6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft - Little bacon, wood smoke and roast malts. Dark mahogany with a thin beige head. Malty molasses, wood smoke and lots of raisin. A bit on the sweet side and not enough oomph to float my boat.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2014
at 16:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft - Very light grain and slight citrus. Pale yellow with no light white head. Light grain, slight bitterness and a clean finish. Decent for the style but nothing unique or outstanding.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2014
at 15:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can - Lemon grapefruit with a lot a lot of lemon. Cloudy gold with a thin white head. Lemony grassy hops and a bit of sourness. Decent but not particularly good.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2014
at 23:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - Caramel, spice and orange. Clear amber with a rich beige head. Lots of caramel with a mild hop presence that is almost not there. This come across more like an English Barleywine. I still like it, just not what I expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2014
at 17:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 12 oz.can, big thanks to BMart, poured into a weizen glass. Pours deep golden with big fluffy off-white head. Aroma is wheaty, medium body, medium carbonation, and little big bubble lacing. Taste is wheaty, bubblegum, coriander, some clove, some orange, and some banana. Interesting combination of hefeweizen and wit and easy to drink, but just pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Mar 2014
at 17:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Skunky hops and some roast. Jet black with a rich brown head. Light roast with a skunky hoppy note and a decent amount if bitterness. More hop forward than roasty but still nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2014
at 16:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rich, very cloudy orange and copper colorued body with a thick, three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of bright yeast and bread, some earthy malt, a bit of herbal and grassy hops and a nutty, spicey character. Medium-bodied; Assertive herbal and spices up front with a large pepper and hay presence, some subdued malts and a little hop kick near the end. Aftertaste is mostly centered around the yeast (makes sense) and the herbal and grassy flavours, but some very light sweetness comes through from honey and a bit of dry spices flavour the yeast. Overall, a nice and flavourful, pungent Belgian-inspired IPA with less hops than expected (but that could be due to a not fresh beer) but still the characters play well and this is well worth trying for folks who enjoy the style and especially the complexity. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Central Market in Houston, Texas on 10-August-2013 for US$5.35 sampled at home in Washington on 13-March-2014.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2014
at 23:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Location: 22 oz bottle from Central Market, 2/12/14, My 3000th American Rating! USA! USA!
Aroma: The nose is roasted malts and chocolate, some spice, earth, and dark fruit
Appearance: It pours a dark brown color with a lasting head and coating lace
Flavor: The flavor is rich and malty, mostly roast and chocolate, with a little earth and spice
Palate: The body is on the full side, it has a smooth, thick feel, soft carbonation, and a long finish
Overall Impression: Watching the olympics as I drink this, so I had to throw a little national pride. I sure do rate a lot more American craft than anything else. Anyway, this is another really tasty offering from Karbach. This is a bold, flavorful beer.
Aroma: The nose is roasted malts and chocolate, some spice, earth, and dark fruit
Appearance: It pours a dark brown color with a lasting head and coating lace
Flavor: The flavor is rich and malty, mostly roast and chocolate, with a little earth and spice
Palate: The body is on the full side, it has a smooth, thick feel, soft carbonation, and a long finish
Overall Impression: Watching the olympics as I drink this, so I had to throw a little national pride. I sure do rate a lot more American craft than anything else. Anyway, this is another really tasty offering from Karbach. This is a bold, flavorful beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2014
at 20:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Spec’s, Houston sixer: Pours darker on the golden scale with a white head. Aroma is hints of citrus, grass, and bread. Taste is slightly bitter. Nice and crisp. Easy to drink. Very little sweetness. Genuinely well-crafted.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2014
at 10:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Spec’s Houston sixpack of cans: Pours is hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is spice, plenty of banana, some citrus, cloves. Taste is slightly sweet. Definitely more drinkable than many wheat beers that stick in your mouth. Mouth feel is pretty nice. It is sessionable without being watery. Ultimately, I think that the combination that they were attempting worked well.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2014
at 10:12