7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from CraftShack. Pours light gold with a slight, transient white head. Aroma is that New Zealand super weird hoppy thing - melon, fruit, I don’t know. Med+ body. Maybe full. Flavor is light caramel with a lot of fruity hop. There’s a very mild hop burn. It seems a little grapey. Nelson? It seems a little South Seas. Moesaic? It seems very, very fresh. Lucky me! Finishing decently bitter, extremely hoppy. Lovely ale.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2014
at 18:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from CraftShack. Looks orange in dim light, but gold in bright light. Transient white head. Aroma is fruit, but there’s a lot of confusion. Med + body. Flavor starts quite hoppy, shows some caramel support, but then it’s like solvent. Not in a totally bad way. Just that the heavy ABV doesn’t seem to work well with the massive amount of hop. With time passing on the palate adjusts. It gets even more incredibly hoppy, develops some juicy fruitiness, and all the heat is down the gullet. Maybe this is what happens when hopping goes beyond dank. Everyone who gave this a rating below 3.6 should think about going again and taking it slow. Or aging a couple decades and losing some nasal capabilities. :) Side note: burps good Second side note: rating is affected by initial take, but I tried to correct to the way it’s finishing. As the alcohol takes hold, it gets better for sure.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2014
at 16:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from GT2. Pours crystal clear orange with a small white head that dissipates quickly with good lacing. Aroma is a bit dank, tropical, passion fruit, wet leaves. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter, not harsh at all. Medium body. Nice little APA here!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2014
at 18:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle pours with a clear perfectly gold body that supports a near white head of foam. So I thought this was an IPA tick and had I noticed when I bought this it was a lager I likely would have passed on it. The aroma offers up some sweetness, some lagery yeasty fruity esters, tart hoppy grapefruit and then a light peach cotton candy sensation. The taste delivers firm hop notes like grapefruit citrus hops and a peach to slightly mango note. Well behind the hops lurks some soft sugary notes mixed with some lagery yeasty fruity esters. This has a nice bitter hoppiness up front to keep it light and refreshing well above the lagery sweetness. Very glad I didn’t notice this was a lager at the time of purchase.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2014
at 05:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On draft at Slster’s 50/50 in Pasadena. Pours a clear pale gold with a thick white head. Light biscuit nose. Flavors of chili. Spicy chili kick. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2014
at 20:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22oz bottle-shared by jtclockwork-brown head with trailing lace-black. A-roasty dk malt, bourbon/wood, dk fruit-cherry. T-bourbon, roasty-dk malt, spice hop bite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2014
at 05:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours deep brown with a frothy, beige head. Fair effort here. Deeply roasted malts, earthy bitterness, bittersweet baking cocoa. A bit of dark chocolate and burnt wood, too. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Light warmth at the end with more baking cocoa character. Rich, hefty.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2014
at 03:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours rich brown with a creamy, tan head. Good balance here. Moderate roasted malts, milk chocolate, hazelnuts. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation and creamy texture. Still well balanced to finish with notes of ash, charred earth and baking cocoa. Solid stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2014
at 03:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle I brought to Dogbones’ apartment for the RBWG early crew Wednesday night. Pours black with brown head. Nose and taste of vanilla, bourbon, oak, coffee, dark fruit, almond and brownie. Deep roast. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2014
at 20:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle - Marzipan, vanilla, molasses and oak with the typical bourbon notes. Jet black with a brown head. Oaky bourbon, marzipan, vanilla and roast malts. Nice with a neutral finish, not to sweet or bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2014
at 12:23