Subsidiaries
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Ram, Tacoma. It pours an unclear, dark orange body under some off-white to light beige head leaving curtains. Lots of pine cones in the aroma, not much maltyness kicking in. Fruityness and a touch of peaches too. Full body, pleasant carbonation. Quite dry, with a nice bitterness in the flavor, both initially and in the end. Some maltyness to back it up. Certainly a nice IPA, well worth a second and third glass. 130629
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2013
at 18:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Ram, Tacoma. It’s an unclear one, orange colored, and topped by a minimal sized off-white head. The aroma has green pine cones, orange peel and a generic fruityness. Medium bodied and quite dry on the palate, with a nice carbonation. Pine cones and orange peel dominates the flavor, with some maltyness kicking in. Nice bitterness all the way. Lasting finish. A tasteful and pleasant pale ale meant to be drunk by numbers I guess. 130629
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2013
at 18:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Ram, Tacoma. It pours an unclear, orange-golden body topped by a small, white head. Lots of cloves in the aroma, with decent leves of banana and bubble gum. Some generic fruityness and a little malty touch too. The flavor too has too much cloves, but the levels of malts, bubble gum and banana are nice. Medium body, perhaps a tad low on carbonation. Cloves and bubble gum finish, some fruityness too. Decent indeed, but not impressive. 130629
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2013
at 17:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Ram, Tacoma. A clear one, more or less, topped by a small, white head. Pale golden in color. Some grains in the aroma, but it’s mostly fruity. Peaches and canned pears spring to mind. Pretty similar flavor, with a nice drying bitterness. Medium body, quite dry, with pleasant carbonation. Certainly not a world class beer, but it’s tasteful and thirst quenching. 130629
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2013
at 17:55
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Draft at shaumburg. Meh. Pretty weak. Thin taste of grains and slight caramel. Pass.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jun 2013
at 20:27
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draft at shaumburg. Aroma is mostly hops, grassy and floral. Taste is light nitter. Meh, nothing super special here. Drinkable but boring
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jun 2013
at 14:58
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draft. Somewhat boring beer. Mild baking spices with a little caramel. Ive yet to really find any standout ram beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jun 2013
at 17:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampler at RAM, Schaumburg. A lot of coffee, kind of a syrupy, almost Kahlua texture. Taste is a quite warming coffee roast, with some cacao nibs. I’m catching a bit of alcohol and a touch of vanilla. This could be something amazing if it were allowed to sit in a barrell for a while.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2013
at 13:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampler at the Schaumburg RAM. Deep, slightly brownish black color. Roasty malt nose. Taste of the usual coffee and roast malts. Yet it sits nicely on my tongue. Hops are more in evidence here than in most porters, adding to the malt’s roasty bitterness. Despite the lighter alcohol content, this is the 8th sample beer I’ve had, and it’s starting to make me a little heady.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2013
at 13:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dradt taster at RAM, Schaumburg. Brown beer with plenty of light edges. No foam after I’ve gotten to it on the sampler tray. American hop notes finally come through my stuffy nose. Yet it’s the malt that leaves the first impression on my tongue. Followed by a tangy caboose of bitterness. Pleasing fruity esters keep the hops from taking over.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2013
at 13:12