7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Aroma of warm malt and floral hop. It’s a very good smell. Light coppery color with a head that frothed and left. Starts with floral hop, medium mouthfeel, substantial, but mild, carbonation. Then the whole thing fell flat. No middle. Ok, maybe I pushed the start too far. But it’s a really good start. I guess there is malt along with the hop, but the hop is so nifty. Not citrus, not resin, floral. Maybe a bit fruit, but I think floral. The finish is nicely dry. The bitter is not your APA or IPA style, more of a really nice English pale ale (not ESB).
Tried
on 16 Apr 2007
at 17:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft. Rish dark reddish amber beer with a low off-white head. Nutty malt aroma. Rich nutty malt flavor with some hops balancing. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 May 2006
at 12:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Amber beer with a nice off-white head. Light citrus aroma. Light citrus flavor with some doughy tones. Nothing to stand out.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 May 2006
at 12:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Finally got another shot at this one after enjoying a small swig at the GABF last year. Hazy straw colour. Complex aroma with wild rice, spices and florals. A little on the fizzy side, which obscures some of the subtlety, but great complex spice and wild rice flavours. Nutty, wonderful, distinctive brew. I’d like to see more wild rice beers, quite frankly.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2006
at 09:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Pale yellow with lively brief head. Estery blueberry aroma. Dryish and tart with extremely lively mouthfeel. Bursting with berryish flavour, yet subtle. No bitterness. A beer that certainly stands out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2006
at 08:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Golden amber color with a big white head. Citrus hop aroma. Hoppier profile than I thought. Citrus hops, touch of pine with some malt backing. This is more of a hoppy pale ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2005
at 10:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Rich amber-mahogony beer with no head. Some malt aroma, but nothing too strong. Honey flavor with some malt and spice. Easy to drink with a lingering sweetness and some low perception of hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2004
at 11:07
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft. Golden and cloudy. It lokos the part of a Hefe and there is some spice and clove, but way too much lemon here. The flavor has lemon and wheat malt and then the Bavarian characteristics. Misses the target.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jun 2004
at 20:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Draft. Big oatmeal flavor and aroma. Dark black with a hint of red in it. Beige head with a little staying power. Roasty, but oatmeal dominates. Creamy mouthfeel that’s easy to drink. An hour later I still had the oatmeal flavors in my mouth - too much for my taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2004
at 12:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask. This is a strange one. It starts out very sweet with grapefruit bitterness, but it starts to change halfway through to a more balanced beer. There is still a sweetness with a nice hop bitterness, but there's also a slight grassy/earthy taste to it that wasn't pleasant or even over unpleasant. It was also very carbonated for a cask beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2003
at 21:17