Subsidiaries
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with Jcwatts. Pours semi-cloudy gold. White head. Nose/taste of apple skin, hops, pale malt and light pine finish. Crisp. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2011
at 20:03
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA, opened 7/24/11. Pours a clear golden color with a medium sized fizzy white head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of herbal hop notes with faint maltiness. The taste is bitter herbal hops. Medium bodied. Decent.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2011
at 13:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 ounce release #4 bottle from Total Wine, Norfolk, VA. Rated 7/20/11. Pours a hazy lemon yellow with a medium sized creamy head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma of tart citrus and big spice notes. The taste is pretty similar along with some apple and grape notes. Medium bodied. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2011
at 13:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Release #3 22 ounce bottle from Total Wine Chesapeake, VA, opened 7/18/11. Pours a hazy amber with a large creamy offwhite head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of earthy, leafy hops and caramel. The taste is bitter slightly resiny slightly piney hops with a tropical citrus finish. Plenty of malts in the background. Medium-full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2011
at 13:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
22 ounce bottle from Innsbrook Exxon in Glen Allen, VA, opened 5/18/11. Pours a hazy orange color with a thin creamy white head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of bread, butterscotch, caramel, earthy hops and a bit of citrus. The taste is sweet bready malts, caramel, apple, faint citrus sugary finish. Medium bodied. Decent, but a bit too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2011
at 23:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bomber from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA, opened 4/26/11. Pours a clear amber color with a medium sized creamy white head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of rice, floral hops and faint nutty notes. The taste is very much similar with a bit of apple and caramel as well. Medium bodied. Decent beer.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2011
at 22:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber from Beer Run in Charlottesvilla, VA opened 4/3/11. Pours a slightly hazy orange copper color with a very large creamy white head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of leafy, resiny and vegetal hops. The hops seem very fresh. The taste is bitter earthy, vegetal, spicy, herbal and citrus hops with some faint malty notes. Medium bodied. Interesting beer.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2011
at 21:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA, opened 3/28/11. Pours a clear copper color with a medium tan creamy head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of toasted malts, caramel and very faint stone fruits. The taste is bready notes, toasted malts, plums and other fruits, caramel. Medium bodied. The ABV isn’t what I’d call a mild ale, but its still a pretty nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2011
at 20:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 ounce bottle from Total Wine West Richmond, VA. Pours a slightly hazy pale golden color with a medium sized creamy white head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of pale grainy wheat notes and grassy hops. The taste is tart stone fruits, caramel, bread. Medium bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2011
at 20:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy amber coloured body with a copper glow and a thin slightly off-white head. Aroma of strong caramel, hops, pineapple, pine, sugars and a touch of floral notes. Full-bodied; Syrupy, resiny hop flavour with a ton of pine and pineapple, a lot of grassy notes and a touch of light earthiness. Aftertaste shows a deep pungent hoppiness with the pine and pineapple notes coming through with a ton of alcohol and a lot of warmth from that. Overall, a nice and strong Imperial IPA that is a bit lighter than I thought from drinking (8,5% abv). I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Arlington (Clarendon), Virginia on 04-July-2011 for US$5.99 sampled at home home in Manassas, Virginia on 05-August-2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2011
at 22:06