7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 ounce bottle from Once Upon a Vine, Richmond, VA, opened 9/28/10. Pours a dark clear ruby color with a medium light brown head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of brown sugar, toffee, raisins, faint anise notes and a bit of chocolate. The taste is chocolate, anise and other spice notes, bitter hoppy notes, berries, toffee, raisins. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2010
at 14:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours deep copper into a shaker. White head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Mild malt and sour fruit aromas. Dry with upfront sour fruit and a lasting caramel finish.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2010
at 11:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A deep reddish brown ale with a thin moka head. In aroma, a pleasant burned caramel malt, dark fruit esters. In mouth, a spiced roasted coffee malt with light butterscotch notes, oily mouthfeel, not bad. Bottle at Maggie’s on the River, August 27, 2010.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2010
at 17:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Wooden, tobacco roasted almond aroma. Black, offwhite layer. Wellbalanced mesh of chocolate, honey, roast, vineous finish. Chewy, mellow mouthfeel. Dark chocolate, cognac aftertaste. Very enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2010
at 14:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half doppelbock, half belgian dubbel...brewed with grape juice? Why did I buy this? - anyway, what could have been a complete train wreck here is actually not too bad - the raisin and fig notes of the doppel actually combine decently with the concord grape juice flavor (which is present but fairly subdued) - light acidity from the grape juice works with those characteristics as well - medium sweet, but drying out just a bit in the finish - some moderate phenols and dusty/earthy character arrive through the middle - a little doughy on the tail end - lingering fig and raisin - not too bad, really.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2010
at 19:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ ChrisOs Pre-GBBF Shindig 2010.[ Raise The Roof Tasting ]. Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting - diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, dark dried fruit, raisin - plum, moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, hoppy, alcohol, chocolate notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100731]
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2010
at 13:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bomber from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear ruby red color with a large tan creamy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of grapes, brown sugar, dark malts, toffee and an earthy finish. The taste is fairly bitter with notes of toffee, apple and raisins. Medium bodied. Decent.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2010
at 17:42
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Sampled on draft at 3 Rivers 6 Pack Eatery this beer poured a dark orange-brown color with a large foamy beige head that lingered and produced great lacing. The aroma was sweet with notes of grape, cola, raisin, caramel and pine nuts. The flavor was tart and bitter with a fruity hop presence and notes of grape, raisin, caramel and nut. The finish was long, sweet and a bit hoppy Fairly full bodied. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2010
at 16:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A reddish copper ale with a thin moka head. A nice liquorous treacle malt aroma with smooth vinous notes and dark fruits. In mouth, a smooth barley wine style ale with roasted malts, light coffee, floral hops, quite nice, molassey character, medium bodied. Tasted June 19 2010.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2010
at 17:15
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle at chris o pre GBBF tasting ... ark brown ... choc roast toffee malt nose ... bitter chocolate ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2010
at 11:20