7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a brown/blackish colour. Off-white head. Has a smell of coffee and chocolate and a roasted smell. Some hints of alcohol too. The taste is roasted and abit bitter, you have chocolate and coffee taste too. It has a a nice bitter aftertaste. This is one of the best imperial stouts i have ever tasted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2005
at 09:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy burnished gold color, almost white head of modest size which is quite proper for the style. Excellent lacing. Robust musty, spicy aroma. Full flavor, sweet and fruity, good finish. Surprisingly good Belgian, even more so that it’s brewed on the West Coast. I have passed over this in the store for a long time and someone had to give me one to get me to try it.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2005
at 16:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A hazy orange beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with notes of peach and spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of peach and alcohol, that prickles the tongue.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2004
at 15:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden-amber colour. Hop aroma and flavour - toasty, woody, with hints of multigrain bread and caramel. Very typical amber ale.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2004
at 13:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Slightly hazy straw-colored body, thin clumping off-white head. Citrus and pine hops aroma with some caramel. Nice fresh piney and earthy hops flavor with touches of citrus rind. Enough sweet caramely malts and biscuit to balance the fresh hops. Lingering bitter aftertaste. Not too shabby.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2004
at 23:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clearish orange-red body, thin light cream head. Chocolate, toast, and unusual earthy hops aroma. Weak chocolatey toasty body with earthy hops flavors coating the mouth and a slight tanginess before the finish. Bland and boring for a brown ale. The description states this is "brewed according to tradition." I think they forgot to add "of mediocrity."
Tried
on 05 Dec 2004
at 21:32
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle Pours a nearly black, reddish brown, with a tall foamy pale light brown head. Aromas of toasted malts and a slightly dry bitter note. Flavors are quite bitter and dry. Slightly sour. Dark roast, charcoal andsome coffee. Feel is a bit thin and the carbonation is somewhat soft. Bitter,sharp aftertaste
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2004
at 22:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled at Maxfields, Potsdam NY. Light hops and malts in a hazy golden ale. Fresh malt and intense citrusy hops, lingering in the mouth, but not resinous as would be expected in the C-hops. A littrle overbearing. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2004
at 18:27
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. 2003. Beautiful ruby-brown color with a thin beige head. Sweet malt aroma, with some raisin, fig, and date. Raisin, dat, rich caramel malt flavors. Some alcohol wamring. Just enough hops. This beer has a rich, deep flavor. Great barley wine with a bit of a fruity flavor. Wonderful complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2004
at 21:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy gold under a huge off white head. Nice floral hop aroma accompanied by a rich yeastyness. Bitter from the start to the finish but having enough malt present to keep this in between the lines. Nicely bitter IPA won’t please everyone however.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2004
at 07:08