3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
12 oz Bottle from World Market. Nose of lighly piney and citrusy hops with some caramel. Copper with a medium beige head. Flavor is light bitterness with an off vegtal note and a very faint diacetyl note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2009
at 22:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle from World Market; Nose of nuts, caramel with a maple twinge. Clear brown with a medium glass-lacing head. Flavor has a little peppriness, caramel, toffee, and a hint of bitterness. Actually a decent brown, beats the hell out of Newcastle!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2009
at 23:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
22oz bottle-pours a dissipating light brown head and black/dark brown color. Aroma is sweet dark fruit-cherry, dark malt-molasses, sugar cane. Taste is dark fruit-cherry, dark malt-molasses, sugar cane, earthy/metallic bitter. Some ashy comes in mid to late palate. Thanks jwc215 for sharing this one out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2009
at 18:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at The Rake, London. A deep dark brown colour with light beige head. Very rich, sweet, aniseed taste. Certainly did not expect to find this in London. Overall an interesting experience but I probably won’t seek it out again.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Mar 2009
at 18:49
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours a viscous thick yellow-lighted brown beer with yellow-brownish head, fed by lively carbonation, but fast reduced to yellow rim. Strong malty, caramelly, molasses nose, with liquorice, moccha, French coffee. Liquorice grows stronger in time. Liquorice, very roasted, sweet & alcohol in the background; molasses, ketjap or waffles syrup. Warming up, apart from the liquorice imprint, also more hops appear luckily. Creamy MF, very full-bodied, alcoholwarming, chewy. Pretty impressive brew, and not unbalanced at all. My bone of dissention lies mainly in the all the same too dominant liquorice/drop thumbprint. Thanks to DavidA!!
Tried
on 22 Mar 2009
at 10:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a vivid red-orange color with a large orange-white head. The aroma was tart sweet berries. The flavor was tart and bitter with a sharp berry presence and tangy malts and honey underneath. The finish was long with tangy berries. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2009
at 20:52
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, The Rake, London. Reddy amber colour with a fading off white head. Not much in the aroma department that stood out. Rather boring and nondescript malty flavour with vague hoppage. Some nuttiness too but all a bit insipid and bland. Just about drinkable, but disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2009
at 14:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small tan head. Has a malty spicy aroma with hints of hops and some weak hints of alcohol. Sweetish malty spicy licorice flavor with hoppy bitte hints. Has a longlasting warming malty spicy hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2009
at 05:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ Monks Kettle, SF. Rating #3200. Pours a dark reddish amber color with a small off-white head. Has a malty fruity caramel aroma wit hsome spicy hints. Sweetish malty fruity caramel flavor with some hints of dark fruit. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2009
at 10:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours dark amber with off white head. Sweet malt and somewhat boozy aroma. Dark fruit and pomegranate flavors. Very sweet with a chewy mouthfeel. Intersting to try, but it’s not for me.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2009
at 20:15