7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from decaturstevo or jcwattsrugger. I can’t remember which. Pours deep black with offwhite head. Nose is roasted oatmeal, roasted barley and chocolate cereal. Taste is very smooth chocolate cereal. Nice roast character. Well balanced. Dryish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2010
at 11:47
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
From my beer club. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a slightly cloudy pale yellow color with a small soapy white head that produced some lacing. The aroma was faintly fruity and tangy. The flavor was tart, tangy and a bit sour with faint fruits and some chalk. The finish was dry and chalky. Medium body. Eh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2010
at 22:43
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
12 oz bottle into English pint. Thanks to Brenn79. Faint aromas of grain and some (??). Pours a pale copper hue with a quickly dissipating head and so-so lace. Taste is biscuity, nutty, some caramel malt, wet dog. Highly carbonated with a grainy aftertaste. Somewhat creamy mouthfeel. Very boring amber with nothing distinctive about it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2010
at 20:15
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 3.5
12 oz bottle into English pint. Thanks to Brenn79 for sharing this Beer of the Month Club selection. The aroma is very bland, but from my experience: blonde = bland. I smell some sweet malt, and that’s about it. Appearance is just as bland: golden hue with a medium quickly dissipating head and just alright lace. Taste is, no surprise, bland. Sweet with no bitterness. Kind of sugary. There’s a medicinal offnote here, unfortunately. Highly carbonated. Boring, but that’s what I was expecting. The label boasts about this being brewed only for southerners, but that’s okay. They can have it! BORING.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2010
at 19:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22 ounce bottle courtesy of Kinz. Thanks! Sampled at the 11th Richmond Ratebeer Gathering, 4/17/10. Pours a lightly hazy dark reddish amber color with a thin white head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of raisins, toffee, bourbon, some buttery notes. Very nice. The taste is bourbon, bitter hop notes, raisin, caramel and toffee. A faint tartness and a little bit of bitter chocolate in the finish. Medium-full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2010
at 21:17
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
on tap at MM, pours gold with a thin white head. Aroma is skunky with lots of earthy grass notes. Flavor is off, metallic grain and thin hop bitterness. Not very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2010
at 12:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle pours light brown with a tall off white head. Aroma is bready malts and brown sugar. Flavor is rich doughy malts, lots of chocolate and toffee. Actually a very good brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2010
at 13:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours clear garnet color with light tan head. Aromas of bourbon, vanilla and caramel. Mild bourbon flavor with vanilla and oak with a touch of tartness. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
on 02 May 2010
at 19:58
4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cysery aroma of honey and apples. Hazy yellow, headless. Dry banana flavor, mild grass finish. Pretty weak, but still recognizable as a hefeweizen. Probably an ok segue beer for the Failure High Life drinkers.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2010
at 18:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
on cask-pours a tight off white head that laces and hazy gold color. Aroma is bready, medium malt-some caramel. Taste is bready, medium malt-some caramel, some herbal/tea hops. Soft carbonation. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2010
at 19:14