7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750 mL bottle shared by GT2 at the 5/7/11 DC Ratebeer gathering. Pours a clear copper color with a medium sized creamy offwhite head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of toffee, berries and minty, citrus hop notes along with some whisky. The taste is toffee, berries, more berries, whisky and booze. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2011
at 23:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ Sunset Grill and Tap, Allston, MA. Hazy gold color, massive carbonation. Soapy head, light lace. Nose of light clove and bubblegum. The taste is much of what you’d expect from the nose, wheat, clove, and some spice, Very light body, has a smooth creamy mouthfeel. Doesn’t hold a candle to the German Big Brothers, but overall; it is a refreshing light, easy, summer drinker.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2011
at 10:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep black into a snifter. Mocha pancake head leaves spot lacing. Mild oak aromas. Dry with dark caramel, mocha and bitter chocolate before a mild oak finish.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2011
at 06:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. An unclear golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of hops and grapefruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of lemon, malt, grapefruit, and alcohol, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2011
at 13:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle via a trade with bu11zeye. Pours with a hazy, but vibrany golden body with a large white head that lasts. Aromas are big time chardonnay wine barrels, funk, dried stone fruit, oaks, light acid and light phenols. Flavors of white wine, lightly tart, oak, chardonnay, dry, peppery, juicy apricot and other stone fruit. Phenols. Slight funk. Dry, elegant, lively carbonation. A very good beer!
Earlier Rating: 7/29/2010 Total Score: 3.6
Handbottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a hazy golden body and a small white head. Aroma of sweet and slightly spiced. Obvious and strong stonefruit notes that are not unpleasant. A little bit of cotton candy. Taste is dry, candi sugar, pepper and a bit of tangy apricot. A bit herbal/grainy. Long, dry, grainy finish. Good saison. Another solid beer from NBC!
Earlier Rating: 7/29/2010 Total Score: 3.6
Handbottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a hazy golden body and a small white head. Aroma of sweet and slightly spiced. Obvious and strong stonefruit notes that are not unpleasant. A little bit of cotton candy. Taste is dry, candi sugar, pepper and a bit of tangy apricot. A bit herbal/grainy. Long, dry, grainy finish. Good saison. Another solid beer from NBC!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2011
at 11:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Courtesy of markwise. Pours out copper with tan head. The aroma is pure whiskey with thin veins of vanilla and oak. I guess there’s beer in here somewhere too. Hmm. Don’t smell any beer. OK. The taste is all barrel booze, just like the nose, with straight up fortified whiskey, some vanilla and modest levels of oak. They did put beer in the barrel, right?
Tried
on 03 Jul 2011
at 08:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22oz bottle @RBSG shared by -pours a slight off white ring for a head and cloudy orange color. Aroma is spice, medium malt-with some sweetness, oak. Taste is spice/lemon hops, medium malt-with some sweetness, oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2011
at 15:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 bottle-pours a tan head with bubbles and trailing lace and dark amber color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel, peach/mango, secondary spice hops, wood/grain. Taste is whiskey, sweet medium malt-caramel/brown sugar, , peach/mango, secondary spice hops, wood/grain, alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2011
at 15:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
@RBWG-750ml bottle-thanks to fata2683–pours an off white head and cloudy gold color. Aroma is yeast, spice, light/medium malt, tart. Taste is yeast, spice, light/medium malt, tart.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2011
at 06:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour os a copper with a average white head. Aroma is a very nice citrus hop. Very resiny. Flavor is again a decent hop with some caramel malt. LIke the hop god this one is also kinda watery toward the end. Servicable west coast IPA.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2011
at 14:25