7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
375 ml bottle. Pours an opaque black with a small brown head that soon dissipates. The aroma is quite strong with whiskey, oak barrel and vanilla. The taste mirrors the aroma, lots of whiskey, vanilla and caramel. The palate is full and oily. Finishes long and semi-sweet with lingering caramel. Overall: decent--big beer.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2026
at 23:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A: slightly hazy dark pink body | thinnish off-white head
A: drying | floral | fresh blueberries
F: crisp | quite tart | lactobilly funk
T: floral | blackberries | hibiscus
O: complex | fruity throughout | refreshing
16 oz can | Bread & Honey (bodega): New York (49th @ 8th Ave), New York | 19-January-2026 | US$7,49 | no can date | sampled: 19-January-2026 on the train from New York to Washington with my family of five
A: drying | floral | fresh blueberries
F: crisp | quite tart | lactobilly funk
T: floral | blackberries | hibiscus
O: complex | fruity throughout | refreshing
16 oz can | Bread & Honey (bodega): New York (49th @ 8th Ave), New York | 19-January-2026 | US$7,49 | no can date | sampled: 19-January-2026 on the train from New York to Washington with my family of five
Tried
from Can
from
Bread and Honey
on 19 Jan 2026
at 22:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour at the DCBeer December 2025 share. Poured a mostly clear ruby color with a very small white head, very small, wispy. Aroma was lots of acidic cherry skins, big acid. Vinous, big sour cherries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2025
at 19:34
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can.
A- Yellow color, clear liquid, white head.
A- Weak, grains, lime.
F- Lime, cucumber, tangy, grains.
T- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, slightly tangy finish.
O- Not great. For Crooked Stave I expected more. This was light in aroma and flavor. Just some plain lime juice and cucumber skin flavors. Actually got better as it warmed. Meh.
A- Yellow color, clear liquid, white head.
A- Weak, grains, lime.
F- Lime, cucumber, tangy, grains.
T- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, slightly tangy finish.
O- Not great. For Crooked Stave I expected more. This was light in aroma and flavor. Just some plain lime juice and cucumber skin flavors. Actually got better as it warmed. Meh.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2025
at 03:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Flaska från SB drucken med ölföreningen. Välavvägd syra, lime, ingefära och lite enbär, lätt och ganska clean och inte riktigt vanlig Crooked Stave-klass. Men helt klart gott.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2025
at 11:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle - bomber purchased in Fort Collins, CO. Lovely spontaneous ale - made this our Thanksgiving celebration beer. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2025
at 05:57
5.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
12oz beer - basic blonde from sample. Has some decent tropical notes, sold overall
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2025
at 14:46
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz can sampled in Fort Collins Colorado. Solid Amber, pretty color - nice
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2025
at 03:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 bottle. pours a medium brown color with a smallish beige head that soon recedes to a fine ring. The aroma is strong and is dominated by the raspberries, there is also some oak in the aroma. The taste is tart/sour mixed berries in a mild ale base. The palate is full and the carbonation soft. Finishes long with lingering sour berries. Overall: Decent sour ale,
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2025
at 19:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle pour at The Whale Outpost.
Golden hued, oily, light froth.
Serious cooked down apricot & mango, margarine, tokaji grape dessert wine, lots of raw oak on the nose. A little cheesy once it warms.
As expected, incredibly sour. Rounded apricot, muscadine twang, jolly rancher sweet but extra aecitic. Lacquered dried mango. Warming belly.
Tasty, just too sharp & difficult.
Golden hued, oily, light froth.
Serious cooked down apricot & mango, margarine, tokaji grape dessert wine, lots of raw oak on the nose. A little cheesy once it warms.
As expected, incredibly sour. Rounded apricot, muscadine twang, jolly rancher sweet but extra aecitic. Lacquered dried mango. Warming belly.
Tasty, just too sharp & difficult.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Whale Outpost
on 18 Nov 2025
at 23:05