4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a pale yellow color with a large foamy white head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was perfume, floral hops and had a bitter and bitey presence. The flavor was bitter and tart with perfume, lemon, Windex and floral hops. Medium length finish of perfume, lemon and floral hops. Light to medium body. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2014
at 15:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at RBWG Downtown Inn lobby tasting. Late night. Pours orange amber. Nose and taste of resin, sweet toffee, candy sugar and orange candy. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2014
at 15:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
RBWG14 Trip Rating #33. Bottle shared at the Friday Night Downtown Inn Bottle Share. Pours a clear amber color with a thin head. Aroma of stone fruit, caramel malt, mild spice. The taste is caramel, stone fruits, yeast, spice in the finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2014
at 20:56
8/10
Tried
on 07 Feb 2014
at 21:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, 2013 bottling. Pours slightly cloudy deep ruby red color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big raisin, plum, pear, apple, banana, caramel, toast, biscuit, candi sugar, light chocolate, herbal, clove, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of malt/candi sugar and fruity/spicy yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of raisin, plum, pear, apple, light banana, caramel, toast, candi sugar, biscuit, light chocolate, herbal, light clove, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of raisin, plum, pear, apple, light banana, caramel, toast, candi sugar, biscuit, light chocolate, herbal, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice flavor balance, robustness, and complexity of malt/candi sugar and fruity yeast flavors; with a good malt/yeast flavor balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a moderately slick and fairly smooth mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good Belgian strong dark ale. All around good balance and complexity of malt/candi sugar and fruity yeast ester flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2014
at 20:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours clear nearly opaque dark brown color with a 2 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of milk chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, dark bread, toast, light coffee, light char, floral, herbal, and roasted earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt with moderate earthy hop presence; with solid strength. Taste of chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, dark bread, toast, light char, light coffee, floral, herbal, and roasted earthiness. Light roast/herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, dark bread, toast, light char, light coffee, herbal, floral, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt flavors with moderate earthy hops; with good robustness and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a moderately creamy and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a nice and straightforward porter style. Good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt and moderate earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2014
at 19:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at the Willoughby PBCCP tasting on 11/17/2013: Drove awhile to track this one down but glad I did. The beer pours s clear yellow-gold color with a medium foamy white head that recedes steadily. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of toasted malt and hops. Light to medium body with flavors of herbal hops, grainy malt and a touch of fruit. The finish is mildly bitter with a grassy hops aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2013
at 10:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz.[ Courtesy of my Secret Summer Santa ]. Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark chocolate, dusty dark malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, roasted bitter, malt bitter, chocolate, cacao powder. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130913]
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2013
at 10:53
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
From a bomber. Slightly sweet aroma and perhaps some perfumy hints of citrus. Yellow and sortah brown maybe orange inthere to. Wew, quite a impact at first, seemed a little bitter for a fest but after the session continued, it got a little better. Decent co2, yes, cleans up after you drink it for a while. Some sweet cloying attributes but never rude. A little better than most fest beers.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2013
at 04:22
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and vanilla aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel finish with hints of vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2013
at 22:41