Subsidiaries
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Lone Hill Liquors in Glendora, CA. The beer pours flat black with a medium thick and foamy dark tan head that diminishes slowly. Patchy lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, anise bread and hops. Rich body with a roasty character and flavors of malt, coffee and licorice. Blips of hops throughout, and a low alcohol burn. The finish is roasted malt and hops that linger. Solid Imperial Stout overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2009
at 22:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Big thick light brown head. Oatmeal, chocolate and coffee, but honestly this was fairly watery, unbalanced and somewhat plastic tasting. I think the beer was in good condition, it just wasn’t very good I thought. Still fairly drinkable, some nice coffee flavors and smooth mouth, but I wouldn’t order again.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2009
at 10:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Draft. A pitch black beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of roasted malt and coffee, as well as light notes of bitter dark chocolate. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of hard roasted malt, lending it a bit of acidity, combined with notes of oatmeal and light notes of coffee, leading to a dry, bitter, and roasted finish. The body is a bit thin.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2009
at 17:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
It was black with a medium beige head. Aroma had burned malt, coffee and chocolate. Tasted sweet with hints of coffee, burned malt, caramel and chocolate. Finished sweet with warming alcohol.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2009
at 08:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ home.Clear medium to dark orange amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, keller. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, and a dusty ry peppery finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090128]
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2009
at 02:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from BevMo Salinas. Nose of chocolate, roastiness, and slight coffee and citrus hops. Black with a medium cinnamon tan head that’s quits early! Flavor is chocolate, coffee, and some chocolatey alcohol. Finish has slight bitterness and alcohol warmth. Good but not a great one!
Tried
on 07 Jun 2009
at 20:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
courtesy of tpd975. pours golden, white head. Aroma and taste, hoppy, citrus with notes of pineapple, some floral hops. Not my fav IPA style, too much hops bitterness up front, still highly drinkable. re-rate, lots of hops, grapefruits, with nice malt balance but still with hops giving the beer a nice warmingpalate.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2009
at 23:03
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bomber...dark brown to black body with a brown sugar colored head...bitter coffee aroma with some caramel...the lacing kind of sticks...its not dramatic, it just falls...thin body....I taste coffee, in a bitter form... a lot less flavor than I though it would be...a simple porter coffee + caramel....with a very mild bitter chocolate...its a shame it smells better than it tastes... in a few sips the finish is sour and metallic...good one timer, but wouldn’t seek it out...
Tried
on 02 Jun 2009
at 19:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Stone. Pours with a creamy tan head over a hazed brown body that leaves good lace. Aroma of banana, chocolate, smoke, tobacco, and grain. Taste is smokey, with toffee, chocolate and a rich, creamy alcohol decadence. Something that reminds me of oatmeal-raisin cookies. Creamy and thick mouthfeel. Warming for 8%, but that is on an empty stomach.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2009
at 18:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Tried this beer twice and really tried to like it, probably cause of the high score. Couldn’t do it. Big coffee, vanilla, roasted malts and chocolate from the nose. The mouth is big vanilla and big chocolate notes and just a touch cloying and fairly sweet. Its just so over the top, it like made for hopheads that have ruined their palates on hoppy beers. Love big beers, but this is just too much of everything. Apparently I am not getting that it is supposed to be a dessert beer, so I tried it with dessert the second time I had it and that didn’t improve anything. Way over hyped.
Tried
on 29 May 2009
at 03:48