8.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

16 oz. can. Black, with a big, rocky, brown head. The nose is cappuccino, toasted oak, nutmeg, maple syrup, and brandy. Sweet and malty, with a mild, roasty bitterness. Heavy body, syrupy, and thick. Beautiful, focused, and remarkably balanced.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

s: lactose - oats - mangoes a: opaque honey golden - thick head t: rich - honey - melons p: sweet - wheat - vanilla o: robust - new-school - enjoyable 16oz can - Maple Lawn Wine & Spirits: Fulton/Columbia, Maryland - purchased: 21-June-2023 - US$5,39 - sampled: 13-August-2023

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught @ The Hoptimist, Manhattan (Apr 2024). Hazy rich yellow with a very small frothy off-white head, citrus-pineapple aroma, adequate carbonation, mildly bitter citrus-pineapple taste, smooth thin body, long citrusy finish. Very smooth and mellow,

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Arts and Crafts Amsterdam Ave. Pours dark brow. Banana, biscuit, little metallic, little chocolate. Medium body. Fine.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tall boy can from a brewery I have no record with. Time to pass judgement. I open and tilt inside of a snifter, dark mocha brown body with a limited top of taupe foam that goes away quickly. I smell mostly coffee with some chocolate. The taste is tolerable but not really setting the world on fire. Coffee in abundance, a bit of woodiness, chocolate, hard candy, hops and grain. Less dense than I like in an imperial stout. I'm just not getting what the brewer wanted, it appears.

All three flavors hit one, two, three. How about Everton winning their first home Merseyside derby since 2010? Essentially knocking Liverpool out of the title race.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can, from The Hoptimist, Manhattan. Pours hazy dark yellow with a foamy whitish head, citrus aroma, low carbonation, medium bitter citrus peel-mango taste, tropical fruits, smooth thin body, long medium bitter finish. A tasty DIPA.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy yellow orange with dense white head. Medium body. Tropical fruit aroma, peach and tropical fruit taste. Sweet finish with lingering mild bitter.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can, from The Hoptimist, Manhattan (Mar 2024). Pours clear golden with a foamy off-white head, piney aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter citrusy taste, piney flavor, thin body, long bitter citrus peel finish. I could not get the passion fruit, etc. in taste.