5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Golden/orange colored pour with a nice little whitish head. Aroma was light and hoppy, taste is a blend of malts, light hops, and some citrus tones. Flavor wasn’t medium at all, but rather mild. More hops please!
Tried
on 04 May 2006
at 10:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A dark brown beer with a thick brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of roasted malt and caramel being most dominant, but also lesser notes of chocolate and straw. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt and chocolate, leading to a very long lasting dry end.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2006
at 12:07
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Chromate yellow, chill haze; no head. Bit of glue, gassy nose and some pale malts. Slightly toasted notes in the taste above the pale malts, cereals and pineapple-ish retronasal - or is that the contrast with the other beers in this area? Slightly burning MF, but especially very fizzy, oversaturated feel. Strange - another one I don’t dig the intention of. IMO useless, but I seem to be in a minority (WBC medal winner...)
Tried
on 19 Apr 2006
at 00:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Vintage 1999. Very unclear amber golden with a small, off-white head. Malty, caramelish aroma. Full-bodied with lots of caramel and some delicate sherry like accents. Very subdued bitterness. Lovely. Tasted at the Oklahoma Beer tasting March 06 hosted by mjames and lilannie. 240306
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2006
at 04:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Black color with a creamy white head. Sweet chocolate and toffee aroma with hints of roasted malts. Sweet caramel and toffee flavors with some light astringency. Thanks to CaptainCougar for sending this to Richmond.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2006
at 00:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a bright orange wiith a small white head. Aroma is a nice floral hop. Flavor is more of the same, nice hop taste with a malty backbone. Very sliky and heavy body makes this a above par ESB. Very drinkable and tasty.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2006
at 19:18
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
A 1999 bottle, sampled 2006. Some pleasing oxidation apparent in the nose, a little sherry and cardboard. Smooth and caramelly flavor. Earthy and rustic finish. Surprisingly nice and mellow, easy drinking. Age has done this one well. Some fig starts to show as I get into it. Nice clearish dark amber colo, nice lacing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2006
at 18:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
(On tap) Slightly hazy amber with a creamy, off-white head leaving some very smooth and delicate laces. Nose full of caramel and some aroma hops. Medium body with lots of fruit - some great peachy accents in particular. Hoppy - but not overly so - finish. Simple and very drinkable IPA. 210306
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Mar 2006
at 12:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear, near-orange beer with medium off-white head, sligthly irregular. Unbelievable initial nose of organic decay or manure; then thankfully hops kick in, but the shock keeps simmering. Dry hopstaste, but with a fruity streak. Difficult to say what - oranges and kumquats with a dose of water and a pinch of maltsugar? Maybe a bit of nectarine as well. And hops, of course. Retronasal, however, there’s again something odd, vegetable-like or greenery. Old cut flowers’ water? I’m actually suspecting yeast autolysis... Rather light MF, not much body. OK IPA, a bit thin, overall. Plenty of better (and less shocking) samples around. Thanks to D.A.!
Tried
on 17 Mar 2006
at 12:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle Pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Thin but persistant lacing. Light grains and slight Belgian yeaty aroma. Flavor was bland and of cooked vegetables. The attempt at the Belgian yeat flavor was subdued and generally plain and unimpressive. Lively carbonation and a cereal flavor finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2006
at 23:05