7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
32oz growler pours with a near clear deep gold body that supports a tan head of foam. The aroma offers up spicy herbal like hops, malts, a bit of a biscuit like maltiness and then some pine like hops into the end of the draw. The taste delivers bitter spicy hops and herbal hoppiness and just a modest degree of floral hops initially and then it gets into more grassy resiny almost piney like bitter hops. Supporting the hops is a smooth somewhat sweet malt base. Not my favorite hop profile but this is executed pretty well and I’d certainly drink it again.
Tried
from Growler
on 04 Sep 2016
at 22:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured up on tap at the brewery where it exhibits a clear gold body that supports a light tan head. The aroma offers up spicy hops, floral hops and then thin sweet bready to cracker maltiness. The taste delivers bitter spicy hops, floral hops and then some thin sweet bready like malts, sweet pilsner like malts and then more spicy to floral hops into the finish. Overall this has great hop bitterness and crispness but the malts are still too sweet and heavy and prevent this from reaching its Kolsch potential.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Sep 2016
at 10:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured up on tap at the brewery where it exhibits a hazy copper body that supports a tan head. The mild aroma offers up smooth sweet malts, an apple sweet note, spicy yeast and then a faint honey sensation. The taste delivers smooth sweet malts, smooth apple sweetness, a modest level of spices, a thin semi sweet honey note, a biscuit maltiness and then a cracker malt sensation toward midway. It picks up a thin yeasty tartness from time to time as it warms a bit. It little drier would be nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Sep 2016
at 10:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Wren House Brewing, pours a hazy copper orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out piney hops, biscuity malt and some light diacetyl. Flavour is less infected, with lots of citrus and piney hops upfront, followed by biscuity malt. Robust and well-balanced. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2016
at 13:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Wren House Brewing, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out oats and almost no notice of the coffee. Flavour brings out a lot more coffee upfront, followed by dry oats and some chocolate. Full-bodied and well-balanced and constructed. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2016
at 13:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Wren House Brewing, pours a hazy copper with an small white head. Aroma brings out medium subdued ginger upfront, followed by biscuity malt. Flavour is very ginger-dominated, tasting more like a pure ginger ale than anything. No sweetness, just lots of fresh spicy finger. Nice for what it is.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2016
at 13:14
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Wren House Brewing, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out cereal malts upfront, along with crackery notes. Flavour is very dry, with crisp crackery malt and light cereal malt. Pretty authentic for the style. Unexciting but well-made.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2016
at 13:14
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at Wren House Brewing, pours a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma brings out light biscuity malt and some metallic notes. Flavour brings out metallic notes upfront, followed by biscuity malt and a hint of diacetyl. Not too impressive. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2016
at 13:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Real, Wild & Woody Beer Festival, pours black with a small tan head. Nose brings out lots of vanilla, chilies and bourbon. Flavour is complex with loads of smoky bourbon, a touch of chilis and light vanilla. Wonderfully integrated, and complex. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2016
at 12:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Real, Wild & Woody Beer Festival, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lots of the mesquite barrels, specifically with the smokiness, followed by light roast and coffee. Flavour is quite sweet, with smoky notes, whiskey barrels, and light cocoa. Complex and wonderfully integrated. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2016
at 12:46