8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Capped 750 from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours hazy orange gold with small floaters and a thick creamy off-white head. Aroma is yeasty bready with citrus and mixed light fruit. Deep inhalation suggests some vinosity. Full bodied. Flavor is vinous and oaky. There’s a mixture of light fruits, but it’s mostly vinous, and finishes astringently oaky. That must have been some chardonnay in those barrels. Excellent ale.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2011
at 16:50
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled on draft at D’s in Monroeville this beer poured a bright orange-amber color with a medium sized foamy beige head that faded quickly. The aroma was strong nutmeg and clove and light cinnamon without much else going on. The flavor was sweetish sour caramel with bitter lemon, nutmeg and cinnamon. There was a bit of an off flavor I could not identify that did not work for me. The finish was dryish and spicy. Moderately full bodied. Eh.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Oct 2011
at 10:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Shaker pint draft at Waldo Pizza in Kansas City, Missouri. Pour is a mostly clear golden brown amber with a lightish tan head. Aroma is faint malt grain and nuttiness. Not much odor. Taste is nut, lightly charred roast malt, along with sweetness and light diacetyl. Not too much diacetyl for the style, though detracts a bit for me personally. Flavor picks up as it warms, integrating much better. Palate is thin bodied, lower carbonation, ashy dry mineral finish. Easy to drink, nice light flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Oct 2011
at 18:30
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Denver Rare Beer Tasting. Dark brown appearance with a brown head. Moderately smoky, light whiskey, roasty, dark malty aroma. Roasty, smoky, burnt, dark malty flavor with a very light whiskey character.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2011
at 11:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Nice blend of cherry, apple, and pear aromas. Cloudy amber, little head. Flavor is triple sec up front with oak and maraschino cherry notes also present. There is also an impression of brett, but my glass may have just needed a rinse. This is a big beer with quite a bit of heat. Tasty, but I’m beginning to tire of these big sorts of beers and wouldn’t want more than one.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2011
at 18:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Crescent Moon. Cloudy, light banana yellow appearance with a small, white head. Coriander, moderately spicy, orange peel, yeasty, witbier aroma. Slightly spicy, orange peel, coriander, easy drinking witbier. Carbonation seems a bit low, though I could be wrong. Pretty good witbier. Refreshing.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Sep 2011
at 20:44
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
There have been a glut of rye beers of late and as this one shows not all can be winners. Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a clear pale golden color with a medium sized foamy yellow-white head that lingered and left incredible lacing. The aroma was perfume, floral and grassy hops. The flavor was dry and bitter with moderate perfume and grass and a touch of vague spice. The finish was long, dry, bitter and perfumey. The body was on the light side of medium. Disappointing.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2011
at 16:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled on draft at D’s Monroeville this beer poured a medium caramel-amber color with a large foamy orange-beige head that lingered and left incredible lacing. The aroma was sweet pine, spruce and a bit of apple. The flavor was tangy with intense pine resin and light grapefruit and undertones of herbal hops, sugar, caramel and nut. There was a strong boozy presence throughout that really grew with each sip and became fairly spicy. The finish was very long with pine, grapefruit and hot alcohol lingering. Fairly full bodied. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2011
at 18:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours an orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity hoppy bitter aroma with weak yeasty hints. Fruity malty hoppy yeasty barrel flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish with hints of wood in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2011
at 08:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle with gooovikings in KC. Thanks Jetson! Gorgeous, cloudy, fluorescent yellow-orange appearance with a white head. Mild apricot, citrus fruity, slightly tart, mild funk, barnyard, belgian ale aroma. Pretty potent apricot, mildly tart, peppery, light barnyard, golden belgian ale flavor with a dry, white wine finish. Peppery, dry, light barnyard aftertaste. Cool beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2011
at 14:58