6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Rich deep copper and bronze coloured body with a dense, thick, three to four centimetre tall rich tan head. Aroma of pungent alcohol, apricots, grass, pine and deep malt, all with a light citrus hop bitterness and more alcohol astringency in the nose. Medium to Full-bodied; Deep robust, rich flavours at first, with tons of malt coming through at first with a lot of alcohol soon afterwards, some pungent apricot and fruit-based notes with a deep bitter finish from the piney and more grassy hops. Aftertaste shows a proper balance of bunches of malt, with a deeper, more aggressive hop and alcohol presence that shows a lot of bitterness, but more astringent flavours and also a lot of sweetness from honey, caster sugar and apricots at the very end. Overall, a deep and pungent beer that shows some decent flavours that are a tad too aggressive and not polished enough. Nice to try, but probably not recommended due to such high competition in the style. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Knightly Spirits in Orlando (Orange Blossom Trail), Florida on 19-April-2019 for US$3,99 sampled at home in Washington on 26-September-2019.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Sep 2019
at 20:52