4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
12oz @ Ryan's (thx for the beer!) shared with Alex.
Peat medicinal bomb. Feel like I am in a pharmacy during medication preparation. How can people like something like this at all? Pharma bomb.
Peat medicinal bomb. Feel like I am in a pharmacy during medication preparation. How can people like something like this at all? Pharma bomb.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2025
at 08:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 355mL bottle (pkg Apr 17, 2017). Very dark brown with small light beige head. Tons of peat on the nose. Taste has peat, a feint sweet bbq note, a touch light, but that's probably age. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Chuck's Hop Shop - Greenwood
on 07 Mar 2025
at 08:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz @ Ryan (thx for the beer, man!) shared with Alex.
Maple, some coffee, moderately sweet, a bit of booze. Taste is along the same lines. Nice complexity added by the maple barrel. Good one.
Maple, some coffee, moderately sweet, a bit of booze. Taste is along the same lines. Nice complexity added by the maple barrel. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2025
at 03:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 355mL bottle (pkg Apr 18, 2019). Very dark brown with small beige head. Coffee, mild background maple syrup, feint tobacco, the slightest of hints of cinnamon, comes together quite nicely. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Chuck's Hop Shop - Greenwood
on 07 Mar 2025
at 03:40
8/10
RB score 3.73
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2025
at 04:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours black, No real head. Scent is fairly closed, soy. Taste is intense, roast, sticky and sweet. Loads of soy, loud alcohol - bit too much, even after all these years. Love the maltyness (chocolate, roast, sticky and sweet) but turned a bit too soy for me, pushing back the complexity.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2025
at 19:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours black, small tanned head. Scent is roasty, bit dry, less soy than the 2014 I had besides. Taste is full, roasty, mild soy. Bit more bourbon than the 2014. Still (though sweet) has a certain 'dryness' . boozy, but not over the top. I actually like this one a bit more than the 2014.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2025
at 19:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours black , no head. Scent is soy, bit roasty. Taste is sharp, bit boozy, roasty, loads of soy, some bitterness. Fairly boozy, mild Bourbon barrel. Aged decently, but perhaps a bit too long. not as great as I remember the (non disclosed) vintage from back than to be.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2025
at 18:51
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Huge aroma of....you guessed it, hops! Duh! Lots of grapefruit, lemon, orange, and some light resinous pine. Not malts that i can find. Pretty much a one dimensional hop assault on the senses. Heavy bitterness finish, that doesnt let go of my throat. Result, thrashed palate!
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:29
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Batch 2 bottle at the beer bistro.
Great aroma of sweet bready caramel malts, brown sugar, candi sugar, prunes, figs, apples, peaches, and even some hints of spices like clove, and cinnamon. This is one of the most complex aromas i have ever had the pleasure to smell. The flavor was just crazy. So much came through, loads of sweet malts, more fruit, but especialy the figs, and plums. The finish was a bit dry, and the alcohol showed up in the end. What a great sipping beer.
Great aroma of sweet bready caramel malts, brown sugar, candi sugar, prunes, figs, apples, peaches, and even some hints of spices like clove, and cinnamon. This is one of the most complex aromas i have ever had the pleasure to smell. The flavor was just crazy. So much came through, loads of sweet malts, more fruit, but especialy the figs, and plums. The finish was a bit dry, and the alcohol showed up in the end. What a great sipping beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:24