8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle poured, shared by Tcon25. Thanks! Bottled 6/22/17. Always fun to try the Chicago area beers, especially when they are this fresh. A hazy golden orange pour with a patchy active fizz head. A bit of a dank hop aroma, some citrus peel. A bit of a mellow flavor for an imperial. Creamy, maybe some oats, with orange fruit, and a low bitter that remains. Slightly dry with the grains late. Juicy, and full of flavor. Excellent Citra showcase here. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2017
at 19:40
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - pours dark brown tan head - nose and taste of marshmallow, vanilla extract, chocolate, burnt earth and burnt biscuit - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2017
at 18:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at Gravity. Pours a clear ruby red with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has slightly acidic red fruits with some light grains. Flavor has strong sour red fruits with light acid and a touch of light grains.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2017
at 16:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2016. Pours a cloudy light yellow with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has some yogurt tartness, tart light fruit, lemon and some sweet grains underlying. Flavor has a lemon sourness, quite tart, light oakiness and a bit of light grains supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2017
at 16:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle as VI. Pours gold white head - nose/taste of citrus, tangerine, caramel malt, and cracker malt with grapefruit peel - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2016
at 20:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks, 316nuts. 750 ml bottle. Deep purple color. Clouded through. Small bright purplish pink head, fairly fizzy. Nice sweet berry flavor in the aroma. There’s some butter in there, particularly comes out as it warms. A little bit of a vinous character bouncing around. Big tart berry depth comes out in the taste. Medium sour, maybe a bit more. Pretty good hit of acidity to it. Very jammy. Some lacto yogurtiness. Mild woody note. Fairly light mouthfeel. There’s some body to it. Pretty good pucker. Good berry sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2016
at 22:51
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 6/20/2016. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, honey, lightly toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of juicy citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, honey, lightly toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange rind, pepper, pine, honey, bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate dryness from bitterness increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, sticky/resinous, fairly creamy/grainy, and lightly slick balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent DIPA! all around great complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy/resinous citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV and big bitterness. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2016
at 21:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 ml bottle into snifter, bottled in 3/2016. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense dark tan head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, cinnamon, caramel, toffee, toasted dark bread, cream, smoke, char, herbal, pine, and roast/char earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose/spices, and moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, cinnamon, caramel, toffee, toasted dark bread, cream, smoke, char, herbal, pine, and roast/char earthiness. Moderate herbal/pine and roast/char bitterness, and light cinnamon spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, cinnamon, caramel, toffee, toasted dark bread, cream, smoke, char, herbal, pine, and roast/char earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose/spices, and moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance, and zero astringent hop/roast flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from hop/roast bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, and fairly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent spiced imperial stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose/spices, and moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. This had a nice amount of creme brulee qualities, but feels more like a Russian imperial stout on roast/bitterness. Nice cinnamon presence that is not overdone. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2016
at 21:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at Bob’s Bar during the "Mike Langley GTFO of Columbus Bottle Share" on 08/29/2016. Hazy golden color with a medium white head that dissipates steadily to a film. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of funky fruit, yeast and malt. Medium body with flavors of mango, funky yeast and biscuit malt. The finish is funky and fruity with a mango and citrus aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2016
at 21:10
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. It pours a hazy orange red color with an off white head. The aroma has raspberries and orange. The flavor is nice with soft notes of orange, raspberry and funk. Great lightly creamy mouthfeel with perfect levels of funk and acidity. This was a real nice surprise.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 20:46