7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Half Time. Pours dark brown with a creamy light tan head. Mixed aroma of resin and cat pee. Near med body. Flavor is mild chocolate with resin and a touch of citrus. It’s dry and hoppy. Not harshly hoppy, but hoppy. The finish is ashy chocolate and a lot of hop. Pretty nicely done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2012
at 20:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Aroma is strongly of instant coffee. Wormwood and toffee notes are underneath. Clear dark copper, medium yellow head. Again, more of a coffee flavor than espresso which dominates. A dry, tangy malt note seems lost and out of place. Malty and grainy bitter finish. Fizzy. Yes, it is as odd as you would imagine. Nice intensity and balance, just a weird juxtaposition of flavors that never mesh. No significant improvement upon warming.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 May 2012
at 14:49
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Served on draft at Whole Foods Market Charlottesville. Pours a clear golden color with a thin frothy head. Poor head retention. Aroma of herbal hops and pale malts. Very similar taste. Medium bodied and pretty bland.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2012
at 14:06
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Oak, butter, cherries, and orange peel aroma. Clear ruby, thin yellow head, good lacing. Sweet cherry flavor initially, faint amount of diacetyl. Woody orange peel finish. Alcohol noticeable. Not awful, despite the presence of diacetyl.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2012
at 11:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from the Folsom Whole Foods. Pours dark ruddy copper/amber with a creamy beige head. Which did a very slight ring lace eventually. Aromas of mixed citrus/floral/pine hop over a pretty roasted malt backbone. Full bodied. Flavor is a bit indecipherable, it’s almost like chocolate and pine. With some moderately darkish fruits. Somewhat challenging. But it’s hoppy as heck, has lots of structure, and makes my mouth writhe in ecstasy. Sorta kinda. It finishes bitter and arguably dry. Also arguably not dry. This is a beer which has been so gifted with ingredients that it cannot fail to be brilliant.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2012
at 16:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22oz bottle-pours black with a brown head. Aroma is Anise/cocoa-dark malt, wood, 2nd earthy hops. Occasional. Taste is mocha/cocoa-dark malt, wood.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2012
at 05:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle-pours amber/yellow with an offwhite head. Aroma is soft pine/floral, light malt. Taste is pine/floral hops, light malt-bready.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2012
at 05:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
22oz bottle-pours amber with a foamy light tan head. Aroma is floral/pine, 2nd sweet medium malt. Taste is floral/pine/herbal hops with some bite, 2nd sweet medium malt-bready.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2012
at 04:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle-pours gold with a thin offwhite head. Aroma is herbal/resin, 2nd light/medium malt. Taste is herbal/resin hops, 2nd sweet light/medium malt-caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2012
at 04:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22oz bottle-pours gold/amber with an offwhite head. Aroma is orange/pine, medium malt-caramel. Taste is orange/pine hops, medium malt-caramel, soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2012
at 04:54