3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 3
HAHA, somebody spelled the name of this incorrectly in the RB database; it's TRPL DOG on the bottle! Pours a big dark beer, like a stout & the nose is alarming sweet and somewhat metallic. First taste is totally cloying pastry stout, fer sher; it's big alky on top of vanilla, heavy up front. You like pastry brews? This mess is for you. Its starts to feel like a sweet bomb in the middle. Becomes somewhat mouth coating. To call this a brown ale may be misleading to the potential buyer. The only thing about this being a brown ale, is that its brown. But its a little too dark for a brown ale at that, yes, dark like a stout my RB peer. Yea, this is a big ass beer but can't be a brawny. Becomes unfriendly & mouth coating on the finish. In the end its nothing like the Petrucci Brothers (Bullseye) Date Nite (8.4%), or the Lost Coast Winterbraun nor the Atwater Mint Double Decadent. But I have to say, the Double Decadent is also most likely a pastry, too!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2024
at 18:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle from AbeerVinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark red, plum, with very limited foam. Aroma is rather malty, caramel, plums. Body is average, with moderate carbonation. Taste is medium-high sweet, but still quite enjoyable because of the easy body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2024
at 12:04
7/10
Clear gold pour. Thin foam around the rim. Bright blueberry nose. Even spotted lace around the glass. Sweet flavor of blueberry with vanilla and berry finish. Light bodied and light carbonation
Tried
on 07 Jul 2024
at 02:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Black with a small tan head. Roasty with strong vanilla and a hint of wood. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2024
at 18:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Vanilla, chocolate malt, and grass aroma. Dark chestnut brown with small tan head. Moderately sweet vanilla, milk chocolate malt, and mildly bitter grass flavor. Okay body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2024
at 01:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours fairly opaque, amber gold, with fine white foam. Aroma is fruity, of strawberry. Body is average, with moderate carbonation. Taste is moderately sweet, with a little bitterness too. Final is average.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 May 2024
at 17:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 12 oz brown squat bottle poured into a glass. Hazy light orange with light white head. Aroma is wheat esters, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is wheat esters, and little lacing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2024
at 00:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
From a bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper with a thin off white head. Aromas of Belgian yeast and tangerine. Flavors are tart fruit with some hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2024
at 22:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle from Total Wine - Las Vegas. Pours a crystal clear super dark mahogany color with a beige head and great retention. Decent lacing. As expected, aroma of vanilla and some dark malt. Sweet brown sugar and vanilla flavors, but not overly sweet, with some light nutty/caramel notes and a smoother than expected finish. Not much of a brown ale, but I like the flavors. Especially the vanilla bean. Medium-light body. A little thin for a brown ale. Low carbonation. Low bitterness. The 8.0% ABV is very well hidden. Enjoyable dessert brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2024
at 23:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
S: oranges (duh!) - vanilla (double duh!) - hay A: cloudy orange body - thin white head T: sweet - citrus - tart-ish P: ice cream - artificial - cloying O: new-school - not bitter - true-to-name 12 ounce bottle - Kroger (grocery): Shreveport, Louisiana - purchased: 16-April-2024 - US$10,99/mixed six pack - sampled: 16-April-2024
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2024
at 14:03