7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Stout in a can. Pours a solid dark brown/black color with a good sized tan head that slowly dissipates to a cap. Smells of chocolate, coffee, vanilla, and roast with hint of dark sugar and ash. This has a light earthy hop aroma. The malt aromas in this are huge for the style. The flavor is bitter roast and earthy hop with bits of chocolate and caramel and a hint of vanilla, ash, and smoke. Medium to thick body with a light level of carbonation and a sweet roasty mouthfeel. I was surprised by this one its really quite good. The vanilla is subtle but it adds to the chocolate effect quite nicely.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2012
at 15:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. hazy variegated brown maroon color, thick beige head with good retention. Aroma of brown bread, pumpernickel, light spice. Taste is Christmas fruitcake and spiced brown bread. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2012
at 17:40
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
12oz can pours a translucent garnet amber with some creamy, thick beige head. Nose is a little dusty, flower pollen, flaked wood chips, almost saw dusty, a little windex. Flavor is sweet, caramel, a little stale hops, saw dust, some lemon, orange, pine wood. Medium bodied, sweet, lightly astringent finish.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2012
at 17:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
5 oz draft @The Great Lost Bear. Deep black in color with tan head that laced even in the taster glass. Nose is coffee and roasted grain. Taste follows with tons of roasted grain, chocolate malt and a touch of vanilla. Lighter body with a char and ash texture. Nice job by Baxter. Would love to have this again, quality stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2012
at 14:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
From 12 oz. can into a lager glass. Nice presentation. Deep amber color with persistent carbonation that produced a cap of thick ¼ inch white head. Nose has fresh, vibrant hops with some fall-type spices. Flavor has a bit of graininess with decent amount of malt, followed by the spice mixture and rounded out with mild pine bitterness. The bitterness is almost IPA in nature. Malt and spice make it balanced well enough. Overall it has nice drinkability.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2012
at 13:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
8th August 2012
GBBF. Hazy amber beer, tidy off white head. Light semi dry palate. Mild fine carbonation. Lovely juicy hops - marmalade with fresh hop sting. Red berry fruits. Pine and grass. Semi dry finish. Hop sting linger. Very drinkable and quite lovely.
GBBF. Hazy amber beer, tidy off white head. Light semi dry palate. Mild fine carbonation. Lovely juicy hops - marmalade with fresh hop sting. Red berry fruits. Pine and grass. Semi dry finish. Hop sting linger. Very drinkable and quite lovely.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2012
at 07:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask at GBBF... 2012... hazy amber ... thin white head... pine zezty lemon nose ... soft toffee ... sweet honey hop ... pine and grapefruit
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Sep 2012
at 11:52
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Pours gold into a shaker. White head quickly recedes to hug rim. Lemon/lime aromas. Crisp with sour lime front to back with a lasting bitter lemon pith finish. Little too much on the citrus...
Tried
on 08 Sep 2012
at 14:22
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft Portland Brewfest. Aroma of sweet malt and fruit hop undertone. Malt sweetness mellows to an Earthy hop with a crisp bitterness. Lots of bready malts as well. The body is light and goes down easy. Simple and straight forward. Nothing here is going to “blow you away” but it can be a nice session brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2012
at 22:47
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draft Portland Brewfest. Clear golden color with a small white head. Carbonated well. Nose of grain and weak floral hops. Flavor of light pale malt, subtle light hops. I don’t like being real negative about somebody’s brew; I will simply say that this was to light and bland of my taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2012
at 22:30