5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Amber with a whitish head. Malt aroma. Malt and light toasty flavor. Medium bodied. Malt and light toastiness lingers with light backing fruitiness.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2016
at 18:37
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Golden. Spice, overripe fruitiness, stale hops, caramel. Sweetish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 18:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[2/2/16] Draught at Drake’s Dealership in Oakland. Black. Very boozy aroma with chocolate, vanilla, licorice, dark fruits. Boozy bittersweet flavor with licorice, dark fruits, some chocolate, wood. Very boozy and licorice-y. The bottle I tried was so much better, very different from this. 5/3/5/3/10=2.6
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Black. Chocolate, vanilla, spicy note, nuts, licorice. Sweet. Full-bodied. 8/4/7/4/14=3.7
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Black. Chocolate, vanilla, spicy note, nuts, licorice. Sweet. Full-bodied. 8/4/7/4/14=3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 18:09
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy copper with medium frothy off white head that lasts. The aroma is pine and english yeast. Medium mouth, light hop, toasted malt, bitter finish, decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2016
at 21:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong vanilla bean, roast, bourbon. Thick mouth, chewy, sweet vanilla, roast, light booze, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2016
at 05:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bottle pours out dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. nose is barrel vanilla and roast malts. Taste is more of the roast malts and barrel
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2016
at 22:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Tap at SF Beer Week Opening Gala. Pours opaque black, small tan head, good lacing. Aroma is lots of bourbon, vanilla, chocolate. Flavor is vanilla and bourbon heavy, medium bitter, fully sweet. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. This is just too over the top bourbon vanilla bomb for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2016
at 00:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Black beer with a light brown head. Bourbon and vanilla aroma. Vanilla and caramel flavor with bourbon. Medium-plus bodied. Vanilla and bourbon lingers with caramel and light fruitiness.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2016
at 16:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours dark brown/black with a few dark tan bubbles. Aroma of chocolate and bourbon/vanilla. Near full bodied. Flavor is chocolate/vanilla with light notes of wood. Bourbon is quite present, but the sweetish chocolate and malt tends to obscure it. Not noticing heat. It’s very much dessert. Delicious.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2015
at 22:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Three Sheets. It pours a nice mahogany color with a khaki head. The aroma is syrupy malts with some maple, pecans and toast. Smells very sweet for such a small beer. The flavor is a bit drier with more malt melanoidens, toast, nuts and a bit of syrup. Kind of messy overall, but the flavors are decent, just somewhat underattenuated.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2015
at 12:06