6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Can. Pours a cloudy yellow with a slight orange hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy citrus and mango with some onion underlying. Flavor combines earthy citrus and onion with a growing mango and sweet grain note.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2025
at 04:01
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz can. Pours a dense black color with a big foamy dark brown head that has fair retention. The aroma is quite strong with dark chocolate, vanilla and a bit of whiskey barrel. The taste, like the aroma, is chocolates, vanilla, coconut and whiskey barrel. The palate is full and smooth with soft carbonation. Finishes long and semi-sweet with some lingering woody barrel aftertaste. Overall: Very nice RIS, would love to try this in a blind tasting alongside one of the greats.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2025
at 00:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz can. Pours a dark brown color with smallish beige head that quickly vanishes. The aroma is mostly caramel, butterscotch, oak barrel. The taste is big with caramel, sweet toffee, maple and butterscotch. Bitterness is secondary with black walnuts and barrel woods. Palate is full and viscous. Finishes long and sweet with lingering sweet caramel and woods. Overall: Nice--We see so few barley wines here that it is a welcome change of pace.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Aug 2025
at 22:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Pours near black with a thin brown head that dissipates quickly and completely. Aroma has a bourbon and sweet grain combination with toffee and a bit of caramel coming through. Flavor has growing sweet bourbon and toffee with caramel and sweet grains supporting.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2025
at 03:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can with a code, but nothing that can be construed as a date, drunk 8/4/25.
Glassy, pale brass-bronze. Large, off-white head, moderate retention.
Certainly well-hopped and expressive of the Hallertauer. A big, fresh herbal bouquet rounded out by honey-like malt and a bit of bread/biscuit. Clean. Smells a bit overly malty, not so crisp and snappy/mineralesque on the finish. But it's not always easy to translate the nose to flavor....
Does sort of translate that way, however, as big bread and sweet honey notes immediately collect on the palate, on the finish. There's some bitterness, not a lot, and just not as much crisp, snappy, lager character and overall dryness as I'd prefer, on the finish. Malts are a bit muddled/doughy, as well. Beer is clean, though.
Glassy, pale brass-bronze. Large, off-white head, moderate retention.
Certainly well-hopped and expressive of the Hallertauer. A big, fresh herbal bouquet rounded out by honey-like malt and a bit of bread/biscuit. Clean. Smells a bit overly malty, not so crisp and snappy/mineralesque on the finish. But it's not always easy to translate the nose to flavor....
Does sort of translate that way, however, as big bread and sweet honey notes immediately collect on the palate, on the finish. There's some bitterness, not a lot, and just not as much crisp, snappy, lager character and overall dryness as I'd prefer, on the finish. Malts are a bit muddled/doughy, as well. Beer is clean, though.
Tried
from Can
from
Julio’s Liquors
on 04 Aug 2025
at 21:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
12oz can from Julios. Leggy black, opaque. Beige head. Nose has maple and vanilla and booze. Molasses and cocoa. Flavor is chocolate syrup and maple, chestnut honey, Molasses, brown sugar, malt. Thick, sticky, long finish. Its sweet but not crazy sweet. 8 7.5 7.5 7 8. Dried plum and fig.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Aug 2025
at 14:40
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. can, pours jet black with a dark brown head. Aroma is intense as hell, with huge coffee, gentle coconut, dark chocolate, and some bourbon — that’s massive. Flavour is rich and complex, with intense bourbon, huge coffee, a touch of coconut, and dark cocoa. Wonderfully blended, huge bourbon depth, and dark coffee. Wonderful.
Tried
from Can
at
RidgeWood Bottle & Tap
on 04 Aug 2025
at 05:11
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
16 oz can. Aroma has notes of coconut, dark chocolate, nuts, coffee. Pours inky black with a half finger tan head with decent retention. Taste is fairly sweet with flavors of good chocolate and coconut first and foremost, followed by nuts and coffee. Great velvety mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 02 Aug 2025
at 06:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught @ Dive 96 Bar, Manhattan NYC. Extremely hazy ochre-yellow with a foamy off-white head, citrus peel-mango aroma, adequate carbonation, mildly bitter citrus peel-grapefruit taste, smooth body, long finish. Decent NEIPA.
Tried
from Draft
at
Dive Bar - 96th
on 29 Jul 2025
at 20:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce can - dark ruby, nearly black - nose is heavy char, maple, cinnamon, vanilla - thick, chewy mouthfeel - the maple from the barrel and the cinnamon dominate - underlying notes of caramelized sugars, treacle, dark fruit, the faintest hints of oxidation - I think there might be a pretty good barleywine hiding under there, but it’s hard to tell.
Tried
from Can
from
Mile High Wine and Spirits
on 25 Jul 2025
at 01:55