Subsidiaries
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Hey, a nice big hoppy nose on this one! Piney, resiny, candyish, almost new mown hay. Dirty and earthy too, a touch of barnyard? Puckering tannic and dry in the mouth. More slight barnyard and earth character. Dry bitter finish. Amber color, full head, hazy.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2005
at 14:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
The nose reveals the hops, both citrus and floral, as one would expect from an imperial IPA, but only moderately so which one wouldn’t expect. Aroma of grapefruit, pine and flowers with notes of sweet orange. The flavor starts with floral, perfumy hops that gives way to bitter grapefruit riding atop sugared orange. A full body and moderate carbonation lead to a sticky, somewhat syrupy mouthfeel. The finish is long and very bitter with a nice warming from the alcohol. Overall, a tasty IIPA even though the various flavors seem a bit disconnected.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2005
at 20:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
on tap- Yeast creates a banana-cinnamon aroma. Flavor is creamy-peppery. A well done beer that didn’t lose as much as many people have described from the bottled and shipped version, just not to my taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2005
at 07:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle-pours a foamy tan head with deep clear amber color. Aroma is pine, dark fruit, cinnamon/clove, sweet, malt, (&hops?). Taste is coriander, caramel, a hefe meets dubbel? With a flat-metal aftertaste. The blend here doesn’t do it for me. Best by April 06. 091114 @NH Brewers Fest-rerate 3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2005
at 07:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Light brown head on a brown body. Sweet malty flavor and a molassas flavor.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2005
at 15:47
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Amber color with a light brown head. Malty aroma with a lightly spiced malt flavor.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2005
at 15:45
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Paid $1.49 for a 12-oz single bottle at Whole Foods, Charlottesville, VA. Pours clear amber with a small beige head. Smells bready, coppery, and some maltiness, none of which are overly appealing. Flavor is rather bland, with some caramel, copper, banana, and bubblegum. Not ordinary to the style by any means, but that doesn’t make it good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2005
at 21:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
I didn’t have this pegged as an abbey dubbel - perhaps a yeasty spice/herb/vegetable - quite a spicy, almost peppery aroma, with a hint of gingerbread - peppery and roasty up front, followed by a touch of caramel, then some biscuity malt - light, almost watery finish - certainly not their best effort.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2005
at 19:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy brown beer with no head. The aroma is sweet and hoppy - and so is the flavor, while the mouthfeel is somewhat sticky. Hmm - I wonder if the carbonation in the bottled version would make this better than casked?
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2005
at 17:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cloudy orange color with a frothy white head. Fairly hoppy aroma with a grapefruit hops flavor. 8/4/7/3/16/3.8
On tap at the World Beer Festival - Columbia on 01/22/2011. Slightly hazy golden body with a large frothy off white head. Huge catty simcoe aroma with a pale malt background. Huge floral and resiny hop flavor with a pale malt background. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.8/3/8/3/16/3.8
On tap at the World Beer Festival - Columbia on 01/22/2011. Slightly hazy golden body with a large frothy off white head. Huge catty simcoe aroma with a pale malt background. Huge floral and resiny hop flavor with a pale malt background. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.8/3/8/3/16/3.8
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2005
at 23:20