6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Courtesy of GMCC2181. 12oz bottle poured clear deep copper with firm tan head. The aroma isn’t much like an IPA with a solid caramelized maltiness, some crystal malts and I’m struggling to pick up any hops of any kind. The taste is much the same with crystal malts starting things off and then a growing malt caramelization peaking about midway is joined up with a light dark fruity essence. For the hops I briefly get moments of pine and citrus hoppiness. It ends mildly roasty with lingering caramel sweetness. Enjoyable beer but if you are really in the mood for an IPA this may not be the call.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2008
at 20:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
12oz bottle. Filtered tan color. Cream soda sweet aroma. Sweet and malty, with the rye flavor coming through almost like sorghum. The moderate hopping balances it enjoyably enough, making it at least a decent session beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2008
at 22:46
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Fresh yeasty aroma, nothing offensive on the olfactory. Brownish pale yellow, almost orange, but not quite. Nice release of carbonation when I pop open the bottle. Aroma goes candy sweet in the glass, somewhat like good hellers I’ve smelled. A little bitter on the tongue initially. This bitterness builds to medium strength after a while into the session. Interestingly rude. Average carbonation. Lingering medicine on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2008
at 07:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle on 07/03/2008. Dark black body with a medium very creamy tan head. Roasted malt, chocolate and light caramel aroma. Very smooth chocolate and roast flavor, with very subtle bitter in the finish. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a very creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2008
at 19:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle-pours a foamy white head and amber color. Aroma is grain-caramelized, rye, some musty. Taste is somewhat sweet rye malt bomb and dryness which balances nicely. Slight amount of bittering hops, maybe some spicy hops. Mild carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2008
at 21:27
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 oz bottle.....
--Dark copper, mild cloudy body
--off-white short distance head
--smells light and wheaty
--sour strawberry aromas with a cereal back
--flavor is light with artificial strawberry essence, easy to drink...with a sweet easy cereal like malt
--very flat appearance for a wheat
--Dark copper, mild cloudy body
--off-white short distance head
--smells light and wheaty
--sour strawberry aromas with a cereal back
--flavor is light with artificial strawberry essence, easy to drink...with a sweet easy cereal like malt
--very flat appearance for a wheat
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2008
at 11:53
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Market Street Wine Shop Downtown in Charlottesville. Yet another underwhelming Lancaster offering. Amber color with a 2-finger head and good lacing. Fruity caramel aroma with a touch of rye. Pretty much the same in the taste. Rye is extremely subtle, and the beer overall is bland and a little watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2008
at 03:53
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Very clear amber body with a medium creamy off-white head. Butterscotch, caramel, toffee, with grainy hints. More butterscotch flavor, light grain, and faint rye hints finally shining through. Medium light body with moderately low carbonation.
Tried
on 31 May 2008
at 14:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark caramel-amber color with a very large tan head that lingered. The aroma was dryish, spicy, grainy and lightly fruity. The flavor was dry, grainy and tangy with an odd butterscotch element that grew and a bitter floral hop presence. The finish was bitter and spicy with a lingering butterscotch note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2008
at 18:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Walnut, roasted malt, and yeast aroma. Clear brown pour, medium vanishing head. Strangely sour and astringent roasted malt. Chocolate on the palate.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2008
at 15:00