6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours dark brown with tan head. Dark fruit and caramel aromas. Very sweet flavor of raisins, figs and coffee. 12% ABV is barely noticeable. Medium body with a syrupy mouthfeel, moderate carbonation and a bitter finish.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2009
at 21:19
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a hazy orange-bronze color with gobs of carbonation. Medium head wioth fair head retention and lacing. Aroma is very nutty with some toffee notes. Slight grain and resin notes as well. Taste is bitter hops with a grainy malt finish. Medium bodied. Drinkable but I’m not a fan of this one at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2009
at 01:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle. Starts with a good hoppy smell when I open; that can put me in a favorable mood. Label calls it a brown beer, and it is more brown than a pale ale. Slight scrum of bubbles on top with a bit of lacing power. Light malts, just a bit of fruitiness, not too sweet. But a big load of hop alphas. No citrus or pine, but an abundance of American bittering hops. Frankly, a bit of a change from the usual hop-head brews. I was prepared to dismiss this as another contract-brewed gimmick beer, but it is actually different.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2009
at 23:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet and fruity aroma with discrete hoppy an citric notes. Flavour like wise. Finished biter.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2009
at 13:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Weak fig aroma. Hazy dingy brown, no head. Sufficiently malty, yeasty, with undertones of dates. Good balance. Fantastic lemongrass and bark finish, with hints of the elusive cilantro. Don’t let looks fool ya, this is a good beer. No nuttiness that would be expected from an ABA and too hoppy to be an EBA, but a delightfull drink.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2009
at 19:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Rake, HogTownHarry visit May 2009. Very deep brown, almost black, thin tan head. Sweetish aroma Pretty good malt, nice bit of roasty toasty notes. I quite like it. It’s boozy, but fine, took me a bit of time to finish even a third of a pint.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2009
at 16:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, Utobeer, London. Definite extra marks for paying homage to one of the comedy greats. Poured a very dark amber colour. Aroma was fruity and boozy with a whole load of hops..Sweetish flavour with a peppery slant with yet more bitter hops and a bit of citrus; alcohol evident and noticable, caramel malt and rye too. Quite a complex drop this. Finished drying. I think LB would have approved; as in the words of the great man.... The "what should be" never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no "what should be," there is only what is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2009
at 11:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled at Max’s American Beer Fest. Pours a translucent ruby, purple with a ringing white head. Aroma of candy sugar, dark fruits and Belgian yeast. Strong fruit flavors, sweet, slightly chewy. Thick on the palate.
Tried
from Can
on 19 May 2009
at 18:28
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a large brown head. The aroma was malty and sweet with notes of chocolate and candied dark fruits. The flavor was full with molasses, caramel and candied dark fruits. Touches of bourbon, port wine and cocoa mix through into a long and complex finish. The mouthfeel was very thick and full. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2009
at 20:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 ounce bottle from Asheville Wine Market. Pours a viscous looking burgundy color with nearly no head. Aroma of rich chocolate, toffee, prunes, brown sugar, citrus. Taste is molasses, raisin, chocolate, rye, hops, spice, slight alcohol. Full bodied. Very rich. Nice beer. 1700th rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2009
at 21:07