7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown. Aroma is mild chocolate. On the palate, some vanilla, maybe candied orange. These elements round things out, especially on the young base. Solid.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2025
at 03:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown, bourbon nose on this is bright and fresh. Not bad but odd. The base cuts deep with bitter chocolate, a light fruitiness, not much complexity but a good character.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2025
at 03:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
It’s gold and bright, medium head. Lots of bitterness though it is a bit grassy. Big pale malt. It’s good but maybe chinook pilsner isn’t the most amazing thing.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2025
at 05:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gold and bright, bubbly head. Lots of allium citra on the nose, light bitterness, sweet malt but not great malt. Not awful but definitely not my kind of beer.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2025
at 05:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Yeasty, hazy, has a fair bit of bitterness. Quite yeasty, carbo’s a bit more than expected. So the bitterness is right (finally someone did their homework) but the conditioning is gespundet, not ungespundet.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2025
at 00:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Straw, slight haze, thin head. Moderate bitterness. It’s a bit husky but decently creamy, clean with a nice residual sweetness. Moderate carbonation. This is basically a spot on pre-pro and I’m going to give it points for that.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2025
at 05:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours black with no head. Aromas of nutty chocolate, faint bourbon and toasted malts. Flavors of dry nutty dark chocolate and roasted malts with dry peanut like finish. Quite nice but not really an enhancement on the very good base.
Tried
from Draft
at
Luppolo Brewing Company
on 10 Dec 2025
at 00:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap. Pours black with almost no head. Aromas of sweet bourbon, dark fruit and roasted malts. Flavors of pot, dark fruit leaning towards figs, slight boozy bourbon, chocolate cake and roasted malts. Very dry considering the additions.
Tried
from Draft
at
Luppolo Brewing Company
on 10 Dec 2025
at 00:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap. Pours black with very slight head. Aromas of bourbon, fudge, graham cracker, dark toffee, vanilla and slick roasted malts. Flavors of dry dark nutty chocolate, a bit of oak, a bit of bourbon, rye, licorice and roasted malts. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Luppolo Brewing Company
on 10 Dec 2025
at 00:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Luppolo, pours black with a tiny tan head. Aroma has fairly subtle hazelnut character upfront, with the bourbon further back, and light cocoa even further back. Flavour brings out plenty of dry, roasted hazelnut character, accentuated by dusty cocoa, gentle bourbon, and some booze. Like the base, could use more sugars to balance out the astringent bitterness on the finish, but the balance and construction are great, and I like the hazelnut addition. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Luppolo Brewing Company
on 07 Dec 2025
at 01:43