8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/light copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big raisin, plum, fig, pear, apricot, red apple, white grape, red wine, peppercorn, clove, toasted oak, honey, brown sugar, and biscuit; with light notes of vanilla, herbal, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, wine barrel, and moderate candi sugar/malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big raisin, plum, fig, pear, apricot, red apple, white grape, red wine, peppercorn, clove, toasted oak, honey, brown sugar, and biscuit; with light notes of vanilla, herbal, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast/wine tannin spiciness, and light herbal/grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of raisin, plum, fig, pear, apricot, red apple, white grape, red wine, peppercorn, clove, toasted oak, honey, brown sugar, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, wine barrel, and moderate candi sugar/malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance; and no astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from yeast/oak spiciness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and fairly sticky/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mildly increasing warmth of 9.3%, with minimal barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent Belgian strong pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, wine barrel, and moderate candi sugar/malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV; with the mellowly spicy/tannic/dying finish. Well rounded yeast complexity, great wine barrel integration, and perfect malt/sugar balance. Not overly sweet/heavy for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Liked it a bit more than the base beer. More stone fruit and less banana than I recall because of the wine barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2018
at 00:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Nice tasty and pleasant stout.
Raven black with a fine head. Ok lacing. Good intensity in the aroma. Fine body and a pleasant carbonation level. Easy to drink. Balanced sweetness. Chocolate, fruity, roast, herbal and some coffee.
[Can from BrewDog in Liverpool, England]
Brewery #1885
Raven black with a fine head. Ok lacing. Good intensity in the aroma. Fine body and a pleasant carbonation level. Easy to drink. Balanced sweetness. Chocolate, fruity, roast, herbal and some coffee.
[Can from BrewDog in Liverpool, England]
Brewery #1885
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2018
at 06:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle from Brewdog shop. The beer pours amber in color with a thin white head, lasting. Malty full bodied, piny hops, hints of almonds, caramel and bready malts. Slightly boozy notes. Nice sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2018
at 19:14
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Brewdog Online Shop. Pours a lovely clear copper with a thin off-white head. Heady resin and pine aromas. Taste is rich, bitter, orange peel, resin and wood. Slightly sticky, faint honey. Cleans up nicely though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2018
at 12:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 3/2/2018. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy golden orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, apricot, red apple, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, clove, pine, agave, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/earthy hops, fruity/spicy yeast, agave, and pale/wheat malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, apricot, red apple, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, clove, pine, agave, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy bitterness; and peppery yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, apricot, red apple, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, clove, pine, agave, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity/spicy yeast, agave, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and creamy/bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.3%. Overall this is a very good hoppy American pale wheat ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity/spicy yeast, agave, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink for the ABV; with the modestly bitter/spicy/drying finish. Nice Amarillo hop showcase, and very well balanced between all other flavors. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2018
at 00:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Hazy amber-orange with a huge, slow, off-white head. Sweetened orange aroma. Taste is candy-sugar-orange, caramel malt, orange-peel. Light and airy, with a pleasant increasing peel-leafy bitterness. very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2018
at 23:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Orange, sugar, toffee malt, and orange peel aroma. Hazy amber with giant off-white head. Lightly sweet citrus, buttery toffee malt, and moderately bitter orange peel flavor. Good body. Interesting hybrid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2018
at 00:12
6/10
Tried
on 16 Apr 2018
at 16:00
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home .. dark red brown .. thin tan lacing ... soft sweet blackcurrant fruit nose ... light sweet fruit .. soft floral toffee malts .. very fruits sweet caramel toffee roast .. light coffee
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2018
at 16:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Pours deep brown, nose is toffee, chocolate, roasted, dung, taste is earthy, roasted, toffee, chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2018
at 20:11