7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Winter 2012 Bottle. Pours with a black body and a large and retentive brown head. Good lace. Aromas of dark fruit (plums, figs and pomegranate), licorice, cocoa nibs, molasses, licorice, cola, oak and medium barrel notes. Raisins, dark fruit esters, a touch of roast and a hint of acetone. Dusty, milk chocolate. Flavors Re of charred barrel, roasted figs, molasses, tobacco and bakers chocolate. Huge depth and complexity to both the aroma and flavor. Dry, medium licorice, dates, raisins and pomegranate. A touch of mineral. Vanillin. Subdued alcohol heat with moderate fusel. Feels relatively dry. Flint. Moderate to fuller body with what feels like medium to medium low (~2.4 vol) carbonation. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2013
at 23:04
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours hazy golden amber with a small off-white head that dissipates with nice lacing. Aroma is tart, cherry, lemon, fruit, touch of hay. Flavor is the same, with a bit of red wine. Light sweet and light plus tartness leading to a dry finish. Just a bit of woody astringence from the barrel treatment. Medium body, champagne-like mouthfeel. Quite the nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2013
at 21:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours black with a 4 finger foamy/creamy darkish tan head. Aroma is sort of dark chocolate over treacle. And it’s actually better than those words indicate. Full bodied or nearly so. Lots of chocolate, maybe a bit of licorice, surely some tasty dark treacle. Oh. Maybe there’s some heat - but it’s flavor, not annoyance. Wow. Finishes not quite dry , and very, very flavorful. Brilliant dark ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2013
at 17:30
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Capped 375 from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours very hazy orange with traces of a white head. Aroma is sour mixed fruits. Quite sour! Med body. Mildly fizzy carb. Flavor is sour and vinous. Also non-dark pitted fruit. Could be peach or plum. This is quite sour, but not so sour it destroys the mouth. Finishes like grapes and unripe plum skins. Some oak astringent is discernible at the very end. Quite tasty.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2013
at 17:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours dark, dark brown with a 3 finger creamy tan head. Aroma is very chocolate. Med + body. Flavor is dark bitter chocolate that relaxes a bit on darkness. Then it seems coffee comes out. Firm flavors. Finishing tasty and bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2013
at 17:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Aroma has lots of Belgian yeast character along with some light fruitiness and some oak notes. A nondescript fruitiness - definitely not berry but there is a lot of fruit. A moderate phenolic note and some light oak aroma. Light alcohol character in the aroma. Pours a cloudy golden orange with some copper notes. A thin white head with pour retention. Some light lacing and small lacing. Some sweet malt character up front with a lot of fruitiness. Some light phenolic notes as well as a good amount of oak. Medium low acidity and tartness from the berries. Some alcohol in the finish and medium low bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium to medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Moderately high alcohol warmth and low astringency. The flavor is a bit muddled and I'm not sure what this beer was meant to be. The fruit character isn't very clean and gets hidden behind the yeast notes and clashes a bit instead of compliments. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
on 03 Feb 2013
at 17:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On draft at Tap 25 in Livermore and enjoyed in the company of Livermore spokesman, ratebeer’s own, joeneugs. It pours deep chocolate darkness with a tan head of foam. The aroma is full of chocolate and coffee and fully roasty malts. The taste delivers a firm chocolate to dark chocolate goodness and rolling toward dark roasted malts and dark roasted coffee. Damn tasty stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2013
at 16:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Ledgers. Pours clear orange amber with a transient beige head. Aroma is pleasantly citrus & fruit. Near med body. Somewhat roasty backbone, but nicely citrus hopped. Hints of oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2013
at 16:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear amber with a medium white head that dissipates with nice lacing. Aroma is citrus, herbs, oranges. Flavor is quite herbal, light plus sweet with orange notes present but not dominant. Quite bitter, with a mix of hoppy and zesty notes. Not getting much wood, but there is certainly a complexity to the flavor beyond that of your typical APA. Finish is zesty bitter, lingering well into the far finish. Body is medium, some creaminess in the mouth. Points for originality here for sure. This is the best thing I have yet tried from Almanac.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2013
at 17:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Blackish beer with a tan head. Big cocoa powder aroma. Chocolate and light malt flavor. Medium-light bodied. Cocoa powder and light malt lingers.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2013
at 10:16