6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle from Lakefront Sampler from Bottle Barn! Nose smelled good as soon as I opened it, rich caramel and roasty coffee along with some graininess; clear dark amber with a medium straw head; flavor has caramel, very light hop bitterness, and lightly sweet caramel. Decent Dunkel!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2007
at 18:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle purchased at Wine Warehouse, C-ville. Pours nearly black with no head. Licorice in the nose... that’s about all. Bubbly mouth, with flavors of hops, with some coffee, but not good coffee. Eh, not impressed =(
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2007
at 14:00
6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Pitch black but not really too viscous. Looks like used Harley shovelhead oil. Aroma is mild coffee with a tad of roastiness. No head. Not as strong as many stouts and is rather mild. This brew is easy for the taste buds of a lager lover to enjoy. For some reason I was expecting an imp stout and now I see why it is so frienly, its a sweet stout. Comes across more like a dark american lager that a stout. Very enjoyable coffe flavors without the intense bitterness. Just enough coffee to make it interesting. Very little carbonation but certainly more than a dry stout. Very acceptable brew, I liked it. Leaves no offensive bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2007
at 14:07
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Reddish orange in color and has a teafroth head. Barely any beer aroma, pretty clean on the olfactory. Very smooth initial flavor, not quite as bitter as I expected. Friendly and easy to get along with. As the session continues, a slight bitterness begins to build on the palate. Low medium carbonation. Not bad for an ESB, expected it to be more bitter and I’m glad it is not. Finish is not offensive and very gentlemanlike in it’s manners.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2007
at 14:02
3.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
This is my first sorgum beer. Interesting sterile medicinal aroma, reminds me of the smell when you walk into a hospital. Pale yellow ubiquitous lager color and appearance. Looks very sparkling in the glass. Sterile taste carries over to the flavor. It departs from the normal beer flavors to something I’ve never encountered in a beer. Not bad. Certainly this is better than many ’normal’ beers I’ve had. I guess I would not mind drinking this once in a while. It is missing something that is present in most beers. Flavor all its own. Has a finish that is not really bitter but it is not well mannered either. Not as bad as I anticipated after hearing others speak of sorgum brews.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2007
at 13:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Ever so slight cherry aroma. Creamy head, brew looks like a rose wine. Reddich pink. Good carbonation greets the palate. Very little bitter bite on the initial taste. At first you can’t tste the cherries, but after the first sip the mild fruity taste begins to manifest itself on the taste buds. Friendly and easy to enjoy. Above average for a fruit beer. Finish is easy going and well mannered. Nice session brew. Not bad, I kinda enjoyed this.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2007
at 13:52
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Yes this stuff is quite dark. Dark for a dark lager but now I see it is in the dunkel style category. Has a reddish tinge on the corners of the glass. Aroma of good dark beer, perhaps some roastiness in there. Slight creamy head. Very good dark beer flavors, somewhat like a mild porter but more than a dark lager. Rather friendly and easy to enjoy for a lager lover. Decent carbonation. Very little bitterness can be detected thru the session. Some charred flavors without the bitter bite. Well mannered with a slight bitter linger, but i can easily live with it. Enjoyable, would purchase again.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2007
at 13:40
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pour is a dark brown with a one finger high tan head. Aromas are of roasted malt, but not really a roasted barley smelll... almost like oats or wheat that has been burnt slightly. Also comes across as slightly earthy. Flavor is much more in line with roasted barley... a coffee-like burnt taste that is sweetened by a chocolate undercurrent. There is a mildly distracting backnote that is both creamy and sour (like citrus sour?) This sort of builds in the aftertaste and seems to pull against the direction that the beer first seems to want to head. Not bad, but could be much better with a few minor adjustments.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2007
at 00:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pour is fizzy... a big head sits on top of an amber body that is full of carbonation. Aromas are hoppy, but not very full. At first I thought I picked up pineapple and grapefruit aromas from the hops, but now I’m not so sure. Flavor is watery and hoppy... there is a pine/pineapple presence to the hops that is present, just that there is not enough of a malt body to balance it out. The perk is that this makes it light and refreshing. Still, it is a nice drink, just not something I would get all excited about.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2007
at 18:13
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours a light gold with a fizzy head that sits about one finger high. Aromas are pilsner like... a bit of a malt presence that is light and grassy with a bit of a peppery Saaz hops promise. Flavor is fairly sweet. Bread dough and grass are dominant and give way to a peppery Saaz presence. That said, it is fairly uninteresting and plain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2007
at 22:17