6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at BBF 7, Bodegraven, 25/09/15. Lightly hazed orange golden with a well appointed egg shell white cap. Nose is bitter citrics, floral notes, red grapefruit, straw, tangerine, melon. Taste comprises bitter orange, tangerine, straw, grapefruit, light farmy notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok stuff.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2015
at 01:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at BBF 7, Bodegraven, 25/09/15. Pitch black with a decent tan head that retains well. Nose is chocolate, roast malt, light charr, spice, dark malt, hint of pepper. Taste comprises mellow dark fruit rinds, chocolate, light spice, toffee, roast malt, hint of liquorice. Full bodied, fine carbonation, light warming booze and subtle barrel in the close. Solid impy, good balance, never gets hot.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2015
at 01:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg at BBF 7, Bodegraven, 25/09/15. Very lightly hazed amber with a moderate beige cap. Nose is toffee, dark fruit rinds, bready notes, brown sugar. Taste comprises dark toffee, malt loaf, dates, figs, light yeast, brown bread, trace of spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi trying close with a light boost on offer. Ok for style, masks the ABV well but fails to deliver much in the way of depth for said ABV.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2015
at 08:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg at BBF 7, Bodegraven, 25/09/15. Black topped with a decent tan swirl. Nose is peated malt, light smoke, toffee, toasted brown sugar, smoked gammon, earthy, light charr. Taste comprises more peated notes, barell tones, charr, dark fruit rinds, ashen. Medium + bodied, fine carbonation, light warming booze in the close. Ok for a peated impy but perhaps a little heavy handed.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2015
at 02:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330 ml bottle into tulip glass, best before 7/1/2016. Pours hazy/cloudy orange/amber color with a small dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, honey, light caramel, spicy rye bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, honey, light caramel, spicy rye bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Large amount of piney/spicy/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and no hop astringency after the finish. Good amount of dryness after the finish from high bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, sticky/resinous, and lightly creamy mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent rye DIPA style. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate bready malt flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 20:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle. Pours amber with lightish head. Aromas of bright tropical fruit, limes, toffee, and sweet malts. Flavors limes, bitter citrus peel, a little grass, and toasted malts. Nice and clean. Long bitter finish. Great stuff for the ABV - very sessionable. Another please...
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 14:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 330 ml at Chez Sophie on 9th Oct 2015. Slight haze to the orange coloured body, thin white head, hung around for a while. Intense hoppy aroma, grapefruit notes pushing them along . Taste similar with the grapefruit again leading the way, fairly bitter and almost sour in nature. One bottle was enough for me, but I am happy to try more from this guy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 02:20
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
330 ml bottle. Pours black with a full creamy tan head. Aromas of vanilla, , roasted malt, light coconut and and creamed coffee. Flavors of dry roasted malt, ash/chalk, black coffee, dark bittersweet chocolate, and vanilla extract. Wow. A Porter? I don’t think so. An imperial Dry Stout - maybe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 22:33
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330 ml bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with moderate head. Aromas of sweet dark fruit, toffee/brown sugar, and dark toasted malts. Flavors follow same sweet and smooth with only a hint of the ABV. Excellent for drinking now, but worth putting down a few to see what happens to the sweetness. small bottle though...
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 21:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330 ml bottle. Pours black with almost no head. Aromas of hickory smoke, molasses and licorice. Flavors of peat smoke, chocolate, licorice, iodine, and a hint of dark fruit. A bit like a rauchbier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 20:52