Subsidiaries
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep clear amber into a snifter. Off-white head pancakes and recedes to spot surface leaving slight spiders. Strong pine resin and grapefruit aromas. Sweet full honey upfront turning crisp then syrupy. Lasting resin finish. A sipper.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2009
at 19:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. golden- orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma is grapefruit, hop, citrus. Flavour is grapefruit, hop, citrus, malt. Full bodied nice beer with bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2009
at 02:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours deep dark with amber edges and thin mocha head. The aroma is roasty malts mixing with molasses, mild chocolate and mild amounts of coffee. The taste is rich and chewy with malts. It then becomes mildly coffee like and moving in the direction of molasses, chocolate and a sense of vanilla. Into the finish mild coffee and mild malt astringency round out the experience.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2009
at 22:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, at LCRBM 2008, ’s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Black body with a brown head. Strong aroma of deep malts with some spicy complexity. Great, robust aroma. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter flavour. Heavily carbonated. Good balance. Strong malty mouthfeel with a good complexity to make it interesting, but it is not overwhelming by complexity. Steady beer.
Black body with a brown head. Strong aroma of deep malts with some spicy complexity. Great, robust aroma. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter flavour. Heavily carbonated. Good balance. Strong malty mouthfeel with a good complexity to make it interesting, but it is not overwhelming by complexity. Steady beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2009
at 03:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 ounce bottle shared by cdumler. Thanks! Pours a clear medium amber color with a thin head. Good head retention and lacing. Big resiny hop aroma with some mild tropical and citrus fruit notes. Taste is very heavy hops.... pine, earth, vegetal and a little metal. Slight citrusy fruit and caramel notes. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2009
at 22:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 66cl. @ LCRBM 2008, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsClear dark black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, dry coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081025]
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2009
at 08:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to multiple people in the BA Decadence release tasting line. Pours with a small light brown head and a very dark brown body. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, vanilla and cocoa. Taste is vanilla extract, smoke, chocolate and a few dark fruits. Lots of vanilla. Smooth mouthfeel, light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2009
at 14:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
the only thing i dont like about this beer is the palate, everything else is great. it tastes exactly as an IPA should, some pine, some citrus, a lot of hops, a little malty, perfect, but just a little strong on the palate.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2009
at 17:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
courtesy of retorp. Pours pitch black with golden/beige head. Aroma of caramel malts with faint hops. Taste, malty and spicy with notes of hops. Light roasted malts coffee with chocolate and cocoa powder for a light bitter palate and finish. Caramel lingers for a nice sugary mouthfeel.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2009
at 12:21
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled at Toronado 2009 Barleywine Festival. Pours clear brilliant amber with thin tan head. The aroma seems a bit musty with dusty oak, a bit of sweet brandy, then figs and raisins. The taste begins much the same with smooth brandy booze that slowly becomes somewhat harsh to go along with oak notes. Toward the finish dark fruity esters rise up with cherries, raisins and prunes. Nice brew.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2009
at 10:38