7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at Taste of Tops. Almost clear golden with a medium head. Fresh with hops, tropical fruit and some juice. The body was medum and the bitterness quite soft. A nicely drinkable one.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2019
at 20:35
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Poured up on tap at the Attic where it exhibits a hazy dull deep gold body that supports a thin off white head of foam. The aroma offers up spicy onion dankness as well as mango, guava and cantaloupe. The taste delivers smooth juicy mango and guava punctuated by bitter spicy dank onion goodness. Nice with no sense of the ABV. It gets a little more juicy into the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jan 2019
at 00:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint can pours with a deep purple colored body that supports a thin off white head of foam. The aroma offers up acidic citrus and raspberry and then a faint salt sensation. The taste delivers tart raspberry and some thin juicy raspberry. To midway it picks up thin salt and faint wheat notes. This is pretty intense in raspberry brightness and tartness. The berliner essence is well off in the background. But thats ok.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2018
at 18:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by Chris and Stacey on 12/8/18.
Dark ebony with a tan head fading slowly to cover. Good clarity.
Cherry-vanilla-almond notes in the nose are very dry with light roast and hints of alcohol. Licorice and spice mix with more vanilla and coffee but it's incredibly dry.
In the mouth it's extremely dry with seemingly full attenuation leaving zero sweetness behind. Pretty decently malty texture with tight carbonation but between the cognac barrel, wood character, alcohol and almost sharp vanilla-roast combo, it's just too fatiguingly unbalanced for my palate, at least. Just a hint of sweetness would go a long way here.
Dark ebony with a tan head fading slowly to cover. Good clarity.
Cherry-vanilla-almond notes in the nose are very dry with light roast and hints of alcohol. Licorice and spice mix with more vanilla and coffee but it's incredibly dry.
In the mouth it's extremely dry with seemingly full attenuation leaving zero sweetness behind. Pretty decently malty texture with tight carbonation but between the cognac barrel, wood character, alcohol and almost sharp vanilla-roast combo, it's just too fatiguingly unbalanced for my palate, at least. Just a hint of sweetness would go a long way here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2018
at 16:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A chill hazed to slightly sedimented pour showing a peachy-copper color with deeper ambers and an off-white head that fades steadily to nothing.
In the nose you get a quick shot of caramel/toffee before everything is overtaken by hazelnuts. Spicy, nutty and with light roast character. Seemingly quite dry and with light alcohol lingering.
Mega-hazelnut in the mouth. Yikes. That's ALOT of hazelnut. Dominates the beer which otherwise shows high attenuation and low carbonation. Light caramel and toffee-like sweetness is all I can gather, with a good fruitiness, but it's difficult to find much here aside from hazelnut. Soft, malty texture and light alcohol warmth on the finish.
In the nose you get a quick shot of caramel/toffee before everything is overtaken by hazelnuts. Spicy, nutty and with light roast character. Seemingly quite dry and with light alcohol lingering.
Mega-hazelnut in the mouth. Yikes. That's ALOT of hazelnut. Dominates the beer which otherwise shows high attenuation and low carbonation. Light caramel and toffee-like sweetness is all I can gather, with a good fruitiness, but it's difficult to find much here aside from hazelnut. Soft, malty texture and light alcohol warmth on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2018
at 16:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
22 oz. bottle from the brewery. Aroma is vanilla, oak, brandy, chocolate. Flavor is a direct reflection. Full body, dry texture.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2018
at 02:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
22 oz. bottle. Flat dirty muddy water appearance. Aroma is hazelnut and raisins. Flavor has a mild lasting hint of hazelnuts with a mild dark fruits. Oily mouth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2018
at 02:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint can pours with a clear deep copper to amber body that supports a thin tan head of foam. The aroma offers up figs, earthy dates, caramel and brown sugar. The taste delivers smooth figs, dates and plum flowering into thin sweet molasses and brown sugar. Behind those notes the yeast and slight mineral sensation help give this an authentic German doppelbock feel.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2018
at 23:29
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
32oz crowler pours with a mahogany colored body that supports a tall tan head of foam that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The aroma offers up dates, plums, fruit cake and plenty of vanilla. The taste delivers a smooth fairly balanced blend of sweet molasses, dates, plums and vanilla. Nice. The vanilla has some depth and character to it just before a modest level of booze hits and ushers this experience to the finish. Once my expectations and palate adjusted it's been good times ever since. Well played.
Tried
from Crowler
on 28 Oct 2018
at 19:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
32oz crowler pours with a light mahogany colored body that has deep copper hues and supports a thin light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up smooth inviting maple, some bourbon barrel notes, oak, dark fruity esters, faint vanilla bean and then a bit of booze into the end of the draw. The taste delivers similar notes with soft smooth rounded off and a bit forward maple intertwined with sweet dark fruity esters, molasses and then brown sugar nuanced smooth bourbon barrel character. This comes together really nice. Great sipper.
Tried
from Crowler
on 28 Oct 2018
at 19:40