8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pint can pours with a murky opaque dull gold copper body that supports a full near white head of foam. The aroma offers up mango, cantaloupe, tangerine and then maybe a berry sensation flowing into sweeter smelling honey dew into the end off the draw. The taste delivers smooth balanced hoppiness. I get soft sweet mango and guava and then cantaloupe blended into tangy tangerine rimmed with bitter grapefruit citrus hop notes. To midway a murmur of raspberry is noticed as it becomes a little more bitter to vaguely astringent into the finish. Yep. This really doesn't become too sweet like 95% of the offerings from this style but has plenty of balance and depth.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2023
at 04:46
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Pint can pours with a deep dark used motor oil darkness that supports a thin dark mocha head of foam. The aroma begins with a pulse of plum and date and even raisin like fruity esters flowing into some dark roasted malts, chocolate and a nice layer of caramel nuanced barrel character. The taste delivers sweet dark fruity esters in the form of plums, dates and raisins. It then quickly brings up sweetened dark roasted malts, a sense of reduced sugars and chocolate infused with booze. To midway the barrel character bubbles to the surface creating another depth of goodness. This really comes together nicely. Great sipper.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2023
at 04:23
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
22oz bomber pours with a clear mahogany colored body that has deep copper hues and supports a nice tan head of foam. The aroma offers up inviting molasses drizzled dates and prunes as well as a firm degree of almost candy like smooth smelling bourbon barrels leading to a bit of boozy heat at the end of the draw. The taste delivers a wash of caramel and molasses smooth sweetness deepened by slick sweet malts leading to integrated date and prune like sweet dark fruity esters. Nice. To midway the supple smooth bourbon begins to be heard as the booziness rises. So nice. The balance, the depth, the flavour harmony are really making for a wonderful sipping experience. A-game barleywine.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Sep 2023
at 03:38
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
22oz bomber pours with a mahogany colored body that supports a nice tan head of foam. The aroma offers up inviting reduced sugars of toffee and caramel, thin supple bourbon and a dash of dark fruity esters. The taste delivers plum slathered blunted oak, smooth bourbon and then a pleasing array of toffee, caramel and a thin layer of molasses. Nice. Underneath those notes are murmurs of dates and figs and plums. This is well integrated with great balance and depth. This is likely to only improve a bit with some cellar time but is pretty spot on at the moment.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2023
at 04:03
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pint can pours with a deep dark black void of a body that supports a short lived light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up a blend of dark fruity esters and dark roasted malts flowing quickly into chocolate and a growing inviting vanilla sensation. Another whiff brings up a hint of spicy black licorice. The taste delivers smooth slick sweet malts blending with date to plum sweet dark fruity esters and spicy black licorice. To midway sweetened dark roasted malts and an upwelling of inviting fresh vanilla mingle effortlessly with lingering sweet dark fruity esters. Nice sipper.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2023
at 04:32
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pint can pours with an opaque hazy pale papery gold colored body that supports a thin bright white head of foam. The aroma offers up inviting orange and tangelo and then getting into tangerine and mango ending in a faint whiff of cracker. The taste delivers similar notes of juicy orange and tangelo citrus fruitiness edged thickly by tangy and modestly bitter tangerine notes. Yes, this is juicy, tangy and has a firm yet restrained grapefruit like hop bitterness. This creates a pleasing hop harmony. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2023
at 03:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pandas thanks to Ibrew2or3: Poured a dark brown translucent egdes, head is bubbly. Aroma is dark fruits, dates, plum, spice, malts, perfume. Taste is sugars, dark fruit, light metallic, rich malts, spice, drying.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2023
at 20:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda thanks to Ibrew2or3: Poured a coppery golden with a white whispery head. Aroma is honey, malty, yeast, light spiciness. Taste is fruity, yeast esters, boosty, malty, honey balanced sweetness. Not a style I usually like but this is a good one.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2023
at 01:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Extra frothy pint can from my boy Dave in Az. Dark, ruby brown, clear pour, residual-y frothy. Cookie, sweet toast, bittersweet malt, minerally, dry & sharp malt, faintly musky, vinous, varnished nose. Sticky, lemon tea, tiny bit of char, sharp malt, bit of coffee, bittersweet tea, varnish, earthy & mellow congealed finish, peppery wanting sort of jellied feel. Carbonation is bubbly, sticky, mild oxidation, very drizzly, savory malt finish. Okay to good.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2023
at 03:03
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Pint can pours with a dark deep ruby red to mahogany colored body that supports a thin near white head of foam. The aroma offers up brown sugar stewed plums and cherries heading into sweet and slightly spicy black strap molasses and then a hit of near burnt caramel. The taste delivers a blend of brown sugar dusted plums, cherries and figs. Around the sweet dark fruity esters are reduced sugars such as black strap molasses tinged with a lightly burnt and lightly spicy sort of sensation. This already has the melded integrated character of a Quad with a bit of age on it. More time in the cellar will further improve this. Solid offering.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2023
at 05:16