6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From bottle, 10A Papsoes New Zealand vs US blind tasting. Pours hazy orange with no head. Dense fruity and alcohol aroma. Light oxidised aroma. Flavour is dark sweetish and malty. Solid caramel note and a woody dry flavour. Ends dry, bitter and warming alcohol. Mild spiced note. Very solid flavour. A bit oxidised.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2008
at 02:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled, vintage 2004
Hazy nut brown-red color, no head. Malty-chocolaty and also very barley-wineish aromas. Hard stuff, not very easy to drink: smoked ham, vanilla liquer and caramel. Barley wine kind of roasted. Liquerish palate. Just too simple BW without any character.
Hazy nut brown-red color, no head. Malty-chocolaty and also very barley-wineish aromas. Hard stuff, not very easy to drink: smoked ham, vanilla liquer and caramel. Barley wine kind of roasted. Liquerish palate. Just too simple BW without any character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2008
at 17:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (2004 vintage, thanks jjpm74!). Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is plum, raisins, alcohol as well as some wood and vanilla. Flavour is vanilla, wood, oak, caramel malts, alcohol and a bunch of raisins. Also some strange licoriceish raisiny notes. Quite sweet brew, good for sipping, but not for drinking any faster at all. Wellbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2008
at 17:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz can from jjpm74. Thanks John! Make sure your glass is very close by when you open this one! Voluminous frothy head and cloudy deep orange color. Hop aroma is balanced by a cotton candy sweetness. Hops are muted. They taste nice, but quickly fade into the background. Very bitter, metallic aftertaste.
Just tried again at the brewery. Much better. Scores updated accordingly.
Just tried again at the brewery. Much better. Scores updated accordingly.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2008
at 16:22
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Big thanks to jjpm74 for the bottle. Looks incredible. The beer in the glass is okay, no foam. Starts really strong, very malty. The finish is too bitter, I think. Not very drinkable. Only an average beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2008
at 14:45
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Three Judges BW ’04-12oz bottle-pours a quickly disappearing light tan head with bubbles and cloudy copper color. Aroma is oak/woody, medium malt-non sweet caramel. Taste is oak/woody, whisky, medium malt-non sweet caramel, some alcohol. Sipping. Big, not my style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2008
at 20:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(at Delaney’s)-on tap-pours a rich retaining off white head that laces and yellow/gold color. Aroma is many Northwest sweet citrus hops, medium malt-caramel. Taste is many Northwest sweet citrus hops, medium malt-caramel. Smooth, easy drinking. APA?
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Feb 2008
at 20:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
on tap-no head and gold color. Aroma is single malt, oak, spice, sweet, vanilla, slight alcohol, peat. Taste is single malt, oak, spice, sweet, vanilla, slight alcohol, peat, dry finish. Occasional.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Feb 2008
at 20:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle-pours a dissipating brown head and midnight black color. Aroma is dark malt-licorice, anise, woody, acidic, alcohol, chocolate, some dark fruit. Taste is very malty dark malt-chocolate/roasty/licorice. Smooth with acidity and alcohol held in check. Mild carbonation. Occasional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2008
at 22:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Great beer, even if the packaging is a bit tacky. Pours a translucent (nearly opaque) orange color with a frothy white head. Smells like you’d expect, citrus, pine, soap and all hops. Flavor was all the flavors from the aroma, grapefruit, lemon, tangerine, rounded out by malt to create a balance. Finish is bitter but mild. Worth grabbing and a good example of "don’t judge a book by it’s cover".
Tried
on 24 Dec 2007
at 15:59