7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can, undated, drunk 3/5/24. Copper with light ruby accents. Small, beige head, quickly to sparse cover. Base malt galore adding honey and mixing with the medium malts to add a pinch of caramel and ebullient red fruit character. Clean with herbal, earthy and spicy hops all quite lightly apparent, the greater force being malt and yeast. Odd that this is the same process (coolshipped, open fermented) as the Pils and Helles I just had from them, but has none of the cellar must qualities. Or are they just covered up by the extra malt? Either way, it's much less thin than either of those too. Not thin at all, in fact, with plentiful malt and good attenuation. Lingering spice, herbs, rich melanoidin mixed with honey-like maltiness. Clean and incredibly drinkable. Could see it being a bit more snappy/dry on the finish, even.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2024
at 21:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12/13/19 On tap @Owl Farm. Wine glass. Cloudy gold, good lace. Powdery, nondescript scent. Some lemon & hoppy rind. Taste is mild, aged dank, soft grain, salt, lemon, soap, some oxidation. Good twang that lingers but isn't potent. Fluffy carbonation, dusty finish. Tis okay. There's a German bar nearby that serves a fresher classic.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Mar 2024
at 01:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can. Hazy brown pour has reddish highlights. Creamy tan cap. Sweet, earthy malt aroma. Flavor is sweet and yeasty. Notes of dark dried fruits. Figs dates and raisins. Brown sugar and vanilla notes as well. Alcohol hides well. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2024
at 04:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask pint at Shelter, pours a translucent amber with a nice cap of creamy head. Nose hits all the marks, treacle, some dough, sweet tea. Flavor has honey and malt and a little bit of lemony tea. Creamy finish, off dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Feb 2024
at 14:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Undated can drunk 2/28/24. Clear bronze-brass. Medium-sized, white head. Moderate retention. Bread and a light apple character, lightly earthy/musty. Kind of similar to the pils I just had from them, and again probably coolship-derived. Honey, biscuit, baked bread and such from the malt with a smattering of herbs and grass from the hops. Good balance. Clean. Again, like the pils, it's probably a bit thinner in body than I'd prefer. However, this is much less an offender and it's only slightly just. Still has a good semblance of malt with a touch of sticky honey on the end, rounded out by white grape, light herb and lots of biscuit and bread. Just like the pils, I wish it was decocted. But it's clean and interesting with a lovely, interesting yeast character.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2024
at 22:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8.5
Can at home upon return from vacation. Brown and minimal head. Nose is dried fruit and some rye bread. Tastes of raisins, plum, rootbeer, rye, some spruce. Lighter bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2024
at 03:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Opening Bash. Pours brown. Biscuit, tart, cherry, prune. Medium body. Fine.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2024
at 23:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Opening Bash. Pours straw. Yuzu, soap, grain, floral. Medium body. Pretty good.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2024
at 23:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Opening Bash. Pours dark brown. Bourbon, toast, port, raisin juice, prune juice, red grape, brandy, molasses, hefty booze. Still oily body. An experience. Mostly pleasant.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2024
at 23:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can, undated, drunk 2/22/24. Clear bronze-brass-golden. Small-to-medium, white head, moderate-to-strong retention. Grassy, lightly floral nose with biscuity malts dabbed with traces of honey. There's a big earthiness, almost a light cellar mustiness that I must admit I love, despite it probably not really belonging in a pilsner (though, who the hell cares, honestly). Must be coolship-derived. Maybe a bit grassy, as well, but it's clean, malty and interesting. Sharp grass and a surprisingly thin body with an almost wheat-like nuttiness and huge biscuit notes. The earthy/mustiness is there, as well. There's a bit of reprieve of malt on the finish, but the thin biscuit and sharp grass up front really puts a damper on the whole thing. Maybe let's get this thing decoction mashed and then close-fermented after the coolship step, and maybe ease off on the bittering addition of the hops. Man, even onceblind gave this thing a 3.5!
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2024
at 23:08