6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber,small lasting beige head.Light citrus nose.Light citrus hop flavor,some light malt,medium grapefruit finish
Tried
on 01 May 2005
at 12:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Served properly, in a snifter. Very dark brown colour. Fat malty aroma with alcohol, cherries, walnuts, bourbon, slight chocolate. Palate has rich malty depths. Full body is slightly oily with notes of plums, cherries, wood, tobacco and sherry. Finish is sweet, woody and capped off with an alcoholic dryness. Their best beer. A different type of barley wine, too, from what Americans are used to - this is not an assault but a BW of subtlety, definitely English in inspriration.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2004
at 23:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very dark chestnut brown colour. Raisiny, minty, mincemeaty aroma. Light body for style. Way too light, actually. This would struggle as a foreign stout. Palate of chocolate, diacetyl, toastiness and roast. Drinkable, but too light, too timid for style.
Re-rate, February 2010 @ Alibi. Very dark brown with a thin head. The aroma is chocolatey, ashy, tobaccoey. Chocolatey palate, soft and smooth with smokey tobaccoey nuances. Dessert-like body but a drinkable character.
Re-rate, February 2010 @ Alibi. Very dark brown with a thin head. The aroma is chocolatey, ashy, tobaccoey. Chocolatey palate, soft and smooth with smokey tobaccoey nuances. Dessert-like body but a drinkable character.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2004
at 23:50
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Dark copper-amber colour. Chewy, toffeeish aroma with hints of brown sugar. Earthy, slightly toffeeish malt flavour - slight spice, hint of apple ester, brown sugar.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2004
at 23:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden-straw colour. Bright. Amazingly, this is not one of their hand-pump offerings. Citric, minty aroma with bready pale malts in the background. Grapefruity palate with moderate bitterness. A little bit thin but the pale malts come through nonetheless. Finish leans towards sweetness, carrying forward some grapefruit but not so much co-humulone.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2004
at 23:47
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Coke color, beige head. Interesting dry malt nose. Huge full bodied malt flavor with mild alcohol heat. Harley the brewmaster says this was rather young, so it should get even better in time The above ratings now reflect the several samples I had at Winterfest 05 at Dix. Easily the best beer at the fest. Not meaning to take anything away, but there wasn’t much competition!!
Tried
on 02 Jul 2004
at 00:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Black,tan head.Light roasted coffee/choc nose.Smooth light roasted profile with medium bitterness& light alcohol heat. Lacks body
Tried
on 02 Jul 2004
at 00:04
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Deep amber, loose beige head.Light malt nose.Light malt flavor with light hop finisih, but not enough hops or malt
Tried
on 01 Jul 2004
at 23:58
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
Slightly hazy amber, off white head.Light malt nose and flavor with medium dry finish. Watery
Tried
on 01 Jul 2004
at 23:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Brown with tan head. Great wheat and malt nose.Good wheat malt flavor, quite sweet. Great lace. Good body. The best of their regular beers
Tried
on 29 Jun 2004
at 00:07