6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bomber from Costco. Pours a dark brown color with a medium brown head. A big licorice, roast and cherry nose. Dry cocoa, metallic cherry, licorice, vanilla. The cherry is oddly sweet mixing a bit unusual in the beer. Ok.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2015
at 01:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bridgeport Hop Czar 6.5% bottle at Tadg’s a clear amber with a big malty sweet with a dose of hops. Malty, spicy bitter hop goodness. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2015
at 05:58
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle from Mitsuya’s Liquor in Asagaya. Poured into a snifter. Hazy golden orange color with a medium-sized off-white head that stuck around for most of the beer. Honey, malty, caramel on the nose with slight pine needle undertones. Very sweet on the palate...overly in my opinion. A slight hint of bitterness on a long dry sweet finish. Not balanced enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2015
at 05:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the brewpub, PDX, 09/11/14. Very lightly hazed golden with a decent off white covering. Nose is earthy hops, mineral rinse, bitter citric peel, grapefruit. Taste comprises citric pith, grapefruit, bitter orange, light spice, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light hop spattering. Ok IPA.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2015
at 14:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Tropical and light earthy aroma. Pine and grapefruit flavor with tropical fruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and tropical fruit linger with earth and backing malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2015
at 18:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle. Pour is a dark brown cola color. A good tan head disappates to a thin head with spotty lacing. Aroma is hop forward with dark roast and anise notes. Taste, although being nearly black, is a clean medium roast. Earthy hops, mild bitterness, and a bit of sweetness round out the profile. Not usually my kind of thing, but essentially a Black IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2014
at 18:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours hazy amber to red with a small tan head. Aroma is greasy hoppy, earthy and pine. Bitter, grapefruity and pine. Light herbal and mild sweet into the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2014
at 17:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2014. Pours a clear golden pale copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity grapefruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2014
at 00:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
This was poured into a pint glass. I had to have two bottles to get a good feel for the beer.
The appearance was a black color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving a sticky speckled lacing that was super light.
The smell had a sharp pine to citrus bitter hops allowing a nice roasted dark coffee bean to come out.
The taste was mainly the roasted coffee bean as the citrus and pine starts to dull out a bit.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed to be a tad lower the most CDA’s but I’m okay with that.
Overall, it’s mainly an average CDA but the best thing about it is it’s smell.
The appearance was a black color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving a sticky speckled lacing that was super light.
The smell had a sharp pine to citrus bitter hops allowing a nice roasted dark coffee bean to come out.
The taste was mainly the roasted coffee bean as the citrus and pine starts to dull out a bit.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed to be a tad lower the most CDA’s but I’m okay with that.
Overall, it’s mainly an average CDA but the best thing about it is it’s smell.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2014
at 23:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the brewpub, PDX, 09/11/14. Clear golden amber with a decent light beige covering. Nose is caramel malt, spice, toffee, dark fruits. Taste comprises rich toffee, sweet licks, toasted brown sugar, dates, figs, caramel fudge. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with lightly warming alcohol. Decent well rounded barley wine.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2014
at 04:39