Subsidiaries
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3
Clear amber body with a non-existent head. Aroma of VERY funky malt, caramel, cardboard and more funk. Light-bodied; Candy sweetness up front with some old malt, a touch of cardboard and a very light caramel flavour at the end. Aftertaste is very mild with only the malt and light funky sugars coming through. Overall, a pretty subpar beer and one especially weak for the style. No spices, no complexity and frankly no good malt tastes even! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Norm’s in Vienna, Virginia on 04-October-2010, sampled in Newport News, Virginia on 13-October-2010.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Oct 2010
at 20:56
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Single 12 oz. bottle, $1.50 @ HyVee, Carroll, IA. Rather promising start. Smell under cap and in the glass lets loose some nice American hops in courteous proportions. Color is the light end of the Pale Ale spectrum, a little hazy, with some packed, small bubbles in the foam. Taste? Sure, it’s good. Nice brace of Cascades up front. Malts are a little thin and stingy against the hops, befitting the standard abv. Seems to have been force carbonated, giving it a fizzy soda mouthfeel, which I haven’t much cared for in a hoppy beer. Still, this is worth a try.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2010
at 21:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
I picked this up at a local liquor store who had it at a greatly discounted price. For the price, it’s not bad but I’m glad I didn’t have to pay full price for it. Poured from 12 oz bottle. Aroma of alcohol, sugar, and chocolate. Appearance pure black with a thin head. It’s pretty smooth, definite chocolate presence with a hint of coffee, toffee, and lactose. Carbonation is much more apparent than other beers in the style and I’m not a huge fan because of it. It’s not a bad beer, but there are better options in the field of RIS.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2010
at 19:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle. Basic nice amber color. Pours a good rocky head, nice clear body with columns of bubbles. Smell offers some nice malty aromas, no suggestion of adjuncts, so thanks for that. Taste is pretty good, malty, but with a good hop note to it, bubbly and a little sticky. Some graniness that does not detract.Crystal malt flavor tends toward the caramel roast side. A noticeable touch of alcohol, but not burning. Again, a nice use of German style hops that offers some spice while holding malts in check.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2010
at 20:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle - Pours hazy straw colored with white head. It smells of spicy yeast and wheat. The flavor is sweet with some spice and a touch of citrus. It’s light bodied and bubbly. Not much going here, but it’s alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2010
at 16:51
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
bottle - Pours bubbly clear gold with a small white head. There’s a slight grainy malt aroma. It tastes of sweet, grainy malt, minimal hops, and a little sourish, off character. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2010
at 16:19
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle - Pours light copper with a small white head. It has a mild caramel malt aroma. The flavor is of a typical marzen with minimal hops presence and a toasted caramel malt flavor. It’s light to medium bodied and while drinkable, is a bland, uninspiring brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2010
at 16:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a medium sized foamy brown head that produced some lacing. The aroma was bitter and toasty with light fruity and floral undertones. The flavor was dry, malty and bitter with notes of cola, cocoa and faint fruity hops. The finish was long, bitter, malty and a bit hoppy. Fairly full bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2010
at 15:40
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pour is a golden with a pink head. Aroma is fruity and yeasty with not much else. Flavor is a wheat beer with raspberry kool-aid added to it. Saison is my fav style so don’t junk it up with some artificial fruit crap. There is no funk or barnyard what so ever happening here.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2010
at 18:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33 cl bottle. Dark amber color, small white head. Aroma of freshly cut grass. Taste id bitter throughout, with a touch of citrus. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2010
at 16:16