7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours ruddy copper with a creamy beige head. Heavy duty caramel aroma, perhaps with a hint of peat. Full bodied. Frothy carb. Flavor is sweet caramel. There does seem to be some smoke in this. There is some floral aspect, and though it finishes sweet, the complex background flavors render that acceptable. Good beer.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2011
at 16:45
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
A copper brown ale with a thin white head. In aroma, a nutty cinnamon malt with berry notes. In mouth, a smooth berry notes, a bit of strawberry notes, so-so. On tap at Humpy’s, Oct. 9 2011.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Oct 2011
at 16:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Courtesy of riversideAK. Thanks Alex. Bomber pours clear copper with amber hues and off white head. The aroma is sweet caramel, apples and a touch of toffee. The taste has nice and earthy notes to start. It then rolls into lots of slick caramel notes and apple like sweetness. Yummy sweetness and solid earthy goodness all around here. Like-ing this Dick’s.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2011
at 10:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a nice orange with a medium head and aromas of lemony citrus and a little grassy herbal edge. Flavor is similar. It’s a little underpowered for an IPA in my book, but is still a very nice and clean beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2011
at 22:39
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle @ bros house. Brown/black appearance with a tan head. Roasty, anise, dark chocolate malty nose. Quite strong, roasty, charred, black licorice, chocolate malty flavor. Too much char and licorice for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2011
at 01:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours ruddy copper with a slight beige head. Aroma of citrified barley wine. Med+ body. Flavor is quite citric over some sturdy caramel backbone. The malt fights to come forth, but loses. On balance it’s dry and bitter. Even seems a bit peppery. It’s got lots of everything, but it doesn’t really stand out from the pack. But it’s right in the running. Good drink.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2011
at 17:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours dark ruddy amber with a creamy 4 finger beige/tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and something herbal. Full bodied. Flavor is sweet, chocolate, coffee, floral, herbal, lots of stuff. Then it goes bitter though the malt is still present. A bit of evergreen pops up. Lots going on here. Deadly delicious.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2011
at 19:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours deeply hazy dark copper/amber with a small creamy off-white head. Strong roast malt aroma with floral/earthy hop accompaniement. Med+ body. Flavor is roast malt, with a lot of bitter - seems more citrus than resin, and it’s earthy and floral. It is quite clear that the brewer did not skimp on ingredients. This stuff is packed full of everything. It finishes slightly less than dry, maybe you could say sticky, but it’s not sweet. Must be a heck of a challenge to balance something like this.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2011
at 18:32
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
12 oz bottle into snifter. This bottle reads 7.5% ABV. Pours completely black with a medium beige head that recedes slowly. Has aromas of chocolate, caramel, toffee and raisins; smells a bit like a cinnamon roll. Taste is half sweet and half bitter. Almost reminiscent of Samuel Smith’s Imperial Stout. Carbonation is medium, body is full; leaves a lingering bitter finish. I am completely blown away by this. I really wasn’t expecting much. A nice surprise!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2011
at 21:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz bottle into English pint. This bottle reads 5.5% ABV. Pours opaque black with a gigantic tan head that recedes slowly. Aroma is strong in DME first and foremost, then caramel and cinnamon bread. Taste is a little sweet but more bitter; nice roasty coffee character. Highly carbonated for the style, full-bodied. Lightly creamy. Flawed but tasty nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2011
at 18:59