Subsidiaries
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Blackish beer with a nice tan head. Malty, caramel, tart, light lemon aroma. Slight tart flavor with caramel, light roast and some darker malts. Medium bodied. Lingering combination of slight tartness and darker malts with a bit of caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2008
at 17:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Dark mahogony beer with a tan head. Spicy, yeasty, malty aroma. Spicy, yeasty, malty, caramel flavor. Medium body. Caramel, spice, and yeast linger.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2008
at 16:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Hopscotch. Pours a hazy golden-orange color with a soft off white head. Aromas of malt and dough. Big sweet malty flavor with some peppery spices, earthiness and doughy Belgian yeast. Slight alcohol presence. Medium body with average carbonation and a syrupy mouthfeel. A decent Belgian strong ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2008
at 22:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On Tap at Najas (also at Beachwood). Pours with a large, off-white creamy head covering a dark brown body. Aroma of dark fruits, malts and a ton of spicey hops. Taste is very sharply hoppy with some nuts in the back. A very, very strongly hopped brown ale. Lightly fizzy and a bit too dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2008
at 19:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample shared by someone at RBSG; Nose of light corriander and wheat; Pale yellow with a huge white head; flavor is spicy with light hop bitterness.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2008
at 10:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap at Stone Bistro. Pours a pale yellow and with no head. Spiced and slight wheaty aroma. Spiced and mild phenolic flavour mixed with a light hops note. Mild caramel too into the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2008
at 11:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours cloudy orange with a small head. Orange fruity and hoppy aroma. Mild yeasty too. Goes into the flavour and becomes nicely mixed with caramel flavour. Smooth to mellow. Light spiced and slight dry finish.7-3-7-3-15=3.5
From bottle, blind #4. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Light orange fruity and hoppy aroma. Phenolic, light metallic and vague pepperish. Subdued sweetness, caramelish and slight phenolic before the finish. Light acidic and dry finish with a lasting yeasty phenolic finish.7-3-7-3-13=3.3
From bottle, blind #4. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Light orange fruity and hoppy aroma. Phenolic, light metallic and vague pepperish. Subdued sweetness, caramelish and slight phenolic before the finish. Light acidic and dry finish with a lasting yeasty phenolic finish.7-3-7-3-13=3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2008
at 11:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap at Pizza Port, Carlsbad. Pours almost black with a small orange glare and a lacing white head. Mild spiced and roasted malt flavour. Spiced and malty roasted flavour. Lasting spiced flavour and slight roasted. Not my style, too spiced.6-3-4-3-10=2.6
From bottle, blind #2. Pours hazy dark brown with a small off-white head. Yeasty, roasted malt, caramel and light acidic touch in the aroma. Plastic, leathery and spiced flavoured. Mild acidic touch. Spiced and roasted finish. Lingering roasted malt flavoured finish.6 3 6 3 13 = 3.1
From bottle, blind #2. Pours hazy dark brown with a small off-white head. Yeasty, roasted malt, caramel and light acidic touch in the aroma. Plastic, leathery and spiced flavoured. Mild acidic touch. Spiced and roasted finish. Lingering roasted malt flavoured finish.6 3 6 3 13 = 3.1
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2008
at 15:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sent in a photo to be uploaded. Pours with a small white head that covers a hazy orange body. Aroma of coriander, saison spices, hops and orange. Taste is yeasty, a bit meaty, with oranges, honey and spiciness. Alcohol adds a creaminess, and is well hidden. Dangerously drinkable. Slightly syrupy with light carbonation. PLENTY MORE AVAILABLE still.
Very good, but I don’t think this one is aging super beautifully at two years in (unlike the barrel aged version). Tons of very sweet honey biscuit and signs of oxidation after nearly two years. Still a good brew but getting a bit harder to drink...I have traded or consumed all but one of my bottles I think.
Very good, but I don’t think this one is aging super beautifully at two years in (unlike the barrel aged version). Tons of very sweet honey biscuit and signs of oxidation after nearly two years. Still a good brew but getting a bit harder to drink...I have traded or consumed all but one of my bottles I think.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2008
at 02:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750 ml bottle purchased mail order from Joey at South Bay in Imperial Beach, CA. Bottle is numbered 1311/2157, and was signed by the brewers. Pour is hazy orange golden with a one inch white head. Aroma of sharp hoppiness, and Belgian yeastiness. Plenty of rich apricot and floral goodness present as well. Taste is bright and harsh initially, quite a bit of bright Saaz hops, and decent shot of booze. Not as clean as I imagined it would be from the nose. Apricot and some black pepper spiciness feature in the aftertaste. This was nice, but from the nose I imagined it would be super nice. I am realy impressed with this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2008
at 08:39