7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle (3/23/18) from Valley Beverage, Sherman Oaks. Opaque dark brown, ring of head, light viscosity, trace lacing. Aroma is bourbon, oak, light cherry, mild caramel. Taste is strong malt-somewhat earthy/peaty--oak, caramel, light cherry. Smooth, silky texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Getting a lot of stuff, with good balance, here but lactose isn't really one of the things. Also, no alcohol. Held up quite well and am psyched to be able to try the brewery!
Tried
from Bottle
at
Valley Beverage Company
on 16 May 2026
at 18:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz bottle shared by tfontana. Thank you! Date : Mar-23- 2018. Aroma is soft roast, mild bourbon soft chocolate. Flavor follows with a medium body maybe a tad thin. I don’t know what it was like fresh, but it certainly has held up.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2026
at 18:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and light summer fruit aroma. Grapefruit and light earth flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and light earth linger with light pine.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2025
at 17:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Blackish beer with a tan head. Roast and chocolate aroma. Chocolate and toffee flavor with light roast. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and toffee linger with light licorice.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2025
at 16:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2024
at 20:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample during the Orange You Glad to CA Wave of IPAs? 02 event on 08/25/2024.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2024
at 20:33
6.4/10
Hoppy with blackberry notes, doesn’t fully balance
Tried
on 17 Mar 2023
at 22:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz can from John, thanks once again, 8/24/22. Dark brown-black, tan head. Dry, roasty and slightly burnt dark coffee dominates the aroma. Touch of smoke as well, but it's mild. Drinks bitter and roasty. Not much sweetness going on here. The booze is well hidden. Classic version of the style.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2022
at 23:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, actually 2019. Pours opaque black, small tan head, good lacing. Aroma is mocha, fudge. Cherries, bourbon, vanilla. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light plus bitter, rich but not crazy. Full body. Lingering bitterness. Note bade.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2022
at 02:44
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours opaque black, medium tan head, good lacing. Aroma is cocoa, bourbon, earth, molasses, vanilla. Flavor is medium sweet, medium bitter, creamy. Full body, lingering bitterness. Quite nice. Maybe it needed some age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2021
at 03:36