6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber/gold,small white head.Musty light hop nose.Light, balanced hop profile, medium bittereness in finish
Tried
on 27 Apr 2017
at 03:32
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at Strathcona, pours a hazy orange with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out lots of earthiness from the rye, some vegetal character and restrained notice of some hops. Flavour is along the same lines, letting the spicy, earthy rye dominate. Low hop character, with a rather bone dry palate. Simple and drinkable, but unexciting.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Apr 2017
at 18:44
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draught at the brewery
Amber color, dark, clean. Aroma of rye. The flavor is a bit earthy, caramel, and rye; but also some vegetable bitterness, cabbage, and overall it has no Bitter character.
Amber color, dark, clean. Aroma of rye. The flavor is a bit earthy, caramel, and rye; but also some vegetable bitterness, cabbage, and overall it has no Bitter character.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2017
at 22:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the brewery
Cloudy dull golden color, almost murky, with small head. Some smell of dirt, besides that it’s a decent beer, with a good malt backbone, not crisp as modern versions, but not sticky as the older ones, resiny hops, fruity, fresh oranges, and quite good alcohol management; some yeasty chewiness. Nice beer, a bit dirty though.
Cloudy dull golden color, almost murky, with small head. Some smell of dirt, besides that it’s a decent beer, with a good malt backbone, not crisp as modern versions, but not sticky as the older ones, resiny hops, fruity, fresh oranges, and quite good alcohol management; some yeasty chewiness. Nice beer, a bit dirty though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2017
at 04:29
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
650ml bottle (thx, Alex!) at Brian’s office. Pours a dirty golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, little bit dirty, very fruity. Taste is very fruity with melon, watermelon, and caramel notes. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2017
at 22:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brown, lasting tan head.Earthy nose, lightly roasted.More of same in palate. Good malt body and profile, with very light hop bitterness in finish. I quite like it !!
Tried
on 08 Feb 2017
at 00:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Strathcona, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of sugar sweet candy, loads of resinous hops and alcohol. Flavour wallops you with truckloads of resinous hops, caramel malt and ample booze. Rather messy, but not too chaotic. It's fairly powerful and well-balanced between hops and malt. But it does have some phenolic notes that need to be dealt with. Needs work but it's a fun to drink boozy hop bomb.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2017
at 16:52
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cloudy and light dull tan. Medium, even head. Some orangey hop note, bit of yeastiness, but also grapefruit so basically a citrus hop focus. On the palate, it’s more like stewed fruit and alcohol. Honestly, not working for me. Bitterness is good, malts aren’t bad at all, but I’m not crazy about the hop character, and the alcohol is jacked. Triple IPA really needs more behind it to support all that burly booze.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2017
at 13:04
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Dull, light amber, with just a sliver of head. Has pear, berry, melon... nice mix of hops, seems from the florals like the emphasis is on the Wakatu. Thin on the palate...I get malt sweetness but without much body. Hops have been recorded from the other room. The Wakatu brightness I get on the nose is but a distant echo on the palate. That leaves altogether too much sticky malt to drive the bus. Hrm. Not what I like in APA.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2017
at 13:03
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Medium brown and more or less bright. Thin head. Husky thin brown malts. Toast, cocoa...I mean there is good complexity here but it’s missing the residual sugars to round out the palate. Gotta use a slow yeast and some unfermentables to make a killer mild.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2017
at 13:02