6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle Pours a clear light mahogany with a modest off-white head. Some white lacing. Sweet BW carmel and brown sugar aroma but not very big. Flavor was malty and sweet, wth lightly roasted notes and caramel with enough bitter hops to balance. Fairly high ABV but the rather subdued flavors don’t wuite keep up.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2007
at 10:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Pours a copper color with a medium sized off-white head. Citrus and piney hops with a malty sweetness in the aroma. The taste is plenty of citrus and piney hops, some malt presence, and caramel. I like a hoppy barley wine, so this one is quite drinkable. Thanks to Indiana_Red for sharing this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2007
at 22:45
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pour is a orange with almost no head. Aroma is a very sweet malt with some hops thrown in there. Flavor was totoaly weak and pointless. None of the hops show up and this turns out to be a big mess. Nothing you would look for in a APA.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2007
at 23:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma starts with malt, quickly followed by pine hop. Translucent color of ripe apricot flesh, and an off-white head that is vigorous. A bit of lacing. It starts warm and malty. Not overly carbonated. A light burning sensation at the back of the palate. A bit vinous in mid-quaff. The malt persists through the middle, the alcohol tends to demand attention, but the finish is relatively dry - it just takes a long time to get to that point. Finally a resiny bitterness remains. It’s likely to persevere for awhile.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2007
at 20:25
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottled. Hazy amber thin light orange head. The aroma is sweet with medium notes of grapefruit, malt, and herbs. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, hops, grapefruit, straw, and light notes of alcohol. The end is quite bitter and has notes of grapefruit, but the body is a bit on the thin side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2007
at 17:52
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Rich amber beer with a slight tannish head. Low malty aroma with some earthiness. Slight cereal flavor with malt and lemony citrus. Lingering balanced hops and caramel. Still a bit of cereal. medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Feb 2007
at 17:03
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
This beer looks like trouble with a translucent ruby color and a bubbly thin white head. Very clean aroma, hoppy, citrus and soapy, but also sweet and sugary. I think my tongue felt the alcohol before a drop landed, oily, sticky mouth feel, warming with long lasting bitterness. Flavor was of pine, but also woody and sweet like caramel. Without the hops this would remind me of a barleywine. I enjoyed this.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2006
at 19:39
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A hazy orange beer with a dense orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with light hoppy notes - light for being an American IPA, and a bit of caramel, leading to a very bitter and dry end.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2006
at 14:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber; Nose is hoppy with some caramel malt hints coming in; hazy copper with a small beige head; flavor a nice balance of citrusy hop bitterness and caramel malt sweetness in a medium body with a nice hop finish. i suspect some of the hops may have disappeared due to it’s release 7 months ago, but it is finely balanced now.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2006
at 20:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Mostly clear medium amber with a thin white head. The aroma is malty with a dry, earthy hop touch. The flavor follows the aroma closely with sweetness and an underlying bitterness. Hides the alcohol quite well.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2006
at 07:44