7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Black with almost no head. I could smell coffee before I poured the beer. Some chocolate in the aroma as well as toast. Flavor is coffee and chocolate, sweet, then a mildly bitter aftertaste. Excellent palate. Very smooth, but also a substantial beer. I could drink a lot of this.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2005
at 00:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Average sized head that falls away quickly into a medium amber beer. Diminished malt aroma, little from the hops. Flavor is sweet with just a bit of hops to balance. Just another weak Pale Ale.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2005
at 08:08
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
2005 bottle. Clear orange-amber colored body with a small white head, low retention. Aroma of sticky caramel malt, sweaty hay, a bit of floral hops, but overall, pretty low on hops aroma. Flavor stays with the malty trend, with some lightly spicy hops, a hint of floral notes but mainly just a simple bready-caramel malt flavor. Medium body, forced carbonation. I liked that it wasn’t over-hopped.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2005
at 15:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Copper color with a nice off-white head. Pine resin aroma. Nice resin/earthy/spicey flavor. Not highly bitter. Light bodied. The more you drink, the less impressive it is. It starts out great, but half way through I wasn’t so impressed. A growing mustiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2005
at 21:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to Matta for this gem! Beautiful clear, deep amber pour that supports a long lasting, sticky head of off-white, that lasts forever. Multi-layered hop and malt aroma. Spicy floral hops with sweet caramel malt and warm bread dough in the back. Well balanced flavor, delivered on a light to medium bodied beer, that carries a long sweet, then bitter finish. Very acceptable IPA. Re-rate 12/07 Scored down 2 pts overall and 1 pt palate. This has gotten thinner and lost character.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2005
at 18:44
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
A hazy brown beer with a small disappearing brown head. The aroma is sweet matly with mainly coffee notes, but also hints of bourbon. The flavor has distinct bourbon character mixed in with the notes of coffee and chocolate while the alcohol burns the tongue. Just a notch better than the standard Imperial Stout.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2005
at 16:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A red-brown beer with a disappearing brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with roasted notes as well as notes of chocolate and hints of coffee. The flavor is sweet roasted with notes of alcohol.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2005
at 16:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brown to dark amber color. The aroma improves a little, with some vanilla touch, light Madeira, showing the roasted malt as the regular. The flavor is essentially caramel and caramel, not complex enough, a bit astringent at the end, too much carbonation, a bit coffeish. Quite good. Thanks Jens (Ungstrup) for sharing this bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2005
at 02:53
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Golden amber with a small head. Beerlike aroma with a hint of ginger. Plain, watery with a hint of ginger flavor, but not much.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2005
at 14:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A dark amber beer with a disappearing beige head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of ginger. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and ginger. Definately a christmas beer - and OK.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2005
at 16:56