8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brewery draught, 4/24/25.
Clear, bright copper-amber. Small, but well-retained, butter head.
Spicy hop with fresh cut grass and a healthy malt character adding sourdough and cracker. Surprisingly low perceived sweetness. Clean. Floral hop character lingering.
Rich in flavor despite the not so malty nose. But drying out firmly on the finish alongside spicy hop and earthy mineral. Bread, honey, dusty, grassy, spicy hop. I like how interesting the hop is but it sort of distracts from the malt? Oh well, first world problems. Guess I'll let a can age for a bit.
Clear, bright copper-amber. Small, but well-retained, butter head.
Spicy hop with fresh cut grass and a healthy malt character adding sourdough and cracker. Surprisingly low perceived sweetness. Clean. Floral hop character lingering.
Rich in flavor despite the not so malty nose. But drying out firmly on the finish alongside spicy hop and earthy mineral. Bread, honey, dusty, grassy, spicy hop. I like how interesting the hop is but it sort of distracts from the malt? Oh well, first world problems. Guess I'll let a can age for a bit.
Tried
from Draft
at
Fox Farm Brewery
on 24 Apr 2025
at 20:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brewery draught, 4/24/25.
Heavily hazy bronze-maize-golden. Neat, creamy, off-white head.
Fruity nose with a healthy mix of apple, pear, light citrus and maybe a hint of tropical. Wheat/oat-like blandness/softness with light mineral. Clean, balanced.
Soft and fruity, low but ample bitterness. Chewy, wheat/oat body with low sweetness. Nothing explosive or even that distinctive from the hop but there's a good mix of yellow and citrus fruits. Good mineral. Easy drinking, balanced. Nice change of pace from the usual shit.
Heavily hazy bronze-maize-golden. Neat, creamy, off-white head.
Fruity nose with a healthy mix of apple, pear, light citrus and maybe a hint of tropical. Wheat/oat-like blandness/softness with light mineral. Clean, balanced.
Soft and fruity, low but ample bitterness. Chewy, wheat/oat body with low sweetness. Nothing explosive or even that distinctive from the hop but there's a good mix of yellow and citrus fruits. Good mineral. Easy drinking, balanced. Nice change of pace from the usual shit.
Tried
from Draft
at
Fox Farm Brewery
on 24 Apr 2025
at 19:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Nice solid evening sipper.
Dark pour and a tan head.
Ok intensity in the aroma.
Decent sweetness and mellow carbonation level.
Dark malt, oak, fruity and some bourbon in the flavor
[Can – shared with ChrisOfstad]
Dark pour and a tan head.
Ok intensity in the aroma.
Decent sweetness and mellow carbonation level.
Dark malt, oak, fruity and some bourbon in the flavor
[Can – shared with ChrisOfstad]
Tried
from Can
on 09 Apr 2025
at 17:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft at Great American Beerhall. Lighter chocolaty pour. Nose is earth and chocolate. Tatses of honey, caramel, chocolaty, earth and crackers. Thin bodied. Clean
Tried
on 28 Mar 2025
at 23:53
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
2022 vintage at Armsby Abbey, 1/1/24. Clear dark maroon. Light tan head sits at thin cover. Really nice English feel to it with big raisin-plum-prune from malt and yeast, backed by a fun helping of vinous port and gentle oak. No booze, doesn't feel too sugary. Soft, rich, fruity and malty with excellent barrel character adding dryness on the finish. There's a strong vanilla note from somewhere that is absolutely killer. Deft balance of sweet and dry, malty and attenuated. And that fruit and vanilla lingering is amazing. Great barrel character, good acidity. Not too heavy on the raisin-prune. Just a pinch of syrupiness up front before drying out nicely. Lovely spiciness in the final dh from the barrel.
Tried
from Draft
at
Armsby Abbey
on 27 Mar 2025
at 14:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught at Torst: pours pinkish with white head. Aroma is woody, vinegar, loads of plums. Taste is sort of sweet, quite acidic. Very fruity. Could have used less acid.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2025
at 15:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draught at Torst: pours brown with off white head. Aroma is malty, nutty. Taste is lightly bitter, sweetish. Fairly dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2025
at 15:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared bottle @ Patricks. Black body with a solid, lacing beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dry fruit, wood, mild vinegar and funk. Flavor is quite sweet, dark roasted malt, hint of smoke, wood, dark fruit, mild acidity and warming alcohol. Some Bourbon notes bit not too dominating. Fine balanced body and long lasting aftertaste. A pleasant sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2025
at 05:35
8.4/10
Interesting layered beer. Up front has tartness, some green notes, peppery, the body is chewy dried apricot, end has a touch of sharpness
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2025
at 00:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle in VT. Tart and quenching, lemon squash, sturdy acidity, lemon, mellow oaky dryness. Somewhat sharp finish, a little white pepper. Sound.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2025
at 16:26