7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 11/2/2016. Pours lightly hazy deep reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, dough, and toasted brown bread; with lighter notes of vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, nuttiness, and roast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light-moderate coffee notes; with good strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, toffee, dough, and toasted brown bread; with lighter notes of vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, nuttiness, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal hop and roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, dough, toasted brown bread, vanilla, light coffee/nuttiness, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate coffee flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 7.3%. Overall this is a very nice English brown ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate coffee flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Was hoping for more coffee, but there is a solid amount; and you do get some donut/frosting flavors as well. Really well done base brown ale to top it off. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Nov 2016
at 19:48
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours slight hazy deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, passion fruit, papaya, lemon/orange peel, berry, light pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, light toffee, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Fantastic aromas with awesome complexity and balance of juicy/dank citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate malt sweetness; with great strength. Taste of huge tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, passion fruit, papaya, lemon/orange peel, berry, light pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, light toffee, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus rind/herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, passion fruit, papaya, lemon/orange rind, pine, caramel, brown sugar, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy/dank citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/sticky/resinous, and lightly slick balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Very well hidden alcohol, with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an incredible DIPA! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy/dank citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate malt sweetness; very smooth and easy to drink for the big ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2016
at 21:29
7/10
Tried
on 15 Aug 2016
at 22:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 5/21/2016. Pours fairly clear golden yellow color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of sweet raspberry, vanilla, cracker, biscuit, light honey, and slight herbal/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of raspberry, bready malt, and slight hop notes; with good strength. Taste of sweet raspberry, vanilla, cracker, biscuit, light honey, and light herbal/grassy earthiness. Slight herbal/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of raspberry, vanilla, cracker, biscuit, and light honey on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice robustness, and balance of raspberry, bready malt, and slight hop flavors; with nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and creamy mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a great imperial fruited cream ale style. All around great robustness, and balance of raspberry, bready malt, and slight hop flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink for the ABV. Tastes just like a raspberry ice cream cone as advertised. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2016
at 19:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at MBGSF 2016. A deep brown pour with an off-white head. Dark fruit aroma, grape. Flavor of red and green raisins and grapes, caramel, and toffee. Pretty tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2016
at 00:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at MBGSF 2016. Pours an orange gold with a white head. Citrus aroma. Lots of citrus flavor as well, caramel, quite flavorful and tasty. Can’t say I noticed any barrel aging.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2016
at 00:35
8.5/10
Ok Yum
Tried
on 17 Jun 2016
at 11:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint can poured to lager glass. Nice gold color. Aromatic, malty nose. Taste has hints of the typical bland industrial lagers turned out by the big Brewers, but just hints. The body was full with a balance of hops and malts. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised.
Tried
from Can
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 12 Mar 2016
at 15:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/18/2016. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep orange/amber color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of juicy citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, melon, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, melon, lemon/orange rind, pine, caramel, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance. Moderate dryness that increases through the glass, along with the bitterness. Very well balanced at first, but gets aggressive on bitterness and slightly astringent towards the end of the glass; but not too bad. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, sticky/resinous, and fairly creamy/bready balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; and extremely smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Mar 2016
at 20:13
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Clear, deep amber/ruby body. Fizzy white head, rapidly diminishing to nothing. No lacing. Aroma of sweet malts, candy sugar, caramel. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Thin to medium body, watery texture, moderate carbonation. I like a malty sweet beer, but this is more sugary sweet than anything else. Just a hint of dark fruits — plum, cherry, raisin. And no hint of earthy Belgian yeast. Its thin body doesn’t help.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2016
at 15:44