7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
12 oz bottle from a four pack bought at Costco. Aroma has notes of cocoa, wood, vanilla, molasses, coconut, raisin, smoke, pouch tobacco. Taste is bittersweet with flavors like the aroma descriptors. More bitter than most impy stouts are these days. I haven’t bought this in years, but it doesn’t seem as impressive as it used to be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2025
at 03:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours clear gold into a tulip. White head with good retention recedes leaving sheet lacing. Pine and pith aromas. Medium bodied with sweet tea and lemon upfront turning to pine before the medium length pith finish.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2025
at 23:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
a: muddied ruby tinted body | thinnish fast-dying head
a: tart cherries | oak | spontaneous fermentation
f: funky yeast | soured fruits | light toffee finish
t: hibiscus | rustic malts | berries at end
o: floral throughout | complex fruits | earthy throughout, still
500 mL wax-topped capped bottle | Hy-Vee (grocery): Lincoln, Nebraska | 20-January-2020 | US$10,99 | bottled: 10-October-2018 | sampled: 18-December-2025, a week away from Christmas, more than five years after purchase and just after seeing Six Pence None The Richer at Christmas
a: tart cherries | oak | spontaneous fermentation
f: funky yeast | soured fruits | light toffee finish
t: hibiscus | rustic malts | berries at end
o: floral throughout | complex fruits | earthy throughout, still
500 mL wax-topped capped bottle | Hy-Vee (grocery): Lincoln, Nebraska | 20-January-2020 | US$10,99 | bottled: 10-October-2018 | sampled: 18-December-2025, a week away from Christmas, more than five years after purchase and just after seeing Six Pence None The Richer at Christmas
Tried
from Bottle
from
Hy-Vee Wine & Spirits - Lincoln NE
on 18 Dec 2025
at 17:00
8.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 2025 vintage. Rich chocolate cake aroma with notes of milk sugar, orange peel, roasted malt, vanilla, oak and tequila. Pours deep brown with a thin mocha brown head that has some retention and little lacing. Starts with chocolate cake, milk sugar, roasted malt and orange peel flavors as well as having a rich full body and silky smooth mouthfeel. Finishes decadently smooth with vanilla, oak and tequila flavors. No hint of booze for a decadently smooth stout.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Newton Wine and Spirits
on 15 Dec 2025
at 01:45
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Pint size can, at tasting. thx Arde.
Pkg on 08/12/25.
Poured slightly hazy and orange in color.
Warming and quite boozy with mostly overripe fruits, some pine and malts. Could not finish a whoile can by myself.
Pkg on 08/12/25.
Poured slightly hazy and orange in color.
Warming and quite boozy with mostly overripe fruits, some pine and malts. Could not finish a whoile can by myself.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2025
at 10:13
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint can at tasting at VastActiv residence.
Poured light amber in color with a bubbly head.
Sweet and malty, bit a strong boozyness amongst some tired like piney hops. Heavy and not very drinkable.
Poured light amber in color with a bubbly head.
Sweet and malty, bit a strong boozyness amongst some tired like piney hops. Heavy and not very drinkable.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2025
at 08:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Village Tap, Chicago IL (Sept 2025). Clear golden with a large frothy light beige head, very faint piney aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter lightly piney orange peel yasye, smooth body, long fragrant finish. Well rounded and fragrant IPA.
Tried
from Draft
at
Village Tap
on 14 Dec 2025
at 01:55
7.2/10
Sweetish, caramely malty with some pine, resin, grassy hops and earthiness, mild warming alcohol. Old skoolish.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2025
at 18:59
7.4/10
Sweet, piney and resinous with hints of dankness, grass, caramel malt, booze and floral hoppiness. Easy drinking but a bit heavy
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2025
at 16:38
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. The nose is quite rich with notes of bourbon barrels, deep roast, espresso, and black liquorice. Flavour is even more rich and complex with a deep, dry roasted malt character, lots of bourbon barrels, gentle char, black liquorice. The finish is fairly dry with a gentle boozy heat. Excellent depth and complexity, this is fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2025
at 00:29