7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2004 draught @ Redbones. Very light, but not completely clear, gold. Small foamy white head, mostly disipating. Smells light and floral, rosewater comes to mind. Light airy angel food cake, plenty of soft fluffy hops notes and a touch of light malts. Flavor is crisp and hoppy, but not terribly bitter. Good floral notes, light body. Tastes like lavendar and rose petals steeped in mineral water and then mixed with pilsener malts and herbal-tasting hops. Very refreshing. Quick finish, moderate carbonation. Isn’t this a blonde/golden ale?? Certainly dosent seem like an ESB.
Tried
on 19 Nov 2004
at 13:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle Pours a medium amber with a thick long lasting sandy head. Lots of hops in the aroma, a bit dark and woody. Flavor is srtrong hops at first then after a moment a bold malty wood flavor takes over. Lots of full body flavor and a nice risc feel. Moderate carbonation and a crisp bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2004
at 18:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Mahogony-brown color with a nice off-white head. Roasted malt and slight grapefruit hop aroma. Nice balanced malt and hop flavors along with spice, caramel, fruit, and brancy. Lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2004
at 22:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
An unclear amber beer with no head. The aroam is sweet malty with notes of caramel and alcohol. The flavor is sweet malty with hops, chocolate and alcohol notes. A nice powerful Barley Wine.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2004
at 16:13
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Nut brown. Sweet up front with big crystal malt flavour. Clean, fairly hard mouthfeel, a vague note of red berries. Low hop rate. It seems American oktoberfests are like most American Hefeweizens. They claim to be something they are not.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2004
at 20:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Amber colour. Roasty, lightly soapy hop aroma. Dry, light bodied, light flavoured and somewhat salty. Medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2004
at 17:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
’03 Bottle Pours a hazy golden/redish amber with a medium off-white head that leaves coarse spotty lacing. Aroma is of cirtus, apricot, mild malts, old oak, and a little alcohol. Flavor is hopy and fruity. Orange and pineapple. The 10% is not so noticable at first and the relatively high carbonation is lively but not overpowering. Feel is very smooth and finish is pretty easy with a little hopy bite. An easy to drint "big beer" that I’m sure will sneak up on me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2004
at 02:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Koji Osakaya (Lloyd Center), Portland. Sampled 5 August 2004. Relatively clear orange-brown body with a thin off-white head. Grassy, medium hops aroma with notes of caramel. Rich caramel, fruit, toast, and brown sugar dominate the body which finishes with grassy hops fading to bitterness. This is what a good Amber Ale should be.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2004
at 13:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle Pours a medium reddish brown with only a small frothy head quickly dispersing and leaving very little lacing. Dark roasted, malty aroma. Flavor is again a dark roated, nutty, with a good Cascade hops zing. Aftertaset is a bit heavy on the bitters, but fades fast leaving a clean fresh palate. A fair Amber.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2004
at 20:46
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2003 bottling. A hazy, orange-red barleywine with a heavy emphasis on sweet malts, this beer has a candy-like mouthfeel with brown sugar and caramel interplaying with candied fruits, balanced by grapefruity hops (which remain nicely subtle), a piney finish, and alcohol presence. The rather light aroma offers the same attributes. Not too thick-bodied but still sticky, this would be the perfect accompaniment, in a snifter, to a nice after-dinner cigar. What does Old Boardhead compare to? It reminds me a bit of two Dogfish Head beers- Immort Ale and 120 Minute IPA, without the peat of the former and the very strong hopping/alcohol of the latter. Nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2004
at 12:47