8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Got in a trade with GreenBayBA. 12 ounce bottled into pint glass, bottled on 5/8/2018. Pours slightly hazy nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, fudge, vanilla, cream, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of nuttiness, dark fruit, herbal, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, cocoa, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, fudge, vanilla, cream, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of nuttiness, dark fruit, herbal, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal hop and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, fudge, vanilla, cream, toasted dark/brown bread, nuttiness, herbal, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, cocoa, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a solid hop/roast bitter/sweet balance, and no cloying flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and slightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is an excellent milk stout! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, cocoa, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the minimally bitter finish. Very rich/complex malts with balanced lactose/cocoa nib flavors; restrained English yeast and mild earthy hops against sweetness. A really enjoyable offering, and perfect style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2018
at 23:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle. Hazy amber, thin foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of caramel malt, leaves, hints of fruit. Taste is citrusy and berry like fruits, caramel, tea. Thin, drinkable. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2018
at 02:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours hazy mahogany, medium tan head, decent lacing. Aroma is oaky, cocoa, roast, molasses, hints of vanilla. Flavors is medium sweet, light bitter, oak and more oak. Melon body, soft mouthfeel. Quite interesting and flavorful.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2017
at 20:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours crystal clear golden, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is light, Grapefruit, orange, hints of pine. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Light plus body, easy drinking.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2017
at 20:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap. Pours crystal clear yellow, Medium white head, good lacing. Aroma of grain, hint of lemon, Noble hop. Flavors is light sweet, light bitter. Light body.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2017
at 20:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Next Door. Chewy, sweet bourbon candy. Pretty solid for the style. Bourbon barrel certainly dominates, the the base Porter is really nice too. Pretty decent offering.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2016
at 20:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black. Highly carbonated, which is good. Mild cherry, lightly roasted. Dry flavor and real fruit. Great palate.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2016
at 18:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Bob, thanks! Pours a clear earthy amber with an orange hue and a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma combines sweet grains, straw and bread with a bit of bourbon backing. Flavor has earthy straw and sweet grains with bourbon and biscuit supporting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2015
at 15:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Bob, thanks! Pours a clear deep amber with an orange hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges, Aroma has a decent amount of rum and sweet dark grains with a bit of bread underlying. Flavor has sweet grains and light rum with a light bread backbone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2015
at 15:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Bob, thanks! Pours a clear amber with an orange hue and a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma combines sweet grains and biscuit with a light bread backbone. Flavor has notes of sweet grain, light fruit and a bit of biscuit underlying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2015
at 15:12