3.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottle: Bubbly brown with a gigantic tan head. Lactic caramel aroma. Taste is tangy.....caramel malt, sour wood and milk..... Not good at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2018
at 18:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Sour milk, chocolate malt, and dry hay aroma. Dark chestnut brown with small tan head. Mildly sweet chocolate malt and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2017
at 17:13
4.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Bottle. Sour milk, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Cloudy brown with large tan head. Moderately sweet light chocolate malt, moderately sour lactic acid, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Okay body. Not very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 20:15
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Light amber brown color. Apricot, apples and cotton candy in the nose. Bitterness comes up the front, but then the palate seems weak and watery. Bitter finish. Not balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2017
at 21:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks Frank.
Poured into a snifter, the appearance was a deep burnt red color with a nice finger’s worth of white foamy head that crept slowly into the beer leaving some subtle concave lace just a rim of it.
The aroma had some caramel malt, lightly roasted, toast and then some sweet pomme-like fruits. Sweet grain.
The flavor had the sweet enriching maltiness flowing back and forth between the grains and malts. Toast to caramel malty enriching aftertaste flows into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionable to sipping quality about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt good as is.
Overall, nice English Strong ale worthy of having every winter if I could get it in my distro.
Poured into a snifter, the appearance was a deep burnt red color with a nice finger’s worth of white foamy head that crept slowly into the beer leaving some subtle concave lace just a rim of it.
The aroma had some caramel malt, lightly roasted, toast and then some sweet pomme-like fruits. Sweet grain.
The flavor had the sweet enriching maltiness flowing back and forth between the grains and malts. Toast to caramel malty enriching aftertaste flows into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionable to sipping quality about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt good as is.
Overall, nice English Strong ale worthy of having every winter if I could get it in my distro.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2017
at 16:03
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a dark brown color with some rings of light lace.
The aroma had some mild roast, sublte sweet caramel maltiness. Lactose comes in after some warming.
The flavor leans to the roast and caramel malts first. Creamy lactose sweetness amplifies after some warming just like in the aroma. Mostly sweet imbalanced aftertaste and finishes with a slight syrupy contour.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Gets a bit syrupy slick in the feel. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine.
Overall, imbalanced sweet stout, though I was able to finish the bottle, just gets a bit too syrupy in the feel and finish. With so many good sweet stouts on the market, is this one I’d want to have again? Probably not.
The aroma had some mild roast, sublte sweet caramel maltiness. Lactose comes in after some warming.
The flavor leans to the roast and caramel malts first. Creamy lactose sweetness amplifies after some warming just like in the aroma. Mostly sweet imbalanced aftertaste and finishes with a slight syrupy contour.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Gets a bit syrupy slick in the feel. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine.
Overall, imbalanced sweet stout, though I was able to finish the bottle, just gets a bit too syrupy in the feel and finish. With so many good sweet stouts on the market, is this one I’d want to have again? Probably not.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2017
at 20:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Deep drown with ruby highlights. Creamy light tan head. Full of caramel malt, light roasted, some toasted grain, sweet fruity notes. A nice warming back end as it goes by. Sweet and malty with a good dose of fruit and toasted malt. Finish is slightly bitter. A really nice warmer.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2017
at 21:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown with a near white head. A bit of dark fruit with some caramel malts. Not a lot of aroma, honestly. Thin to medium body. Has malt and fruit in the flavor. Not all that interesting but not bad.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2016
at 20:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at WA Winter Beer Festival 2015, pours a hazy bronze with a small beige head. Aroma and flavour bring out lots of cinnamon, followed by nutmeg, clove and a touch of raisin. Very spicy and Christmasy. Okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Dec 2015
at 02:20
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at Dick's, pours a hazy golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out light hops and biscuity malt. Flavour is bland as fuck, with notes of biscuity malt and light hoppiness. Not much character at all to this. Clean enough but fairly boring.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2015
at 12:45