7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from JSquire, canned 4/29/16, drunk 9/8/16.
After the disastrous session IPA of theirs I had, full of wort and such, I wasn’t too psyched for this 4.25 month old beer. It seemed highly unlikely this could be good. Thankfully, the pour shows a good, off-white head, with low retention atop a very hazy, golden-peach body.
The nose has that odd, almost roasted malt-meets-caramel-meets-wort note, but you can still sense some of the pine and grapefruit, while there’s a good fruitiness and also a solid malt backbone of honey and light caramel. No alcohol, resin or flaw.
Even better in the flavor, and actually quite shockingly nice for its age. Big fruit and juice flavors mix with light caramel, spicy orange rind and even light watermelon. Near-perfect attenuation, with an ultra-soft maltiness, fine carbonation and great balance overall. Don’t know if the pine and resin was ever there (assume the pine was), but this is just wonderful now. It’s certainly fun to drink older IPAs, because you really see how well brewed it is, not just how well-hopped. Makes me rethink my rating of their session IPA, which I’m now going to go delete. Would love to try some fresh stuff from these guys.
After the disastrous session IPA of theirs I had, full of wort and such, I wasn’t too psyched for this 4.25 month old beer. It seemed highly unlikely this could be good. Thankfully, the pour shows a good, off-white head, with low retention atop a very hazy, golden-peach body.
The nose has that odd, almost roasted malt-meets-caramel-meets-wort note, but you can still sense some of the pine and grapefruit, while there’s a good fruitiness and also a solid malt backbone of honey and light caramel. No alcohol, resin or flaw.
Even better in the flavor, and actually quite shockingly nice for its age. Big fruit and juice flavors mix with light caramel, spicy orange rind and even light watermelon. Near-perfect attenuation, with an ultra-soft maltiness, fine carbonation and great balance overall. Don’t know if the pine and resin was ever there (assume the pine was), but this is just wonderful now. It’s certainly fun to drink older IPAs, because you really see how well brewed it is, not just how well-hopped. Makes me rethink my rating of their session IPA, which I’m now going to go delete. Would love to try some fresh stuff from these guys.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2016
at 20:31
7/10
Tried
on 08 Sep 2016
at 19:58
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can at hanging bat... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet chocolate roast malts... Big soft coffee roast malts nose.. Dark chocolate roast... Dark chocolate roast malts... Heavy meaty chocolate roast malts.. Big coffee.. Really
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2016
at 09:57
8/10
Can at the hanging bat. Pours black, nose is chocolate, coconut, bourbon, roasted, taste is sweet, chewy toffee, chocolate, coconut, bourbon
Tried
from Can
on 10 Aug 2016
at 19:35
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can at the hanging bat. Pours black, nose is chocolate, coconut, bourbon, roasted, taste is sweet, chewy toffee, chocolate, coconut, bourbon.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2016
at 03:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can pours a murky black with some cloudy, white head. Nose is bright with whiskey barrel, booze, some coffee bean, toffee, licorice. Flavor has cola, vanilla, licorice, coffee, booze, coconut, marzipan. Finishes a bit boozy.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2016
at 17:32
7/10
Tried
on 24 Jul 2016
at 20:23
7/10
Tried
on 24 Jul 2016
at 20:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can - pours yellow white head -nose/taste of hoppy citrus and light malt - medium body
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2016
at 17:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can - Bright citrus peel and grass. Clearish gold with a decent white head. Bitter peel and grassy bitter notes.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2016
at 09:52