4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
He’brew, a little uneasy about the insinuations on the label. Same with the majority of these Hebrew beers. I guess I better find out if the owners or stockholders are Jewish first. Funny, how nothing is subject to respect, these days. Oh well, back to jenny. Genesis is advertised as a smooth and distinctive light brown ale. As far as the color goes, it is clear but has deeper tint than the typical pale yellow beer. Looking somewhat like iced tea. Aroma is beery with no offensive attributes, almost has a charming floral olfactory. Taste is quite bitter initially and comes across with some medicinal qualities. Has a very thin creamy alabaster head. Little lacing. Not sure if a lager devotee would call this palate smooth or not. Does not hide its 6% too well. Decent carbonation. Biting terse flavors build thru session. Not as downy as other American pale ales I sampled. Cannot hold a candle to marzoni’s mark’s mash or ACME CA APA. Moylans Tipperary Pale Ale and Eisenbahn Pale Ale (S.A.P.A.) are also much smoother and acceptable than this. S6L3T4F2O8 L’CHAIMI!
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2008
at 14:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Pours deep dark brown with tan head. The aroma carries notes of crinkled dried dark fruitiness, mild roasty malts, chocolate and a vague hop sting to go along with a bit of alcohol bite. The taste begins thick and creamy with a double sided attach of syrupy maltiness and rich dark chocolate going up against a tall pile of stewed dried dark fruitiness of cherries, plums and figs. I then get some brown sugar followed by a mild alcohol burn. It may need a year or two to even out. It seems to have a load of potential with even more aging.
Tried
on 20 Nov 2008
at 21:43
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
courtesy of fishingnet. Pours black, mahogany head. Aroma, loaded with dark fruits. Taste, dark fruits, taste starts off with some light chocolate / malts, and is followed by the engulfing taste of the dark fruits and the 12% abv. A really awesome beer for the price, something that would certainly benefit from some aging.
Tried
on 20 Nov 2008
at 15:26
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz.Clear medium to dark amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, heavy hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (050908)
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2008
at 03:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz bottle. Pours a dark, almost black color, with a tan head. Alcohol, as you’d expect from a 12%er, is very apparent. Flavor is dried fruits, along the lines of prunes, raisins. Chocolate and roasted malts make their presence through and through. A sipper for sure, and a nice beer to have on a cold, Winter’s night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2008
at 01:36
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
I probably should have avoided this one - 12 malts and 12 hops? - it just screams train wreck - but I went and bought it anyway - anyway, it pours a dark brown, nearly black, with a small, short-lived ring of lace - aroma of roasted malts, bittersweet chocolate, raisins, brown sugar, corn syrup, alcohol - semi-thick in the mouth - a lot of dark fruit up front, followed by sweetened espresso, a lot of roasted and chocolate malts - gets quite syrupy and sweet late, and the chocolate flavors combine with the sweet malts to remind me of the flavor of tootsie rolls - alcohol arrives late, but as a powerful and sustained blast, creating a boozy, astringent, almost solvent-like finish - simply too much - it’s like dumping everything in your kitchen into a large pot and expecting to produce delicious soup.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2008
at 20:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep clear brown/red body, medium/thin buff head. Heavy caramel nose with dark fruit, toast, and hints of alcohol. Heavy, layered body with dark fruits, bitter toast, fig, and thick caramels. Earthy finish. After several sips, the fruity sweetness becomes a touch cloying. Overall, an interesting beer.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2008
at 13:29
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pour is a thick dark brown to almost black. Aroma has plenty of sweet malt with some hops resin and alcohol. Flavor is some caramel malt with again a hugh dose of alcohol. Finish is thick and extrememly hot. Did this really need to be 12%? To hot and boozy to drink to much of this. What are they going to do when they reach 20 years, 20%?
Tried
on 18 Oct 2008
at 18:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, purchased at Beers of the world (Rochester) on August 16 2008 via Karl Probst, savoured on October 10 2008; eye: dark brown with burgundy reflections, beige head that turns into a tiny ring, a bit of lacing; nose: molasses, liquorice, roasted malt, light fruity, caramel present throughout, finale in molasses with an enjoyable presence of hops, alcohol is well hidden, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, full body, syrupy texture, not much carbonation; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, achetée chez Beers of the world (Rochester) via Karl Probst le 16 août 2008, savourée le 10 octobre 2008; œil : brune foncée avec des reflets bourgogne, mousse beige qui se transforme en un petit anneau, un peu de dentelle; nez : mélasse, réglisse, malt rôti, léger houblon, chocolat, pin, cassonade fondue; bouche : mélasse, pin, houblon résineux, malt rôti, léger fruité, caramel présente tout au long de la gorgée, finale en mélasse avec une agréable présence de houblon, alcool est bien dissimulé, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, corsée, texture sirupeuse, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2008
at 13:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle at Ft Wayne tasting - Pours mostly clear and amber with an off-white head. It has a mostly malt aroma with a hint of dark fruit. The nicely balanced malt flavor is joined by tasty pine and citrus hops. It has a nice full body and a mildly bitter finish. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2008
at 15:27