Subsidiaries
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at HDG - clear golden beer - flowery, almost perfume-like aroma, with an odd musty quality - thin body - flavor of honey, grain, mild flowers - light and drinkable, but nothing special.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jun 2008
at 18:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
A great beer. murky blond. It remidned me a lot of back home in Belgium. A smell that is characteristic of Belgian yeast, a typical Belgian abbey. A strong nose, some orange, but mostly covered by yeast and distinct taste of wheat and oat. Seved close to room temperature. The 8.4% really come alive and give this beer a nice kick. Very impressed.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2008
at 16:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a amber with a small tan head. Aroma is of malts and some dark fruit. Flavor is again some malts but very watery. Easy to drink as there is nothing redeming about this. Its a frikking brown ale what was i expecting?
Tried
on 26 May 2008
at 16:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. An amber beer with a beige head. Both the aroma and flavor are cleanly sweet malty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2008
at 15:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear black body with a large frothy light brown head. Huge malt and chocolate aroma, some light molassas. Huge chocolate and roast flavor, light molassas and hints of caramel. Medium full body with moderate carbonation and a smooth roasty finish.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2008
at 17:17
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Darkish roasted carmel malt aroma. Hazy ruby brown color with a low beige head. Medium body with creamy carbonation. The flavor is roasted malt with an odd fruity/floral/herb aspect. It’s a bit sweet, and there’s not enough bitter to balance it. I’ve been through Yorkshire, and I don’t think this is it, but it’s a pretty good drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2008
at 22:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz. bottle courtesy of Ugsmush. 2006 Vintage. Pour is almost entirely clear orange-amber, with a nice looking 1/2 inch off white head. Aroma of big sweet fruitiness - pretty intense. Caramel and some leather round out the nose. Taste is more of the big fruit, though it is somewhere between raisins and juicy fruit gum, not a terribly good combination. The big fruit taste was highlighted by some pretty sharp heat as well, though this faded pretty quickly after the beer opened up. Nice full body. This one was good, but it was a bit less refined than most Barley Wines I have had. Regardless, nice to see Sprecher branching out. Thanks for this one Jason, I enjoyed it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2008
at 17:20
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
750ml bottle @Mels YEHA-pours a light tan head and reddish/brown color. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate/licorice, some acidic. Taste is dark malt-chocolate/licorice, some acidic, dark fruit, oak. Thin finish. Not to style for my taste, comes across as an ale-Imperial Stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2008
at 17:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Aroma of banana with a light touch of clove, and perhaps lemon. Hazy golden color with tiny bubbles and a white head that flattened. Thinnish body with chewy/creamy carbonation. The flavor is banana, touch of lemon and some clove (but it could be yeast spiciness). The finish is dry, a little more banana, and some citrus in the background. Decent hefe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2008
at 20:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Strange aroma like phenolic fruit. Not bad, just strange. Slightly hazy golden color with not much head at all. Near medium body with fizzy/creamy carbonation. The flavor is passing strange. Some sort of unusual spice and apple skin. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it’s drinkable. The finish is near astringent and is not unkind to the mouth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2008
at 21:23