6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours a reddish brown appearance with a brown head. Port, dark grape, leather, slightly burnt malty, chocolate aroma. Twangy, caramel, grape medicine, oak, chocolate flavor. A bit top sweet and a bit too boozy. Kind of strange flavors.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2014
at 20:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft sample @ Back Road Festival. Sweet musty orange and caramel malt aroma. Hazy gold with a small white head. Sweet musty orange and bready malt flavor. Medium body, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2013
at 17:27
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft. Orange malt, light nut, and orange peel aroma. Light amber with small head. Sweet orange malt and moderately bitter orange peel flavor with a light nutty finish. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2013
at 17:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft. Cherry, caramel malt, and orange peel aroma. Dark chestnut with small head. Sweet cherry molasses malt and moderately bitter orange peel/pine flavor. Very nice - really enjoyed the fruitness in this.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2013
at 17:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft. Orange malt and orange peel aroma. Hazy yellow with small head. Sweet orange malt and moderately bitter orange peel flavor. Solid, standard APA.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2013
at 17:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft sample @ Back Road festival. Buttery caramel malt and peanut butter aroma. Slightly hazed amber with a small off-white head. Sweet caramel and peanut butter flavor. Medium body, soft carbonation. The peanut butter thing was surprising .. not sure where that was coming from.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2013
at 18:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft sample @ Back Road festival. Sweet creamy coffee and light chocolate aroma. Black brown with a small tan head. Sweet creamy coffee, chocolate, and light ash flavor.; Medium body, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2013
at 18:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Taster at the Blarney Stone’s Solstice Fest, Oak Forest. Spicy nose with a bit of fruity hop to it, and nuttin’ wrong with that. Brownish color, in fact taste is a bit like a nut brown ale. On the palate I get a nice dose of hops, but the rye also lends a note of hemp.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2013
at 14:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Finally writing my notes from Blarney Stone’s Summer Solstice Craft Beer Fest (also know as Stanley Cup Finals game 5). And I’m not only cracking the top off a new brewery, it’s with a beer no one else has rated yet. Big look and smell of amber malt, with a bit fresh yeast thrown in. Definitely a strong beer, though the abv is right at the middle by barley wine standards. The extra wheat malt is felt mostly in the mouthfeel, coming in a little smoother. Pats down any brusque disorderliness from the hops. Great early effort and I’m glad to have finally caught one of their beers.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2013
at 14:35
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Dark Copper Color, Just a Trace of Foam, No Lacing. Strong Pine Smell. Sweet and Hoppy. Long Lasting Bitter Aftertaste.
Tried
on 27 May 2013
at 19:20