7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bomber called The Big Office at 8% pours with an opaque deep gold body that supports a thin off white head of foam that leaves behind spotty lacing. The aroma offers up a blend of resiny pine hops, the malty base and then pineapple and a sliver of grapefruit. The taste starts pretty smooth with malts and malt sweetened pine hoppiness. It quickly gets into malt sweetened resiny sticky pine hops as well as lesser amounts of pineapple and grapefruit fruity hoppiness that is largely bitter but also a dash juicy. Pretty nice firmly hopped firmly resiny brew.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2015
at 22:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sehr dunkel rötlichbraunes Bier mit einer geringen braunen Schaumkrone. Geruch stark nach Kaffee, Vanille, verbrannte Erde. Geschmack sehr schokoladig, sehr viel Vanille, Kaffee, klasse!
Tried
on 24 Jan 2015
at 15:05
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Location: 12 oz bottle from State Line, 1/11/15
Aroma: The nose is sweet malts and corn, apple juice, some grainy malts, and a little yeast
Appearance: A clear yellow-golden beer with a small, fizzy head and basically no lacing
Flavor: Taste-wise, it is rather sweet, almost unpleasantly so, lacking balance
Palate: This one has a somewhat cloying feel, with a lively carbonation, and a rather sticky finish
Overall Impression: Weirdly, it seems like no one east of the Mississippi has rated this before me. Anyway, I found this to be fairly poor. At best this is just an okay overly sweet lager. For me though, it is too sweet, and has too much of a corn/adjunct flavor.
Aroma: The nose is sweet malts and corn, apple juice, some grainy malts, and a little yeast
Appearance: A clear yellow-golden beer with a small, fizzy head and basically no lacing
Flavor: Taste-wise, it is rather sweet, almost unpleasantly so, lacking balance
Palate: This one has a somewhat cloying feel, with a lively carbonation, and a rather sticky finish
Overall Impression: Weirdly, it seems like no one east of the Mississippi has rated this before me. Anyway, I found this to be fairly poor. At best this is just an okay overly sweet lager. For me though, it is too sweet, and has too much of a corn/adjunct flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2015
at 18:58
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pretty weird Black IPA, potentially old or off. 22oz bomber. Burnt oily caramel aroma, not pleasant. Black brown body, beige head. This is pretty bad, sweet and sugary, with some odd pungent undertones. Comes off like an old Milk Stout with too much specialty malts. Pretty good....for a Caribbean Stout. Weak, poorly made Black IPA.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2015
at 23:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours deep amber with a small head.Aroma of resinous hops along with spicy notes, a little booze and a massive clean malt note.Malty flavours but a load of resinous hops with some pine too. A little soft booze and some herbal hops later on.Nice moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2015
at 20:24
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours pure black with a small light tan head.Nose shows coffee, sweet-smelling bready malt and liquorice.Flavours include heavy roast, liquorice and coffee. Finishes with a balanced bittersweet finish.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2015
at 19:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
An IPA that’s a bit on the lighter side, in color, body and happiness. Resinous hop aroma and taste, a bit of metallic taste at the finish. Some light citrus notes also. Not bad, but surprised to see it 96.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2014
at 21:55
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Location: 12 oz bottle from State Line, 12/28/14
Aroma: The aroma is sweet and malty, caramel, some bread, spice, and a little orange
Appearance: This one pours a murky orange-brown color, with a small tan head and streaky lace
Flavor: Tastes rather sweet, with a light spice component that the sweetness dominates
Palate: The body is medium, it is fairly sticky on the mouth, with a lively carbonation
Overall Impression: I thought this one was okay. It gets a bit too sticky, and lacks that balancing component to make it a better beer. It also feels a little too muddled. It is not bad, but it is not all that good either.
Aroma: The aroma is sweet and malty, caramel, some bread, spice, and a little orange
Appearance: This one pours a murky orange-brown color, with a small tan head and streaky lace
Flavor: Tastes rather sweet, with a light spice component that the sweetness dominates
Palate: The body is medium, it is fairly sticky on the mouth, with a lively carbonation
Overall Impression: I thought this one was okay. It gets a bit too sticky, and lacks that balancing component to make it a better beer. It also feels a little too muddled. It is not bad, but it is not all that good either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2014
at 17:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Jet black colour with small to average, thick, creamy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, tan head. Intense, roasty dark malty aroma, a touch of coffee, chocolate, roasted grain. Taste is dry roasty dark malty, some sweet malt notes with chocolate and coffee touch; lasting, dry, minimally metallic finish with more burnt than just roasted dark malt flavours. Soft, creamy, minimally sticky palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2014
at 12:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle pours with a near clear gold body that supports a thin off white head. The aroma offers up sugary sweet malts, a nice little graininess and then a thin vague citrus note. The taste delivers a good dose of sweet malty breadiness where there’s a thin vague mildly tart citrus attempting to balance out the sweetness (but failing). Behind those notes lurks some sweet lagery fruity esters that pushes this sweet beer even sweeter unfortunately.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2014
at 17:33