7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of Pinball. Pours a clear nutty brown with a beige head. Roast dominates the nose combined with some citrus. Medium body, heavy roast - licorice and coffee with a massive roasty finish. Bitterness really appears to be more of the roasty kind than from the hops. 161211
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2011
at 12:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
@RBWG-22 #183 of 275-thanks to –pours an off white head and hazy gold color. Aroma is soft sweet medium malt-bourbon. Taste is bourbon, soft sweet medium malt, earthy hops bite.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2011
at 09:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by t0rin0 at RBWG 2011, thanks
Appearance: Hazy amber with a medium sized beige head and some lacing
Aroma: Citrus, caramel and fruits
Taste: Fruity, citrus and sweet caramel malts
Nice.
Appearance: Hazy amber with a medium sized beige head and some lacing
Aroma: Citrus, caramel and fruits
Taste: Fruity, citrus and sweet caramel malts
Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2011
at 10:56
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2009 Limited Release bottle picked up in Santa Barbara. Pours with a black body and a brown head that fades before it arrives. Somewhat glass coating. Aroma of brown sugar, baked biscuits, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa powder, vanilla beans, pretty rich smelling. Flavors are not so good. Light infection. Vinous, dark fruits, bitter cocoa, lactic sourness, metallic. Light bubbles, watery, infection (once again!).
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2010
at 22:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the source. Pours with a near black body and a tan head that fades to a ring in 25 seconds. Aroma of chocolate, milk chocolate, unfermented wort, oat meal cookies, vegetables, cinnamon, leather and smoke. Flavors of iodine, roast, chocolate, nougat, smoke. Very thin and watery. Light leather. Roasty, vanilla, nutty, very bland flavors. Coffee and mocha detectable. Light bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2010
at 21:57
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Tap and bottle. Pours with a hazed brown body with hardly any head retention. The fleeting image of a head was khaki colored...I think. Aroma of brown sugar, nuts, cinnabun, tobacco, molasses, soil. Very sweet smelling. Flavor is sour milk, nuts, cinnamon, earth, vomit, and showing obvious signs of infection. From the tap the smell was not as good but the flavors were only marginally better. Too much tannic extraction. Licorice, vegital. Currants. Ash. Watery. Drain pour.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2010
at 21:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2010 bottle number 224/275 from the brewery. Shared at a Blue Palms Blind tasting. Pours with a brown body and practically no head. Aromas of cola, wood, bourbon, currants, brown sugar and vanilla. Flavors of cream soda, brown sugar, wood, vanilla, cola and dark fruits. Light bubbles. Creamy mouthfeel. By far the best beer I have had from IBC so far.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2010
at 17:50
2.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Bottle from the source. Pours with practically no head...actually, there really isn’t any. Chill hazed amber golden body. Aroma of raisins, nuts, pine, chocolate, and everything you don’t think of when you think IPA. This beer is horrible. Green apple, dirty malt, super tannic from grain extraction (think sparging at 190*), soil, bitter, no hops. Really undrinkable! Probably the worst IPA that I have had. Drain Pour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2010
at 21:16
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours with a clear golden body and a small white head that fades quite quickly. Aromas of fruity, tropical fruit, floral, lightly spicy hops. A bit of raw grain. Flavor is bitter, corn kernels and dusty peanutshells. Light tropical fruit notes. Probably the best beer I have had from Island yet. Thin with medium bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2010
at 20:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle purchased at the source. Pours with a mostly clear golden body with a somewhat longer (than per IBC’s usual) lasting white head. Aroma of candy corn, caramel, honey, bread and spicy hops. Taste is a bit bitter, tannic grain extraction, honey, and hops. Really dry, but not horribly flawed. Some metal notes. Lively bubbles, dry, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2010
at 21:15