6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Malt & Vine. 2009 vintage. Pours ruddy copper with a few bubbles. Rich sweet heavily roasted malt aroma. Full bodied with mild carbonation. Flavor is mostly caramel, with mild heat, and something like woody/resin hop. Has an oaky tinge. Finish is more sweet than not, but not sticky sweet. Pretty decent drink. Drinks way too easy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2010
at 20:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep brown,lasting tan head.Tantalizing roasty nose.Dry malt start,medium roast profile.Medium bitterness in finish from roast and hops both. A bit thin but good!!
Tried
on 20 Dec 2009
at 20:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: A light golden pour with a thin white head. Smells ripe with citrus and cloves. Just a little lemon and yeast. The taste is more fruity than anything, light citrus and apple flavors. A little more lemon and a little less cloves. Yeast is barely noticable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2009
at 10:43
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Malt & Vine. Pours lightly hazy dark copper with very little head. Aromas of roasted caramel and fruit hop. Medium body with sharp, but mild, carbonation. Seems a bit buttery. Otherwise a little bready, and not a lot of hop, just enough to add some fruit. Decent amber.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2009
at 20:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz shorty bottle. Red-black color, with semi-translucent stained-glass edges. Minimal fading fading head. Chocolaty aroma with a hint of earthy bitterness. Creamy and roasty mouthfeel with some mild crispness up front. Finishes with a slightly chocolate bitterness laced with hoppy greenness. Pretty standard in most respects, with a touch of extra hops West Coast style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2009
at 00:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Filtered orange-red color with a quickly fading off-white head. Seawater amber malt with a solid hop undertone in the aroma. Lots of specialty malt, crystal presumably, give it a thick mouthfeel for a beer of it’s relative low ABV. Easy drinking and sessionable, while still havign a decent flavor profile. Solid syrupy West Coast hop backbone is certainly present, but never dominating or astringent. Semi-soapy amber malt aftertaste. Pretty solid amber overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2009
at 21:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the BP. Light redish amber with a small lighttan head.Moderately hoppy aroma and light bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2009
at 20:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the BP. Clear lt chocolate color. slightly roasty aroma and flavor. Loght and thin...pilsnerish definatelt. Interesting variation on the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2009
at 19:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz shorty bottle. Orange-tan with a foamy off-white head. Mellow sweet corny aroma, with a touch of fresh citrus. Smooth medium bodied mouthfeel, with a lemony crispness. Very refreshing and better than your typical US Blonde, a touch thicker. The lemony sour citrus taste is really the defining characteristic of this beer, lacing the golden malt body. An OK session beer any day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2009
at 17:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz shorty bottle. Thick orange-brown color with a thick, foamy tan head. Earthy seawater dry hoppy aroma, quite nice. Boldly thick stuff, quite nice. Lots of solid malt depth, with a an impressive bitter backbone. This really packs in a lot of flavor for a beer of 5.25%. Toasty sweet hop syrup aftertaste. This is a great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2009
at 17:54