8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint at the brewpub. For my first Varietal beer served at the source, going with a west coast hop monster seemed like the obvious choice. Copper color with a creamy head, aroma is hop forward with piney and citrus goodness. The taste is an aggressive, yet approach level of bitters with a slight sweetness. Mostly piney and dank, faint citrus and a barely noticeable malt bill. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Varietal Beer Company
on 06 Mar 2025
at 03:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Medium amber with some haze, and no head. It's sticky, light toffee, vague fruitiness. There's a bit of oak in the finish, but not much. It's good beer, but it definitely tastes American...not even sure what that means but it's doppelbock and not at all German.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2025
at 07:54
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
500mL bottle, pours a hazy amber with a small beige head. Aroma is full of oak, dark dried fruits, and bready caramel. Flavour is malty and fairly dry, with oak, bready malt and some toffee. Pretty simple, though the oak adds a nice dimension. Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2025
at 07:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500mL bottle. Pours murky amber with a small white head. Light brown sugar, chewy bread malts, and a touch of glue on the nose. Flavour has bready malts, sugars, and some more glue. Aside from that glue character that's floating around it's pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2025
at 03:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Yellowstone trip. Clear gold in color with a three-finger head. Aroma is grains and well balanced. Taste is also grains and well balanced.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml @ Ryan's shared with Faress and Josh. Appearance: copper with a beige head. Aroma: oxidized, caramel, some oak. Taste: along the same lines, a lot of caramel. Overall: pretty good.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 07:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Mahogany brown with minimal beige head Molasses, booze, feint dark fruits, enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 07:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4oz pour at Chuck's Greenwood. Pours clear blonde with white head. Aroma is very woody, some pine. Flavour has a ton of bright, woody pine, fresh grass. Wonderful hop expression. Very enjoyable.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2024
at 07:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 473mL can (this year's can lists 6.7% abv). Clear blonde gold with small white head. Skunky dank aroma. Biscuit malt with mild pine hops and a slight dankness. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2024
at 02:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Holy Mountain - Phinney, pours an opaque golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma has plenty of juicy tropical fruits, pithy stone fruits, some dank hops, and a touch of hopburn. Flavour is very juicy and dank, with plenty of hop dankness, tropical juiciness, and pithy stone fruits. No chalk or hopburn really—just solid dank hoppiness and tropical fruits, with just enough residual sweetness to balance. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2024
at 21:24