6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at OTH. Pours copper with beige head. Aroma malty with light hops giving it a subtle fruity - orange, citrus nose. There also was a good nose of hops with light spices and as the beer warmed up it gained a light moldy/cheese like smell. Taste is hoppy and light roasted malty with notes of caramel. Thick and creamy mouthfeel. with a light bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2009
at 13:08
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle. Filtered orange tan color with a nice foamy head. Sweet, fruity malty aroma. Medium bodied, clean, with not much good stuff going on hop or malt wise. The sweetness of the malt completely cancels out any hop subtleties. The amber malt aroma is hardly a pleasant aromatic experience either. A rather poor example of the style. A cut above macro-swill for sure, but definitely not recommended. In fairness Ive only had this once, maybe an old bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2009
at 05:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Filtered amber brown color with a nice foamy head. Mildly spicy aroma, nutmeg or cinnamon perhaps. Malty, medium bodied with a sweet finish. The hops are there but never really shine because of the other flavors going on. A little unsubtle in spicing, but an OK beer nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2009
at 03:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
First rating12 Fl oz bottle, thanks to Beave from the AA forum! On December 28, 2008. Clear dark copper to brown color, big tan head. Sweet malty caramel scent, also hoppy. Grassy, citrus hoppy taste, also metallic. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.7/4/6/3/13=3.3RerateDraught at the brewery in Boulder, on October 15, 2012Clear copper color, tan head. Fruity, caramel, malty, sweet taste. MEdium to spritzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Sweet, malty, fruity scent.7/4/7/3/15=3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2009
at 12:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
As - Boulder Beer Pale Ale - 12 Fl oz bottle, thanks to Beave from the AA forum! On December 27, 2008. Hazy golden to amber color, fluffy cream colored head. Hoppy, floral, spicy, swet, malty scent. A bit thin floral and grassy taste. Also herbal and buttery. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterenss.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2009
at 11:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle. Pours a chocolate brown color with a 2-finger head. Moderate head retention and very nice lacing. Aroma of roasted malts with some subtle chocolate notes. Slightly bitter and slightly metallic roasted malt notes in the taste. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2008
at 11:57
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 oz bottle. Pours a dark black color. Aroma is chocolate, coffee. Flavor is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, and notes of hops. Pretty creamy, smooth beer without much of an alcohol hint to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2008
at 18:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
2008 Vintage bomber, ordered at Old Chicagos in Overland Park, Kansas. Pour is ruby brown golden, with some nice settling and a one inch tan head. Nice lacing as the head falls. Aroma of caramel sweet maltiness and bright pine resin hop. Nice balance, though it is certainly more malt than hop. Taste is caramel malt orange sweetness and piney hops. The resin from the nose carries over to the taste. Nice balance of flavors in this one, though nothing great about the malt or hop. Not totaly refined, but not unpleasant. Overall decent enough Barley Wine.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2008
at 12:48
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Hazy brown. Some chocolate and coffee aroma with a little bit of caramel. The flavour mixes cheap coffee, diacteyl, and vague nuts. The body is light and the mouthfeel is creamy, but that butter has got to go.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2008
at 10:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden-amber colour. Slightly herbal aroma with caramel, earth, wood undertones. Fairly uneventful, slightly metallic character. Vaguely caramelly taste. The body is somewhat light and there is hardly any bitterness. The thing with assuming a pale ale is British by virtue of it having no hops is that the end result tastes nothing like a British ale, just like a lame American one.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Dec 2008
at 10:38