6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
on tap @Stoudts Invitational-pours a retaining thin white head and yellow color. Aroma is wheat, bready, some yeast. Taste is wheat, bready, lemon/perfume hops, some pungent yeast. Plenty of effervescence. Refreshing and not thin.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2009
at 23:44
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
on tap pours light gold, no head. Aroma is light wheat and some spicing. Flavor is all clove with a few hints of wheat peeking their head in toward the end. Overall, too much spice, not enough substance.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Aug 2009
at 16:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Deep brown-amber color. Huge foamy head. Sweet malty aroma with a solid bitter backbone. Somewhat mellow mouthfeel carbonation-wise, lots of thick malt flavor. Creamy and sweet, nice Imperial ESB.
Tried
on 13 May 2009
at 21:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Thick orange brown color. Soapy head. Balanced earthy aroma. Lots of bitter hops, but not much carbonation. A tad thick, but still has some pleasant flowery hoppiness. Middle of the road.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2009
at 21:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Courtesy of markwise. Pours copper with gold edges and thin off white head. The aroma is sweet, malty, bread, a touch of butter and some hints of tangelo. The taste is a bit hoppier than the nose with a pulse of spice and some pine hops that quickly mix with grainy malts and bread. It finishes with fading malts and a persistent modest level of hops.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2009
at 22:15