6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
bottle - Pours hazy yellow with a very thin head. It has an assertive aroma of citrus, banana, and yeast. The flavor is of wheat, citrus, and yeast and I noted some mild hops in the finish. It’s kind of thin on the palate. I found it refreshing but not nearly as flavorful as expected. My understanding was that the Looking Glass beers were supposed to be quite "bold" as the bottle label says. It’s average at best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2008
at 22:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. A straightforward double IPA. Orange-amber body below an modest off-white head. Aroma is mostly citrus — grapefruit and orange with some resin. Behind that is light malty honey-like sweetness. The flavor starts moderately to heavily sweet, but turns moderately bitter on the back of the tongue along with a slight plasticy flavor. Alcohol also apparent in the dry finish. Medium to full body with a slightly sticky texture.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2008
at 19:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a dark black with a large tan head. Aroma is chocolate and coffee with a hint of the oak, I think that is what they were going for in this beer. Flavor is a super rich coffee, almost like an espresso. Finish has a bit of the oak. Not oaked out the wazoo like some beers but a decent stout with just the right amount of the oak-aging going on.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2008
at 20:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2007 bottle. Warm roasted caramel aroma with some alcohol and raisin. Dark copper red color with a white head that quickly ringed. Medium to full body with creamy carbonation. Roasted dark malt with heat and dark fruit. Very smooth and tasty. Finish is a bit sweet and there’s not a great deal of bitter. One heck of a good drink though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2008
at 22:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Courtesy of gillard. Pours deep dark with dark brown edges. It has a nice mocha looking head and some sheet lacing. The aroma is a nice mix of burnt malts and oak. I also get roasted malts, mild oatmeal twang and a hint of coffee. The taste begins feeling a bit thin. I seem to get a neutral taste to start followed by roasted malts and bold burnt malts. Into the finish a brief oak note surfaces before mild malt astringency shows up to add some balance to the richer maltier notes. The oatmeal twang is very light and just noticeable. A lingering burnt malt note heads deep into the after taste.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2008
at 16:22
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
bottle - Pours hazy gold with a pale malt aroma accented by fruit esters. The flavor is sweet and yeasty with a little hops bitterness in the finish. The sweetness of this beer is almost cloying. Still, it’s not that it’s bad. It’s just not too good either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2008
at 15:45
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Thank you Hopscotch for the sample!! Hazy and slightly darker than pale yellow. Sweet-ish attractive aroma. Smell borders on the indicators of a strong alky ale. medium low bubbly ale-ish palate. Malt hoppy alky linger, bitter to an extent.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2008
at 17:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Nice frothy white head that leaves a retty good lacing. Has an amber body. Not the strongest IPA aroma, but it is pleasant with the piny hops. Pretty mellow taste that is somewhat bitter. Nice hops taste, but it has a kind of weird finish.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2008
at 17:20
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Hazy dark chestnut. Straightup fudge & coffee nose. Somewhat light "foreign" body with vague icing sugar sweetness. Very nutty. A little underwhelming.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2008
at 22:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Nearly black beer, with a fairly impressive soapy lace - very subtle oak in the aroma (I was bracing myself for the typical, barrel-aged oak overload), which is a nice change of pace - other notes in the aroma include chocolate and roasted malts, sweetened espresso, and earthy, vegetal qualities - kind of spicy and medium bitter up front, with coffee and cream being a dominant characteristic throughout - out of place blueberry fruitiness is a bit distracting - background earthy, root vegetable notes manifest abruptly, but the coffee bitterness stomps them out quickly - oak and vanilla are an afterthought, passing over the palate swiftly, as tobacco and roasted notes finish things off - it could have been really good, but those odd, and probably unintentional flavors really distract from its good qualities.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2008
at 21:13