4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Thanks Bryan! Can, pours a big rocky head on a darker than pale clear beer. Medium clean hop perfume aroma. Taste is imperial IPA, over the top and terribly on style. Pucker, bitter back of throat. Does have some co2 but that doesn’t hide the in yer face attitude of this brew. Towards the middle of the session it begins to get volatile, I think I’m getting a little dizzy. Lots of hops with what feels to be more than 7% abv. Viscous mouth coating soapy finish, chewing & sucking on green grapefruit rind soaked in clear pine tar. . Whew. What torture.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2017
at 15:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
From can to glass. Clear copper with smallish off-white head. Cloying malts from the alcohol. Could have attenuated more of the sugar out.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Apr 2017
at 23:24
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Deep amber and copper in colour with a large, four centimetre tall tan head that lasts quite a while. Aroma of biting grassy and herbal hoppiness with some big sets of alcohol, biscuits, malt, yeast, grain and pungency - this shows a lot and hops aren’t the strongest thing in there. Medium to Full-bodied; Super pungent and bitter flavours with the grain and alcohol showing through the strongest, but then showing some biscuity and nutty malts with caramel sweetness and a pungent, very bitter hop note as well. Aftertaste shows alcohol, warm sweetness from caramel and toffee and a definite earthy and pungent flavour from the malt, alcohol and hops, in that order. Overall, a decent beer at best, but this is far too pungent, malty, bitter and strong for the style or to make it worthwhile. I sampled this twelve ounce can a few minutes after returning from my first circus (and CLOWN) ever in my life, at Ringling Brothers’ Circus in Washington on 01-April-2017 with my kids, with this twelve ounce can purchased from Spec’s in Dallas, Texas on 11-November-2015 for US$3,78 sampled at home in Washington on 01-April-2017.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Apr 2017
at 02:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with medium tan head that lasts. The aroma is strong roasted malt, wood, whiskey, chocolate. Thick body, roasted malt, dark chocolate, wood, strong whiskey, very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2017
at 20:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Pours a very dark brown with medium tan head leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is strong roast, milk chocolate, mint. Medium body, light mint, roasted malt, dark chocolate, light boozy finish, very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2017
at 20:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark copper with medium beige head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is dark fruit, caramel, spice. Medium body, English yeast, caramel, raisin, fig, boozy finish, very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2017
at 19:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear orange gold with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is yeast, spice, floral. Medium body, bubblegum, yeast, wheat, light boozy finish, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2017
at 19:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy yellow gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is strong lemon soda and ginger. Thin body, strong ginger, lemon soda, crisp finish, easy to drink, very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2017
at 19:45
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Keg at Half Shells, Plano. Clear pale golden, small head. Mild aroma of green apples. Mid dry with light body and clean mouthfeel. Lightly grainy, lots of apples, low bitterness. Good drinkability thanks to relative dryness and absence of edges. Flavourwise it leaves room for improvement. Kölsch? Really?
Tried
on 23 Feb 2017
at 21:16
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Keg at Ginger Man, Plano. Clear golden, small head. Grassy fruity nose. Mid dry with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and bready with mild grass. Mid bitter finish. Sort of in between the German Pils varieties. Neither crisp, nor soft. Actually more in line with the more commercial offerings.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2017
at 19:02