8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Pint can, 2019 vintage. Maple syrup aroma with notes of cinnamon, roasted malt, vanilla, lactose sugar, coffee and chocolate. Pours deep brown with a thin mocha brown head that has little retention and little lacing. Starts with rich roasted malt, cinnamon, lactose sugar and chocolate flavors as well as having a medium body and smooth mouthfeel. Finishes smooth with vanilla, coffee and maple syrup flavors. Still pretty good after 7-ish years.
Tried
from Can
from
Coaltrain Wine and Liquor
on 24 May 2026
at 06:58
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught @ the brewery. Clear golden yellow with a small foamy whitish head, fiant piney aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter lightly citrusy taste, smooth body, long finish. Solid West Coast IPA.
Tried
from Draft
at
Une Année / Hubbard's Cave Brewery
on 18 May 2026
at 23:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Black beer with a brown head. Chocolate and truffle aroma. Vanilla and truffle flavor with chocolate, light roast, and light dark fruit. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and vanilla linger with light roast and light fruitiness.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2026
at 15:51
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can. Black beer with a brown head. Chocolate and light berry aroma. Strawberry and vanilla flavor with chocolate. Medium-plus bodied. Strawberry and vanilla linger with chocolate.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2026
at 21:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pint can, 2020-1 vintage. Hazelnut aroma with notes of chocolate, roasted malt, lactose sugar, vanilla and caramel. Pours deep brown with a thin mocha brown head that has little retention and a thin ring of lacing. Starts with rich, roasted malt, caramel and chocolate flavors as well as having a rich, full body and silky smooth mouthfeel. Finishes quite smooth with hazelnut, vanilla and lactose sugar flavors. Very good, but almost too sweet the more you drink it.
Tried
from Can
from
Coaltrain Wine and Liquor
on 18 Apr 2026
at 03:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can, from Warehouse Liquors, Chicago IL. Clear golden with a foamy whitish head, citrus aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter malt forward citrus peel taste, smooth body, long finish. Well balanced and tasty.
Tried
from Can
from
Warehouse Liquors
on 23 Mar 2026
at 00:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can. Black beer with a brown head. Roast and nutty aroma with light chocolate. Milk chocolate and lactose flavor with light nuttiness. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and lactose linger with light nuttiness.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2026
at 21:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Black beer with a brown head. Chocolate aroma. Fudgy chocolate flavor with light roast. Medium-plus bodied. Fudgy chocolate lingers with light roast, light caramel, and light dried fruit.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2026
at 20:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Black beer with a brown head. Nutty and coffee aroma with chocolate. Coffee and chocolate flavor with toffee/caramel. Fuller bodied. Coffee and chocolate linger with toffee/caramel, dried fruit, and light molasses.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2026
at 17:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
750ml bottle. Jet black colour with small, frothy, fading, tan head. Sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty, caramel malty and mildly spicy, minimally BA supported aroma, notes of dark chocolate, chocolate sauce, some caramel, vanilla, a touch of molasses and rum. Taste is sweet and roasty, dark and caramel malty, spicy and BA supported, minimally woody, notes of dark chocolate dark caramel, chocolate sauce, lots of vanilla, hints of toasted coconut, a touch of rum, oak, molasses; minimally warming, alcoholic finish.
Minimally viscous, but substantially dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Quite sweet and sugary, vanilla overload, homogeneous, relatively simple and monotonous - okay-ish sipper, but too boring to spend a lot of time with.
Minimally viscous, but substantially dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Quite sweet and sugary, vanilla overload, homogeneous, relatively simple and monotonous - okay-ish sipper, but too boring to spend a lot of time with.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2026
at 00:53