7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep orange-brown body, thick puffy cream head. Crisp piney, citrusy hops aroma, backed by bready malts. Toasty body, potent with citrusy, piney hops and a bitter, peppery finish. Bready. Solid, but not entering my Top 50. If an I2PA/ASA isn’t going to deliver creatively, it had better knock the presentation out of the park to reach elite status.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2007
at 20:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml mail ordered from South Bay in Imperial Beach, CA. Enjoyed at my 10/12 tasting. Pour is clear red with brown and a smallish off white head. Aroma is sweet burnt roastiness. Taste is raisins, malt, some licorice and a touch of heat in the finish. Really nicely made, could have perhaps used a bit more time.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2007
at 10:48
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Bottle. [ Courtesy of drewbeerme ] The night Nicki did win his second worldchampionship in speedway ;o)). Dark black color with a average to large, creamy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark chocolate, strong coffee, vanilla, licorice, alcohol. Initial flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter, middel flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter, finish flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration. ( Coffee and chocolaste bitter ). Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. ;o) (220907)
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2007
at 03:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Odeed 2005 #209/223 Nose is Figgy fruit, caramel, oak, a a muskiness; Very slightly hazed cherry amber with just a ring of bubbles around the glass edge; Flavor is vanilla, raisin poe and light alcohol Interesting BW!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2007
at 18:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75 cL bottle, thanks to Papsoe. Pours hazy red with a lacing white head. Dried raisin aroma. Flavour is dried fruity roasted malty with a slight liqourice note. Dry liqourice finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2007
at 03:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of boboski. Pours a slightly hazy, orangey brown with a dense, light brown head leaving some lacework. Fat aroma of overripe fruit and hops. Surprisingly this isn’t overly full-bodied. Intense aromas of raisins and overripe fruit and then classical accents of American aroma hops in the finish. Good but not outstanding. 280907
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2007
at 05:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
I’ve had this one over the years quite a few times. The best one I remember from the DC/VA gathering at Founders back in 2004 as being really intricately malty, with almost all hop flavor/aroma and little bitterness. More recently I’ve had some really disappointing bottles, that were extremely yeasty, catty and intensely bitter (2005 version). The 2006 I’ve had mixed results with, having had some yeast bombs as well, but most recently I had what I think is probably the best it’s going to get this year and decided to rate it. Tons of pine, marmalade and lots of cherry and strawberry esters. The yeast is plasticy and not particularly enjoyable and just gets more intense as the beer wears on and you get closer to the bottom. But the malt is solid enough, with toasty caramel and bread notes, and lightly sweet brown sugar that helps coat the mouth and protect against some of the hop burn. Alcohol is not particularly subtle, eating away at the malt body and really accentuating the rather steep hop bitterness. Pretty forceful overall, and some fruitiness or more "elegant" hop notes would be a relief. As it is here, it’s just tons of pine and citrus and too much yeastiness. Nice appearance, though, of course, with great head formation/retention and plentiful lacing. Texture is sticky, with medium amounts of mostly tight carbonation.
Will pick up a new ’06-’07 bottle when they come out and rerate.
Will pick up a new ’06-’07 bottle when they come out and rerate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2007
at 20:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Looks like what you expect, translucent hazy orange, frothy lacing white head. Smells a little different than what you’d expect, hay, yeast, and barnyard accompany the traditional hop aromas. Flavor is slight citrus (oranges and tangerines) with sweet malts, also touches of yeast and biscuit. Finish is really smooth, slightly sweet and also slightly bitter. Heavy alcohol sneaks up on you because of the sweetness. Very nice, complex flavors, but also very drinkable which I appreciate.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2007
at 22:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle; eye: burnt orange, lightly hazy, tiny white head; nose: alcohol, velvety, hoppy, honey, lacing; mouth: alcohol, velvety, hoppy, honey, pepperiness of the alcohol, full body, not much carbonation, somewhat dry, grainy texture FRANÇAIS Bouteille; oeil : orange brûlé, légèrement voilée, petite mousse blanche, dentelle; nez : alcool, velouté, houblonnée, mielleux; bouche : alcool, velouté, houblonnée, mielleux, piquant de l’alcool, corsé, pas très carbonatée, légèrement sèche, texture granuleuse
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2007
at 15:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at LCRBM3. Hazy red/brown with thin beigehead. Peanut butter and hop and resin. Sweet hop and boiled sweet and peanut butter in mouth. Bit too sweet, no real balance or idea where it’s going.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2007
at 10:50