014 bottle. For my 3000th rate, I opted to go with this limited release from a local brewery in my home state. On my 2000th rate, I decided this was going to become my tradition for my big mile marker rates. Sweet smoky lactic chocolate, dark fruit, coffee, light spicy - probably from the rye, and a little alcohol aroma. Black brown with a moderate tan head which dissipated to a small, long-lasting head with thick creamy lacing. Sweet smoky lactic chocolate, spice (probably the rye), roasty malt, dark fruit, and creamy vanilla flavor. Alcohol is well hidden. Full creamy body, moderate carbonation, rolls around nicely on the tongue. Very well done impy from a new brewer. I’m glad I’ve got a second bottle to age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2014
at 16:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at GABF 10/04/2014, thanks to my BIL for assistance with note-taking. Clear pale straw color with a thin white head that burns away quickly. Spotty lacing. Lemons, wheat and spice in the nose. Light-bodied with a lemony character and notes of herbal wheat and malt. The finish is fruity with a tart citrus aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2014
at 10:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft. Strong creamy coffee malt and herbal orange peel aroma. Chestnut with moderate head. Sweet black coffee malt and lightly bitter herbal/lemon peel flavor. Nice balance. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Oct 2014
at 08:47