Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft. Copper beer with a dark cream head. Light smoke and light malt aroma. Caramel and smoke flavor. Medium bodied. Smoke and caramel linger with light fruitiness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours somewhat ruddy amber with a creamy beige head. Smoky, nigh bacon aroma. Full bodied. Starts with bacon smoke, then sweet darkish malt, then more bacon. I can’t use smoke; someone must have flung a flitch in the kettle. Cook green beans in this. Nice. Not over done.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Barleywine from Dust Bowl Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours dark copper with a beige head. Mild brown sugar aroma. Arguably full bodied. Flavor is lightly hopped brown sugar. Malt is sticky. So it’s a pretty decent sipper. May not stand out from the pack, but it’s good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours a dark blood orange color. No head. Smattering of beige foam. Aroma is sort of brown sugar/treacle, but the sugar is reminding of bacon. Weird. Full bodied. Flavor is bitter, tho lightly so, followed by treacle/brown sugar, with something almost woodily astringent, then back to the malt. There’s heat, but it’s rather elusive. Finally, smacking my mouth and considering the origins of the universe, I can imagine some baking chocolate lurking in the nether regions. I’m liking this very much.
Earlier Rating: 2/22/2013 Total Score: 4
Tap at University of Beer. Pours a very dark ruby with a ceamy beige head. Aroma is rather plummy with some dark malt that has chocolate notes. Med + body. Flavor is rather pitted fruit and I think the malt has a bit of chocolate. Plum seems to be the fruit. Heat, but only in the gullet. Very nice.
bb (18428) reviewed Black Blizzard from Dust Bowl Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Blackish beer with a brown head. light roast and chocolate aroma with bourbon. Bourbon and toffee flavor with light licorice and light roast. Fuller bodied. Roast and licorice lingers with bourbon and chocolate. Hops are noticeable in the background.
Earlier Rating: 3/29/2012 Total Score: 3.3
Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Earthy and malt aroma. Pine and grapefruit flavor with earth, malt, and light chocolate. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and malt lingers with pine, grapefruit, and earth.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Black Blizzard from Dust Bowl Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from the Nugget Market in Vacaville, CA. Pours very black with a slight dark tan head that didn’t last long. Aroma is dark roast malt, with some thing so intense it makes me think of meat. Full bodied plus! Flavor is very smooth dark roast malt, with bitterness. I think there’s coffee and chocolate. Treacle. Hop - must be. This is very strongly flavored ale. There is no trace of heat. There’s too much malt to label it dry, but it deserves to be labeled dry. It’s just that sort of thing. Strong flavors; bitterness; malt struggling to assert itself. I will not be surprised to find this getting impressive awards. Think I’m getting some hop burn with time. Incredibly excellent ale.
Sledutah (12313) reviewed Therapist from Dust Bowl Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Capitol Beer and Tap Room
Clear golden with a small white head and some lacing. Aroma is sweet, citrus and burnt rubber. Flavors of floral and pine with a bitter finish
Decent
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Coffee Porter from Dust Bowl Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap at California Brew fest. Pours dark brown with a large foamy/creamy tan head. Coffee aroma. Med + body. Flavor is coffee with some chocolate, coffee suggesting espresso, and nice smooth dark malt. Finishes dryish and coffee - mildly bitter. Delicious.
bb (18428) reviewed Son of Wrath from Dust Bowl Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and pine aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor with light malt. Medium bodied. Very good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine linger with light caramel.
bb (18428) reviewed Dunkel Wheat from Dust Bowl Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Called Dunkel Wheat @ 4.6%. Mahogony beer with a cream head. Wheat and light toast aroma. Light caramel and light wheat flavor with light banana. Medium bodied. Light caramel and light wheat lingers with light spice and light banana.