6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gold pour. Thin foam around the rim. Fruit and grass flavor with grass notes. Light bodied and light carbonation.
Tried
from Can
from
Wegmans - Charlottesville
on 04 Sep 2026
at 00:37
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very tinny dandelion, strawberry bouquet. Clear amber, thin head. Lilly, grain, strawberry highlights. Tinny grass finish. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
from Can
from
Wegmans - Charlottesville
on 04 Sep 2026
at 00:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Dry but not bone-dry, with a subtle chocolate-caramel on the front end followed by a slight cascara acidity and a mildly bitter, roasty finish. Tasty pint.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Aug 2026
at 00:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
a: very dark brown coloured body | oily, rich brown head
a: chocolate | canella | caramelised sugars
f: woodsie | bourbon | vanilla finish
t: warming | rounded but very roasty malts | bitter cacao end
o: robust | complex earthy profile | enjoyable but strong...still...I thought it would temper more after five + years, but it's still strong (perhaps this IS an improvement?!?)
16 ounce can | Total Wine: McLean, Virginia | 21-July-2021 | US$4,99 | 'packaged': 18-January-2021 | sampled: 21-July-2026, on the twenty-first anniversary of the day I met my wife, in the quiet town of Quepos, Costa Rica, and also the exact date I purchased the beer, five years ago!
a: chocolate | canella | caramelised sugars
f: woodsie | bourbon | vanilla finish
t: warming | rounded but very roasty malts | bitter cacao end
o: robust | complex earthy profile | enjoyable but strong...still...I thought it would temper more after five + years, but it's still strong (perhaps this IS an improvement?!?)
16 ounce can | Total Wine: McLean, Virginia | 21-July-2021 | US$4,99 | 'packaged': 18-January-2021 | sampled: 21-July-2026, on the twenty-first anniversary of the day I met my wife, in the quiet town of Quepos, Costa Rica, and also the exact date I purchased the beer, five years ago!
Tried
from Can
from
Total Wine & More - McLean, VA
on 21 Jul 2026
at 20:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Slightly hazy gold in color with a two-finger head. Aroma is fruity, artificial mango, not much tangerine. Taste is also fruity, artificial mango and a tad of tangerine.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2026
at 16:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
a: dark brown coloured body | thin tan head but beautiful ruby rint on the body
a: bananas | prunes | tobacco
f: caramelised sugars | big yeasts | raisin finish
t: creamy | thick easy malts | pitted fruit ending
o: polished | aged very well (tastes like 6/7%) | yeast & malt forward, but complex...still
12 ounce can | Harris Teeter (grocery): Arlington (Pentagon Row), Virginia | 24-February-2021 | US$1,87 (part of a mixed six pack) | canned: 13-November-2020 | sampled: 18-July-2026, a bit longer than five years after purchase - on the Eve of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final, I'm drinking a non-Spanish/Argentinian beer...purely American, as the host of the tournament.
a: bananas | prunes | tobacco
f: caramelised sugars | big yeasts | raisin finish
t: creamy | thick easy malts | pitted fruit ending
o: polished | aged very well (tastes like 6/7%) | yeast & malt forward, but complex...still
12 ounce can | Harris Teeter (grocery): Arlington (Pentagon Row), Virginia | 24-February-2021 | US$1,87 (part of a mixed six pack) | canned: 13-November-2020 | sampled: 18-July-2026, a bit longer than five years after purchase - on the Eve of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final, I'm drinking a non-Spanish/Argentinian beer...purely American, as the host of the tournament.
Tried
from Can
from
Harris Teeter - Arlington
on 18 Jul 2026
at 07:26
7/10
They don’t call me Rusty for nothin’
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2026
at 23:23
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pint can, courtesy of @SHIG, pours with a dark mahogany colored body that supports a tan head of foam that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The aroma offers up pine like hops blunted by some dark roasted malts, a touch of baker's chocolate and then a thin cloud of dark fruity esters and booze. The taste delivers both pine like hop bitterness and modest malt roastiness as well as chocolate malts and a hint of nuttiness. Toward the finish there is a nice sweet dark fruity ester jamminess that shows up along with the booziness creating a well rounded experience. Solid offering. The CDA love is real.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2026
at 04:30
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
A: clear copper coloured body | ugly frothy tan head
A: dank | spruce | soft oranges
F: rustic malts | nutty | caster sugar on end
T: drying | crisp | floral end
O: PNW hops | older-school | balanced, but malt-centric
12 oz can | Wegman's (grocery): Richmond (Short Pump/Glen Allen), Virginia | 13-October-2025 | US$2,33 (part of a mixed six pack) | canned:06-April-2025 | sampled: 28-January-2026
A: dank | spruce | soft oranges
F: rustic malts | nutty | caster sugar on end
T: drying | crisp | floral end
O: PNW hops | older-school | balanced, but malt-centric
12 oz can | Wegman's (grocery): Richmond (Short Pump/Glen Allen), Virginia | 13-October-2025 | US$2,33 (part of a mixed six pack) | canned:06-April-2025 | sampled: 28-January-2026
Tried
from Can
from
Wegmans - Lake Manassas
on 28 Jan 2026
at 23:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can: Poured a unclear yellow golden with a white frothy head. Aroma is fruity, citrus, malty, Taste is fruity, juicy, citrus, orange, malty balance. This one was probably past it's prime.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2026
at 01:44