8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Pours inky void with thin dark tan head. The aroma is sweet with malts, caramel malts, some burnt malts, a touch of chocolate and thin wafers of spicy earthy citrus hoppiness. The taste comes across in typical Zhukov fashion with lots of tasty smooth roasty malts mixing with velvety dark chocolate as well as light notes of spicy to earthy hops.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2009
at 09:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours deep amber with copper hues and thin tan head. The aroma is very sweet with dark fruitiness coming from berries, sweet currants, cherries, plums, prunes and a modest berry skin earthiness. The taste I sweet and smooth with all the notes noted in the nose. The dark fruitiness blends smoothly into modest citrus candy notes, berry notes and a modest background to earthiness.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2009
at 09:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Courtesy of markwise. Pours deep amber with thin tan head. The aroma is a mix of orange hard candy, sweet dark fruitiness and modest notes of cedar. The taste is smooth and creamy becoming very sweet with sugary citrus hard candy, cherry hard candy and a slight note of earthiness. By midway I get a light note of cedar blending in to the rest of the flavor notes. Pretty fruity sweet overall.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2009
at 09:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle #415/480, pours dark brown with a thin light tan head. Aroma is big with bourbon notes and a oaky vanilla note. Huge malt character, carmel, chocolate. It’s all tied together with a big fresh bourbon flavor that lingers into some wood notes. Really nice brew, kind of hot, I can see this mellowing out nicely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2009
at 15:52
3.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
From Beerman6686 at the Pgh RB gathering 12/09, thanks Dan! First let me say that I am not worthy of this beer. I rate by how much I like it and not to scale so blow off my numbers. Smells like a mild imperial stout. laced with some volatile whiskey. Hot alky burn on the intial taste. Whiskey, commencement, way too much for this lager lover. Anise, locrice, perhaps coffee and other dark rude desirable atttributes. Barely any carbonation. Over the top, just like a big beer should. Oily mouth coating finish, overall pretty strong.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2009
at 15:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
@Tampa Wkly Gathering @tpd975s Thanks retorp-1QT growler-pours a tan head with trailing lace and copper color. Aroma is mint, chocolate, medium malt. Taste is mint, chocolate, medium malt, earthy hops.
Tried
from Growler
on 20 Dec 2009
at 18:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
@Tampa Wkly Gathering @tpd975s-1QT growler-pours a tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is sweet medium malt, pine hops. Taste is smooth sweet medium malt-caramel, pine hops.
Tried
from Growler
on 20 Dec 2009
at 18:11
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
bottle thanks to Daknole, a nice pffsssttt as the bottle opens releases a nice mist and I start to pour. Now I know I have used the term "motor oil" and "thick as hell" before, but no other beer, NOT ONE can touch the consistency that this brew has. Pouring it in the glass I get the feeling that this beer could clog my arteries, it honestly looked like maple syrup going on pancakes. Once settled in the glass, a thin waterfall leaves a very dark and mean looking dark brown head. The aroma is unique to any other RIS nose I have had the pleasure of sniffing. Strong expresso, booze, dark fruits, and wood. Really no sweet aromas at all. It’s entirely dark, bitter, and brutal smelling. Flavors follow that thought process to a T. Bitter expresso, molasses, oak, and a dryness in the mouth from a nice hop character. There is balance, but it seems more of a balance of one form of bitter to another. There really isn’t a sweet note at all, and it’s really not a bad thing at all. This puppy is dark and dangerous. Thanks to Dak and CCB!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2009
at 16:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Vanilla Old Ale @Tampa Wkly Gathering @tpd975s Thanks retorp-1QT growler-pours a light brown head with dark brown color. Aroma is dark malt-molasses/caramel, dark fruit/fruitcake, earthy. Taste is vanilla, biscuity, dark malt-molasses/caramel, dark fruit/fruitcake, earthy. Smooth, nice.
Tried
from Growler
on 19 Dec 2009
at 20:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
@Tampa Wkly Gathering @tpd975s Thanks retorp-1QT growler-pours a brown head with black color that sheets on the glass. Aroma is earthy, dark malt-molasses, secondary hops. Taste is earthy, dark malt-molasses, secondary hops bite.
Tried
from Growler
on 19 Dec 2009
at 20:01