7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22oz bottle-pours black with a milkshake tight rich brown head. Aroma is sweet resin, roasty dark malt/oat. Taste is roasty/ashy-dark malt, biting pine hops. Quick, thinning finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2012
at 04:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home in Salisbury. Thanks, Mom! Pours clear, copper-red with a creamy, off-white foam head. Has a rather nice aroma of toasted caramel, pine, orange, and sweet bread. Flavor follows reasonably well. Quite citrusy with light to medium sweetness, plenty of toasty bread, modest bitterness. Light to medium bodied with mouth-filing, lively carbonation. Slightly sticky to finish, mild sweetness, some citrus, pine and grass hops, light toast. Decent enough beer, though the overall character seems to falter after the aroma and limp a bit thereafter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2012
at 17:07
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Location: Draft at Blind Tiger, 1/2/12
Aroma: The nose is roasty, with lots of coffee, some licorice, citrus and pine hops
Appearance: This one pours a dark brown-black color, with a small frothy light brown head
Flavor: The heavy malt up-front, more roasty then sweet, with a mid hop, and a dry, roasty finish
Palate: It's light-medium bodied, a touch watery for the style, with a soft carbonation, and a short duration
Overall Impression: I thought that one was a solid Black IPA that leaned toward the roasted side. It was pretty good, but there was something about it that was a bit lacking. Still though, it was a reasonably enjoyable beer.
Aroma: The nose is roasty, with lots of coffee, some licorice, citrus and pine hops
Appearance: This one pours a dark brown-black color, with a small frothy light brown head
Flavor: The heavy malt up-front, more roasty then sweet, with a mid hop, and a dry, roasty finish
Palate: It's light-medium bodied, a touch watery for the style, with a soft carbonation, and a short duration
Overall Impression: I thought that one was a solid Black IPA that leaned toward the roasted side. It was pretty good, but there was something about it that was a bit lacking. Still though, it was a reasonably enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2012
at 12:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is hop, citrus, pine, malt. Flavour is hop, citrus, peaches, pine , malt. Medium to full body. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2011
at 21:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Mildly citric nose with cat pee and sweat sock traits. Malt is swampy, twangy, tastes a lot like a beginner homebrew IPA. Sweetish finish with not enough bittering hops. Hazy amber, dull, smallish head.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2011
at 15:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Pours clear deep gold into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes to coat surface. Mild butterscotch aromas. Sweet butterscotch, dough and caramel upfront turning to a mild bitter nut finish. Love the concept, but wanted this to be better .
Tried
on 29 Nov 2011
at 17:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rich brown coloured body with an almost hazy, creamy appearance. Aroma of alcohol, cream, nuts, earth, caramel and a touch of light clover honey. Medium-bodied; Assertive honey and caramel flavours with a touch of nuts, earth and malt coming through on this. Aftertaste shows a hint of complexity with more nuts and honey than anything else, but a few pit fruit flavours, some more earth and a bit of brown sugar as well. Overall, not such a great beer, but not terrible. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Oliver’s in Albany, New York on 18-November-2011 for US$2.55 sampled at home in Upstate New York on 26-November-2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2011
at 19:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle-pours a foamy light tan head with copper color. Aroma is fresh mint leaves. Taste is tea-herbal-mint hop, secondary medium malt-caramel/roasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 20:38
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle-pours a dissipating white head with slightly hazed yellow/gold color. Aroma is medium fruit, secondary spice, grain. Taste is pomegranate-medium fruit, secondary spice hops, grain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 20:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22oz bottle-pours a foamy white head with gold color. OK, cloudy gold when including the second half of bottle, with lots of yeast solids and a yeast cake still at bottom of bottle. That’s way too much even for unfiltered beer. Aroma is fruit/spice, wheat/light malt-bready. Taste is sweet wheat/light malt-bready, tropical fruit/lemon/spice/perfumy hops. Starts out nice, gets nicer, until the yeast really starts becoming a big detractor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 08:18