8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the Ale House in Vestal NY. Pours a slightly hazy golden amber color with a thinnish white head that did have good retention. Smells of pine resin and cirtus with a faint bready malt in the background. Taste is pine and citrus with grapefruit and a slight bready malt in the background. Smooth not harsh bitterness, but a nice hoppy presence. Sticky resinous mouthfeel, medium body and level of carbonation. Great easy drinking ipa with lots of flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jul 2011
at 12:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a solid black color with a frothy tan head. Smells of milk chocolate, coffee and roasted grains. Not much in the way of hops in the aroma but lots of coffee. Taste is a rich thick creamy roasted grain and coffee mixed with milk and dark chocolate. Medium to thick body, light to medium level of carbonation. I tasted this first and while its not earth shattering in it’s complexity it is very tasty.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2011
at 11:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Half Time. Pours very black with a slight creamy white/beige head. Roasted dark malt with evergreen aspects for aroma. Med+ body. Flavor is smooth dark roast malt with a good dose of fruit/resin hop. I’d say grapefruit above pine, but this is a mixed flavor situation and I’m having trouble separating components. And why try. It’s nicely bitter, full of malt flavor, and incredibly delicious.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2011
at 18:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber from Half Time. Pours hazy amber gold with a small creamy beige head. Aroma is citrus and malt backed by some light stone fruit. Med+ body with creamy carb. Flavor has more than a hint of diacetyl, so ick. Butterscotch. Ick. Behind that is some nice fruit and floral. Hard to find the malt behind the butterscotch. The hop is nice tho. This rating will suffer on palate. It’s like a lot of good stuff lurks behind the butterscotch curtain. Maybe my palate will overdose and ignore; hope so.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2011
at 19:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle @RBSG-pours a tan head and dark copper color. Aroma is pine/resin, secondary medium/dark malt. Taste is pine/resin hops with some bite, secondary medium/dark malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2011
at 12:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bottle @RBSG-pours a white ring for a head and hazy yellow/gold color. Aroma is citrus-pineapple/lemon/orange, some light malt. Taste is citrus-pineapple/lemon/orange hops, some light malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2011
at 12:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at RBSG. Pours black. Nose/taste of mostly coffee - lots of espresso, coffee, java chips as well as mocha, vanilla and lightly roasted chocolate malts. Body on the thinner side of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2011
at 17:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at RBSG. Pours black. Tan head. Nose/taste of hops, roast chocolate, caramel and black malts and slightly resinous herbal hops. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2011
at 22:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Trevor at RBSG. Pours clear gold. White head. Nose/taste of hops, citrus, caramel malt, earthy malt and pine. Salty mouth feel. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2011
at 20:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty, slight spiced and light herbal hoppy. Dry, roasted malty and slight phenolic flavoured. Bitter, grapefruity and slight citrusy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2011
at 15:56