Subsidiaries
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Purchased at Beer Temple in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home on a relatively warm Monday night before the first freeze of the winter. Appearance is a murky black with a very thin off white rim. Aroma like root beer, licorice, light chocolate. Taste has a hint of root beer flavor, light nut, licorice, interesting complexity. Not quite sure how I feel about this one, it’s decent.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2014
at 17:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle sent for review. Heay wheat color out of the glass, with a bit of a rose blush. Fizzy head, does not kick up as high as most wheat beers, no doubt kept down by some of its additions. Unlike their licorice porter, I do go for ginger, and this has fresh ginger overriding everything else in the nose. Ginger is up there in the taste, too, but some malts are standing behind the spice. I also get some backup from the key lime. In fact, the citrus and ginger come closer as I go through the glass, to kind of take over the experience. A little yeast settlement at the bottom of the bottle that you can take or leave. Maybe ginger beers aren’t your thing, but think of it as a break from all that pumpkin spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2014
at 20:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle sent for review. Their recommended glass is a bulbous tulip with straight sides at the top. A regular Belgian snifter will have to do. Pours an opaque brown under thin ring of brown foam. Smell has a little bit of roast malt to it, and some toasted nut shell. Bit of licorice shows up a few sniffs later. Taste has licorice up first. That’s one of those tastes I’ve never been able to cozy up to. Luckily it’s not overwhelming. Mouthfeel is fizzy. There is some roasty malt in the background. A bit of coffee, perhaps. A finely made beer, but it just happens to focus on a taste I never cared for.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2014
at 21:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
GABF 2014
Dark brown with a medium sized tan head. Aroma and flavors of a well made root beer that is malty, some chocolate and vanilla
A nice, clean beer.
Dark brown with a medium sized tan head. Aroma and flavors of a well made root beer that is malty, some chocolate and vanilla
A nice, clean beer.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2014
at 16:43