6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On cask at Bodega. The beer is a clear orange color with a medium thick foamy off-white head that diminishes slowly. Slippery patches of lacing. Aroma of citrus and vanilla, Medium-bodied with flavors of citrusy hops, vanilla and earthy malt. The finish is fruity with a vanilla and citrus aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2013
at 20:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample draught at Barley’s Ale House #1. The beer pours a slightly hazy dark orange color with a medium foamy white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, oak and vanilla. Medium-bodied with flavors of earthy hops, oak and caramel malt. The finish is hoppy up front with a slightly boozy aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
at
Barleys Brewing Company Ale House #1
on 20 Aug 2013
at 10:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On draught at Barley’s Ale House #1. The beer pours a slightly cloudy orange color with a medium fizzy white head that evaporates steadily. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, malt and caramel. Light-bodied with flavors of grassy hops, fruity yeast and caramel malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a hops and yeast aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
at
Barleys Brewing Company Ale House #1
on 20 Aug 2013
at 09:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On draught at Ale House #1. The beer pours dark brownish-black with a medium foamy light beige head that dissipates slowly. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla coffee, malt and chocolate. Medium to full body with flavors of chocolate, malt and vanilla. The finish is sweet vanilla mocha. Above average overall.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2012
at 22:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at the Columbus Microbrew Festival on 09/16/2012: Clear copper color with a medium bone white head that recedes slowly. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of doughy malt, yeast and hops. Medium body with flavors of sweet malt, yeast, dark fruit and grassy hops. The finish is sweet up front and leaves an earthy hops aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2012
at 20:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Ale House #1. The beer is a mostly clear dark amber color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, citrus and yeast. Medium body with a dark malty character and flavors of grapefruit, spice, yeast and a bit of sweet candi sugar. The finish is malty with a lingering citrus aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2012
at 08:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On draught at Ale House #1, served in a snifter. The beer pours a clear dark amber color with a medium thin off-white head that diminishes steadily to a film. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. The aroma is hoppy with citrus and pine notes, plus a bit of malt. Medium body with flavors of zesty citrus, hops and malt. The finish is hoppy with a fruity aftertaste. Above average all around.
Tried
from Draft
at
Barleys Brewing Company Ale House #1
on 19 Jun 2012
at 08:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On draught at Barley’s Ale House #1. The beer is a clear golden color with rising columns of bubbles, and a medium fizzy white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of yeast, banana and malt. Medium body with flavors of bananas, sweet spices and yeast. A bit of malt there too. The finish is fruity with an herbal note left behind. Decent overall.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2012
at 10:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Shaker pint draft at the brewpub in Columbus, Ohio. The pour is a deeply hazed blood orange with a small white head. The aroma is the strong fruit of the blood orange, along with grain wheat, some light clove yeast, and a touch of lemon citrus. The taste is blood orange, the fruit dominates initially, followed by some bitterness from the peel, turns to the wheat grain, and finishes with a hint of clove - aftertaste is more orange peel. The palate is light bodied, pleasant unfiltered mouth feel, lowish carbonation, a minor note of diacetyl (this grew some as it warmed, showing oak and butter) in the muted fruit finish. Thirst quenching, fun beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2012
at 13:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at Barley’s Smokehouse. The beer is a clear dark amber color with a medium thick beige head that diminishes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of caramel malt, citrus and a touch of bourbon. Medium body with flavors of sweet malt, fruit and subtle oaky bourbon. The finish is fruity with an earthy, oaky aftertaste. I was admittedly not expecting much from a barrel-aged ESB but this exceeded my expectations.
Tried
on 08 May 2012
at 20:17