6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Red brown pour with a white head and nice lacing. Mild aroma of malt, yeast, and a bit of fruit. Taste is smooth and malty, caramel sweet, spice, and a light sour in the tail. Not bad, but flavor intensity is not there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2007
at 20:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle at just the right temperature. Poured clear gold with a white head. Aroma of hops and slight malt. Full in the mouth with a hoppy bite. Finish like the final note of ’A Day in the Life’. Wonderful. This is low enough in alcohol you could drink a crate in an evening and be able to dance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2006
at 00:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark brown pour with small-bubbled, thick head that quickly diminishes. Lots or roasted malts in the nose in addition to coffee and caramel. Flavor is slightly sweet and bitter at the end — licorice, coffee, caramel. Watery texture, medium body. Slick mouthfeel. Dry finish. Tasty, but not all that interesting.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2006
at 21:10
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear amber wtih short, off-white head. Malty aroma with notes of caramel and toast and some ripe apple. The flavor, too, is malty sweet, moderately so hinting at apples. Bitter finish, again moderately so. Medium body with smooth texture and lively carbonation. Bitter aftertaste. The flavors are more forward than other ESBs and the apple tartness and bitter hops clash in the finish.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2006
at 16:30
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Poured black with thin brown head. Aroma of molasses, malt, cloves and banana. Taste of malt, oatmeal, molasses, milk and caramel. Finish drops off with little hoppiness, and much malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2006
at 12:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy gold body, small-bubbled, white head. Sweet fruit, floral aroma. Some peach, some grapefruit, but mostly floral scent. The flavor is full of hops, slightly sweet, but mostly bitterand somewhat tart in the end. Velvet mouthfeel. Dry, medium-long finish. Solid IPA, better than average.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2006
at 23:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Hazy sunset orange pour. Aroma of hops is big, though tasted is a bit more muted than I would have expected. Good solid IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2006
at 10:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bridgeport, Portland. Hazy copper with thin off white head. Lovely hop aroma, some earthiness, good fruit. Not sure what the fruit is, almost tropical and then I guess cascade style earthy hop finish. Nice
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Oct 2006
at 16:39
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Bridgeport, Portland. Deep chestnut with beige thin head. Perfumed hop aroma on top of a strong alcohol, gorgeously fruity barley wine. Beautifully perfumed aroma, then this lovely fruity malt base (red fruits), strawberry and then a great dose of hops. Syrupy alcohol Some alcohol too. I had this and the Rogue Old Crustacean on same evening and difficult to split them.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Oct 2006
at 16:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Bridgeport, Portland. Very dark ruby with lasting tan head. Liquoricy velvety stout. Coffee/choc flavours. Very liquoricey aroma. Great liquorice based creamy stout. Molasses. Great espresso coffee with some richness
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Oct 2006
at 16:13