7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
growler-thanks to KathyW-pours dark amber with a thin tan head. Aroma is medium malt-roasty/some toffee. Taste is medium malt-roasty/some toffee, some spice hops. Soft carbonation.
Tried
from Growler
on 05 Feb 2012
at 17:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
on tap-pours a white-pink head and yellow color. Aroma is citrus, banana. Taste is citrus, banana, clove, wheat/light malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Dec 2011
at 05:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
on tap-pours a light brown head and brown color. Aroma is spice, medium/dark malt-caramel. Taste is spice, buttery, medium/dark malt-caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Dec 2011
at 05:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewpub. This was their seasonal and my server could only tell me that it was made with spiced rum. Pours a dark brown that borders on black with a thinnish tan head with marginal retention. The aroma is spicy and herbal. Reminds me of absinthe and anise. The taste is a roasty chocolate with earthy herbal notes to it. I don’t think there was any oak involved in this it tastes like they brewed a porter and poured some Captain Morgan into it. Medium body with fizzy carbonation and a thin watery mouthfeel. Interesting beer with some odd flavor combinations. Not something I would order often, but glad I got to try it.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 17:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewpub and served with an orange wedge for whatever reason. Pours a murky cloudy light grapefruit juice without much of a head or retention. Smell is lemony with a spicy wheat aroma. I pick up oranges as well, but I’m not sure if that came form the beer or the wedge I tossed aside. Taste follows the aroma fairly well and was better than I thought it would be. Mildly spicy with lemon and pepper and phenols. Medium body and level of carbonation, tart slick mouthfeel. Decent wit that I enjoyed.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 17:32
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at the brewpub Pours a clear reddish brown color with a smallish tan head that dissipates almost instantly. Smells of cherries and other dark pitted fruits, alcohol and a plastic phenolic in there as well. Taste is a mix of cherry syrup and alcohol on top of a malty backbone. Medium to thick body, light carbonation, sweet sticky mouthfeel. I had high hopes for this one, but as has been my experience with Madison brewing thus far this beer is OK but nothing special.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 17:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
On tap at the brewpub Pours a deep amber color with a decent head and retention. Finally some hops. Smells of citrus and grapefruit with a bit of an earthy undercurrent. Taste is citrus, bread, earth. Well balanced pale ale with a decent taste. Thinnish body with a bitter resinous mouthfeel and a watery mouthfeel. Decent pale
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 17:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at the Brewpub Pours a deep reddish amber color with an off white head that sticks around for a bit. Smells sweet with caramel, sugar, cherry, prune, and a touch of alcohol. Taste is mostly sweet caramel and cherry with hints of melanoid and alcohol. A bit over carbonated with a medium body and a sweet slick chalky mouthfeel. This was probably my favorite beer from Madison, but it is still just an average beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 17:09
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at the brewpub served with a wedge of lime for some reason. Pours a clear deep golden color with a thinnish white head. Smells of spicy wheat malt and a sweet honey like well sweetness. Sweet honey like taste with an earthy spicy wheat edge to it. The taste is OK, maybe I should have kept the lime in it. Medium body with a medium to high level of carbonation and a spicy sticky mouthfeel. Not a bad honey wheat beer, but not a great one either.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 17:03
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
On tap at the brewpub Pours a clear golden color with thinnish white head and retention. Smells of grainy and honey malt with a slightly earthy hop aroma. Taste is sweet with and earthy hop bite. Honey and grass maltiness come through nicely until the finish hits with a weird astringent plastic phenolic taste. Light body with a medium level of carbonation and a sweet almost sticky mouthfeel. I think this would have been a great light beer if there wasn’t something obviously wrong with it.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 16:57