7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
The beer pours black bodied with a thick off-white colored head that never really dissipates. The head however is not sticky and despite being all black with no light the beer does "look" thick. Aroma is very fruity alcohol, but high on the fruit part and low on the stingy isopropanol-like alcohol. Taste is similar with a bit more maltiness, not a lot, but just enough to cover some of the alcohol. Still pretty light bodied for this beer. The barrel completely takes over but I was not a fan of the base beer so that is a step up. Also, the fruitiness of the rye is welcomed compared to a lot of BA brews now days.
Goblet glass from draft @ Blind Tiger.
Goblet glass from draft @ Blind Tiger.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2008
at 15:19
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle, Alibi Room
Red-accented brown. Fruity nose - raspberry and some chocolate notes. Thin body, light fruitiness and insipid coffee. Not exactly my kind of beer.
Red-accented brown. Fruity nose - raspberry and some chocolate notes. Thin body, light fruitiness and insipid coffee. Not exactly my kind of beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2008
at 12:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle - Pours slightly hazy copper with a thick head. It has a hop aroma that’s full of citrus. The rye malt comes through well in the flavor and of course we’re talking about a double IPA here, so there’s lots of hops bitterness. It’s full bodied and the high alcohol doesn’t really stand out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2008
at 21:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bomber from mcbackus; Nose is floral hops, toffee, vanilla, anc chocolate; almost opaque dark brown with a large orangish tan head heavily lacing the glass; flavor has hop bitterness, caramel, coffee, raisins, and alcohol; finish is a little bitterness and alcohol warmth!
Tried
on 15 Feb 2008
at 18:00
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
It’s brown all right. Blackish with a big rocky head. Sweet medicine aroma. Coffee, chocolate and old wet half burned campfire coals that were put out last week. Yes, is a big beer for a brown ale, comes across much stronger than the 5.5% listed here would indicate. A little too much for my lager loven taste buds. Nice to try.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2008
at 14:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a hazy dark copper with a huge tan head. Strong malt, caramel and hop aromas. Strong malty caramel taste dominates at first followed by lots of hops. The rye malts add a flavor I have never had before. Kind of a funky taste. Not sure if I like it or not. The body is meduim-full and syrupy. The alcohol is only slightly noticeable. Decent beer but definately not one of favorites.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2008
at 20:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Redlight. Ah my first pomegranate beer and I didn’t even realize so at first. The sharpness of the poms created a grainy wheaty rye type flavor that I misinterpreted at first, but then the pom came through clearly. Medium palate, fairly sweet.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2008
at 23:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
This starts off great with a nice appearance of cloudy medium amber that throws up a tall long lasting off white head. Some fruit in the aroma along with some malt. Sweet malt flavor along with a strange fruitiness. This isn’t bad, but it just doesn’t pull together well.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2008
at 05:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample at Barley’s Smokehouse. The beer is a dark amber-brown color with a medium and frothy light beige head that has good retention. Sheets of lacing on the glass. The aroma is an odd mishmash of pungent malt, whiskey, and piney hops. Rich, syrupy body with flavors of tart fruit, liqueur, toasted malt and dry hops. The finish is dry with fruity a cough medicine and rye aftertaste. Maybe I am not appreciating what they tried to do here but the beer seems to be lacking cohesiveness.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2008
at 20:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at HDG - hazy amber beer - boozy and doughy aroma, which becomes a bit more alcoholic as it warms, with some cherry and vanilla - tastes less boozy than the aroma, but again, as it warms, the alcohol becomes strong to the point of being solvent-like - tastes of dried fruits, dough (cookie) - rye comes to the fore late, along with vanilla, hazelnut and herbs - would be quite tasty if the alcohol weren’t so powerful.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jan 2008
at 21:06