6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint can stamped Drink By 4/9/17 so assumed almost 5 months old into a stange. A: Poured a huge thick beige head atop pale orange gold with busy bubbles of different sizes. Dogged retention and thick lacing. S: Crisp bread with orange flesh and zest. Slight sweet tropical note of maybe pineapple. T: Pine hits first with very bitter grapefruit pith following. Faint tropical fruit and wood finish. M: Light to medium weight with crisp carbonation, sticky finish. O: Pretty good overall. Thick with hops. Similar to Ripper but tastier.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Mar 2017
at 16:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz can. Foamy off-white head on top of a filtered golden tan body. Not a lot going on here, just another middle of the road Tallgrass IPA. Kind of has that amarillo-esque neo-mexicanus hop nectar flavor, but in a subdued manner. Tallgrass rarely exceed mediocrity, as this is yet another example. Drinkable but bland and forgettable.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2017
at 19:37
7.5/10
Tried
on 25 Feb 2017
at 13:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into snifter, best before 1/5/2018. Pours opaque d ark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, brown sugar, caramel, toasted biscuit, dark bread, and nuttiness; with light molasses, licorice, raisin, toffee, smoke, charcoal, herbal, pine, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, brown sugar, caramel, toasted biscuit, dark bread, and nuttiness; with light molasses, licorice, raisin, toffee, smoke, charcoal, herbal, pine, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/piney hop and roast/char bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, brown sugar, caramel, toasted biscuit, dark bread, nuttiness, smoke, charcoal, herbal, pine, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance; slight hop/char astringency builds through the glass, but not overwhelming. Light dryness from hop/char bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, moderately sticky/chalky, and lightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden; a small warmth lingering after the finish, with minimal booziness. Overall this is an awesome Russian imperial stout! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Very rich and complex on malts; quite hoppy, but still really well balanced. Spot on for the style. A really enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Feb 2017
at 19:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can: Hazy brown with a thick beige head. Leafy, tea, caramel aroma. Slightly spicy, herbal hops, caramel malt taste. Quite hoppy......resin, leafy bitter.... Very IPA-like. Really good.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Feb 2017
at 15:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample size at a festival. gold color and a good, tall head. Some citrus but overall dry. Grassy, bitter hops. Palate seems thin compared to the Stone ipa I had a minute earlier.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2017
at 10:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tallboy can BB 04/28/17. Pours a slightly hazy, deep gold with a finger of foam. Light grassy nose with some pine and pineapple. Bit of yeast on the palate, dry with a light-ish body. Dry finish with some bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2017
at 18:09
8.5/10
Tried
on 11 Feb 2017
at 13:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz can. Opaque brown-black body. Thin beige head. Sweet, slick caramel-chocolate flavor. Dark fruit notes, raisin, fig, pleasant but pronounced. A little sugary, and really lacks any kind of Belgian effervescence or body. Drinkable, not off, but overall mediocre.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2017
at 21:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From the can to a pint glass. Decent American pale ale. Nice aroma, decent full-bodied palate. Mildly hoppy, mildly bitter. Good stuff!
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2017
at 20:16