8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled (Thanks heemer77!). Pitch black colour, mediumsized brown creamy head. Lacing. Aroma is roasted malts, some smoked wood, coffee and dark dry fruits. Flavour is very much the same with very toffeeish hints. Very roasted and smoked aftertaste. Also some slight salted licorace. Really lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2007
at 11:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle. Maybe I’m just a sucker for this style. Bright, but dense brown body, good-sized brown head. Presents a fine Scots malt smell. Taste is up front caramel and dried plums, with a suggestion of smoked jerky. Some whiskey malt in the backbone. English hops slide along the tongue. Lightly sticky. It may be light in alcohol, but a hearty brew nonetheless – good for rainy days and fall evening.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2007
at 10:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle. Nicer than their wheat in my previous rating. Hazy orange color with a hoppy PNW smell; maybe this should be in the APA category? Fresh hop taste loaded with grapefruit and pine, and a bit of Amarillo catbox, too. Close to Imperial strength, but it hides its alcohol well. Sticky toasted malts are not quite the equal of these hops. This beer is rough and tumble yet kind of cuddly.
Re-sampled at the pre-DLD ’08 party. The guy who brought this claimed the bottle was fresh as could be. I believe that. The smell of hops actually brought a tear to my eye. Tastes better than before.
Re-sampled at the pre-DLD ’08 party. The guy who brought this claimed the bottle was fresh as could be. I believe that. The smell of hops actually brought a tear to my eye. Tastes better than before.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2007
at 09:57
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
12 oz. bottle. Starts with a slight chlorine smell that I can’t shake. Nice cloudy orange color, though. Lemony weizen taste, some sourness and a light mouthfeel. Can’t say I cared that much for it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2007
at 14:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pour is a golden with a small white head. Aroma is deffinatly citrus with a hoppy back bone. Flavor is a bit corny and alcohol. It has a super thick mouthfeel that keps remminding me of a malt liquor. This is tough to get down.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2007
at 21:02
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pour is a bright orange with a almost no head at all. Aroma is very much citrus hops and very little malts. Flavor is a nice hop but again no real malts make an appearence. This is just an average IPA as the hops are there but not in a big way and very little malts show up. Would be a good session though except for the 7% abv.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2007
at 21:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pour is a somewhat hazy and dark amber color... the dying head (about one finger right off the bat) is lacing nicely on the side of the glass. Lots of carbonation stuck to the side of the glass at first. Aromas are lovely. I’m picking up grapefruit and citrus scents along with hints of pine and a sweet malt presence. Flavor is quite unexpected based on the nose... It comes across as a little thinner and a little more of a bitter pucker than I would have guessed. The caramel/sweet malt presence that I was picking up on doesn’t come through cleanly. As a result this is a pretty hops driven pale ale. It’s nice, just a little different than I would have guessed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2007
at 15:32
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
This is weird. Pours an appealing yellow gold color with a big webby head. But in the glass, I see no rising bubbles. Aroma has hops but they’re indistinct - I get lemon and thyme. Is it saaz? I need more. There’s a grainy breadiness that’s more easily apparent in the nose. Acetaldehyde? More weird is the flavor. Big husky sweet graininess, with a touch of fusel alcohol, and a milder spicy hop, and low levels of bitterness in the finish. Heavy and sticky, not drinkable like a good pilsner. We need to call these double pilsners for what they are: hoppy malt liquors. No thanks.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2007
at 20:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours amber, not entirely clear. Dry hop aroma, hop taste, hop finish. Odell set out to make a hoppy beer, and they certainly succeeded at that. Not too impressed by the balance in this one, but certainly a decent effort.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2007
at 12:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. Bottle. Pour is amber. Aroma is malt and underneath some faint hoppiness. Taste is a nice malt backbone with just a bit of earthiness in the hops underneath. Nice finish, overall a good amber ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2007
at 08:46