7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at the taproom during the "BA Malice & Darkness Final Release" event on 03/24/2017. Hazy yellow-gold color with a medium white head that burns away steadily to a film. Spotty lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of sarsaparilla, herbs and malt. Light-bodied with a botanical and clove character, with some malt and fruit in the background. The finish is spices and herbs with a carrot cake aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Mar 2017
at 21:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the taproom during the "BA Malice & Darkness Final Release" event on 03/24/2017. The beer is a dark amber color with a medium light beige head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Spices, malt and oak in the nose. Medium body with flavors of caramel malt, spiced fruit and oak. The finish is malty and spicy with a nutmeg aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Mar 2017
at 20:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tulip at the brewery - dark purplish red - sweet, but not cloyingly so, and the yeast has imparted enough character (in the form of spicy phenolics and earthy/dustiness) to balance that sweetness somewhat - nose of plum, raisin, brown sugar - the flavor has some of this, mostly the sugar - some cherry, chocolate, and pepper finish - not bad.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2017
at 18:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at GABF. Pours a hazy yellow gold with medium white head. The aroma is salt, peppercorn, brett. Medium body, salt, floral, lime, light tartness, good.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2016
at 18:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tulip at the brewery - surprisingly tart beer - starts with some light sweetness, but gets dry, with some crackery maltiness - tartness through the middle, tasting almost like underripe apricot and pits - tail end brings some earthy/dusty yeast and some pepper - okay.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2016
at 20:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tulip at the brewery - hazy red - heavy on the adjuncts - the lemon verbena is quite present - strong phenolics are fairly spicy, which makes the additional herbs kind of distraction and overkill, making the beer taste a little like potpourri.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2016
at 19:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Collaboration Fest on 03/19/2016. Clear reddish-orange color with a medium thin white head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Aroma of yeast, fruit and spice. Medium body with flavors of floral yeast, spiced fruit and bready malt. The finish is herbal and floral with a yeast aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Apr 2016
at 12:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Collaboration Fest on 03/19/2016. Hazy bright orange color with a medium white head that evaporates steadily to a film. Strings of lacing. Aroma of citrus , brett yeast and hops. Light to medium body with a funky citrus and brett character with herbal hops and malt in the background. The finish is mildly funky with a citrusy hops aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Apr 2016
at 12:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pint at the brewery - turbid gold - sudsy head - very dry and bitter in a pithy, grapefruit and lemon citrus kind of way, like I’m drinking unsweetened grapefruit juice - moderate acidity - some funky Brett, but overall it’s kind of muddy/muddled and indistinct.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2016
at 14:30
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
So I just spent ten minutes filling out a detailed review of this beer and then ratebeer decides to crap out on me after I hit submit, so all you savages are getting is a statement about how balanced, tasty, and well-executed this beer is - not overly sweet, smoky, lightly acidic, mildly tannic - a damn fine beer this brewer should be proud of.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2016
at 20:34