Subsidiaries
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce can, 10/26/22. Black, large tan head, above average retention. Aroma of strong peanut butter, roast, chocolate, caramel. Taste is peanut butter, chocolate, roast, vanilla, caramel. Slick, booze hidden well.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2022
at 01:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber-brown beer with a tan head. Caramel and grapefruit aroma. Caramel and grapefruit flavor with spice and light pine. Medium-plus bodied. Caramel and light nuttiness linger with light roast, grapefruit, light spice, and light pine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2022
at 17:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours mostly clear deep amber. The aroma is of toffee, malt, and alcohol. The flavor is quite sweet with toffee, plums, booze, and malt. It’s full bodied and fairly good though not the best barley wine.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2022
at 05:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
$4.99 bomber, TJ CHO. Clear brown with a small beige head. Nose is caramel malt, light dark fruit. Flavor is caramel, toffee, a hint of dark fruit, some grapefruit/pine in the back end. Kinda boozy, but flavor is mild.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2022
at 01:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
$4.99 bottle at Trader Joe's. Can't beat that. Fizzy tan head over a deep and opaque brown body. Smell is malty, just a bit light for a heavier style. Taste is malty too, but little more than a caramel roast. An alcohol burn is making itself known on my tongue. I blame the kettle chips I was eating. Settles into a decent, boozy beer, except for some burn still hitting the back of my palate. Still appropriate to enjoy on my 63rd birthday.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2022
at 04:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Okay, but boozy, even for 9%. Lots of alcohol on the front end, along with toffee, cocoa, candy apple, and pine, followed by citrus pith and a lingering pine bitterness on the back end. Decent, but a little too assertive with the sweetness and ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2022
at 00:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Trader Joe's in Davis, CA. Pours very dark and ruddy mahogany with a decent beige head. Aroma of heavy toffee with some citrus hints. Med plus body. Flavor is darkish toffee with bits of grapefruit zest and suggestions of dark fruits. Not sticky, but not dry. Bitter enough for the malt level. Not ale of the year, but pretty good stuff.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2022
at 01:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Vanilla and chocolate. Dark brown pour with little head. Some roast. Kind of gimmicky on overall flavour. Bottle from Trader Joe's.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2022
at 23:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Large bottle (Bomber) all to myself on 24th February 2022 while eating a salad and other 'stuff' at my daughters in Laguna Hills. Dark mahogany body, off-white/beige head, slight haziness on each of my three pours. Nose is malty molasses with a raisin/berry twist, taste similar with a earthy/woody and light bitterness to it's nature, not as sweet as the aroma suggests.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2022
at 17:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bomber from Trader Joe's. Black pour with waning brown head. Just like their chocolate Babka stout, this is on the money for taste. Not as sweet as the Babka, but plenty of chocolaty notes, light coffee. Nice feel overall as well. Price point is attractive at $3.99. Good bargain.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2021
at 05:15