6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A dark brown IPA with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet nutty malt with nice floral hops, butterscotch, not bad. In mouth, a smooth nutty chocolate malt, floral hops, light menthol notes, quite nice. Tasted at Raquette River Beer and Wine Fest, July 13 2012.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2012
at 18:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville. Pours a hazy amber color with a large frothy off-white head. Decent head retention. Big bananas in the aroma along with some wheat, spice and earth. The taste is wheat, spice, citrus, resin, Pine-sol, tropical fruits. No, I’ve never tasted Pine-Sol, but this is coming across as chemically fruity, which is what I imagine it tastes like. Medium bodied, high carbonation. A little disjointed, but not bad. EDIT: I JUST now got that this is pronounced Vice Principal. Duh!
Tried
on 08 Jul 2012
at 16:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap @ The Stag’s Head, NYC. Nice head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, nuts, toasted malt and hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2012
at 12:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Ruby beer with a light tan head. Rich malt and light grapefruit aroma with light summer fruit. Malt and light toffee flavor with grapefruit and pine. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and pine linger with light cocoa and toffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2012
at 13:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home in CT, USA. Pours black with a creamy, beige cap. Big pine and grass hop nose, with decent roast, too. Medium sweet flavor with heavy grassy bitterness, heavy roasted malts and burnt cocoa. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Fairly dry on the finish, with burnt wood, charred malts and roast, pine, mild oily resins and grass. Lingering bitter roast and grass. A very decent black IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2012
at 00:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at NOVA BrewFest. Poured a dark, almost black color with a dark tan, almost brown colored head. Aroma was citrus malts, nice lightly roasted and sweet malt balance. Flavor was citrus and pine hops, with a nice malty balance to it. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jun 2012
at 22:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle. Pours a clear golden amber with a white head. Honey and caramel toasted malt aroma. Flavor is similar with a slight herbal hop presence.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2012
at 23:14
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at kerenmk’s place. Thanks beerandbeyond. Dark brown. Aroma has a bit of dark fruits, a bit of old hops and some roastiness. Sweetish roasty flavor with a bitter finish. Medium-bodied. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2012
at 09:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours a dark amber color with a bubbly off white head that gets a little sticky. Smells of pine and lightly herbal but mostly pine. There’s a bit of caramel in the background. The maltiness is a bit more pronounced in the flavor. There’s a solid rich bready caramel malt backbone to play against the pine and resin and herbal flavor coming from the hops. The taste is light crisp and refreshing. Medium body with a hefty dose of carbonation and a bubbly sweet mouthfeel. This is a nice flavorful beer, albeit a little on the simple side. If I had to knock it I would say that there is a hair too much carbonation for my liking.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2012
at 18:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle-pours hazy gold with an offwhite head. Aroma is sweet pine, light/medium malt. Taste is sweet pine/citrus hops, light/medium malt-caramel, some rock candy. Best of what I have had from this series.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2012
at 07:03