8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
22oz bomber poured dark brown with frothy mocha head. The aroma is unfortunately too light and keeps this beer from being a top ten for me. I do smell hints of hops and some malt roastiness. But that took a bit of effort. The flavor has a wonderful mix of malts. I notice roasted malts, sweet molasses, caramel and beyond midway it becomes sweet chocolate malts and more caramel. Throughout there’s an assertive hop bitterness that continually tries to steal away the flavor from the malts. It seems to be mostly pine and possibly floral in nature. The bitterness does grow into the finish. A caramel and roasted maltiness meet at the finish and linger along with some hop bitterness. Yet another delicious brew from these fine brewers.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2007
at 22:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz bottle pours deep amber with tan head. The aroma is light and has hints of sweet malts and just a dab of hops. The flavor is full-on sweet and roasted maltiness. I taste caramelized malts, roasted malts and bits of coffee and burnt malts. Riding around the edges of the flavor is a tasty hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2007
at 22:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
22oz bomber poured a nice clear copper color with a thin ring of off white foam. It has a malty, fruity and sweet aroma that is really a bit too light. Full flavor brew though with an up front sweet dark fruitiness and sweet malts. About midway hop bitterness takes hold of the flavor with pine and floral notes. Just beyond midway the pomegranate juiciness builds and just manages to outshine the hops and the malts at just the right intensity. At the finish each flavor note seems to be present in equal amounts making for a pleasing sensation. Very nice tasting brew.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2007
at 22:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz bottle with some nice shtick on the label that poured copper with a couple dozen or so platelets of sediment floating around. There was a lasting tan head. This beer seems to have a Pale Ale type aroma with something sweet, something vaguely citrus, a bit of pale malts and pine hops. Nice flavor with some up front hops from the pine flavor variety that blends into a little bit of grapefruit then runs into bitter pine toward the finish. About at the midway point the malts show up with a roastiness and sweet caramelized malt notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2007
at 22:18
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
22 oz bomber poured a very deep dark copper with half inch off white head that remained nickel thick to the end. Some nice lacing to boot. The aroma was sort of sweet syrupy smelling of caramelized malts, a bit of date fruitiness but mostly pine hops. I also find a slight alcohol note too. The flavor starts with pine hop bitterness that has streaks of sweet citrus running through it. The hop flavor and bitterness ride all the way through the flavor profile right to the lingering aftertaste. The hops at the beginning seem a bit sweeter than the hop bitterness infused finish. The thick mouth feel is buoyed up by caramelized maltiness that lurks in the background. Full flavored brew that embraces you with its warm and brutal nature. It’s a comfy cushy pillow of tongue crushing hops. As each ounce is consumed my taste buds really don’t adjust to the flavor assault. I’m getting the sensory stretching hoppiness right to the 22nd ounce.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2007
at 22:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear reddish brown, very brief head. Strong soapy perfumy hop aroma. fairly swee up front, boldly malty and full bodied. Salty with dense cookie malt character and a wealth of fruit and alcohol. Lingering salty bitterness. Potent and flavourful. Rather tasty, but perhaps not very refined.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2007
at 15:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber,small beige head.Brown sugar nose lightly fruity.More brown sugar in palate, also molasses and medium alcohol heat,fruity undertones
Tried
on 18 Jan 2007
at 19:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber from Ledgers, Berkeley, CA; Nose of raisin pie, sweet fruity, and gooey; with some cloves and nutmeg; transparent, cherry brown, with a small but lasting tan head; flavor of dark fruits, alcohol, roastiness, and some coffee notes in the finish along with alcohol. Tastes like a belgian-imperial stout cross.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2007
at 18:36
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 oz bomber. Rich dark amber color with tall frothy brown head. The head was reduced to a thin brown foamy membrane in a couple of minutes. Full aroma of dark cherries, apricots and date fruitiness plus a healthy dose of caramel, toffee and a bit of alcohol. First sip is smooth smooth flavor that turns slightly tart then gives way to a gleaming conveyer belt of dark fruitiness, caramel and toffee. From the midway point to the finish the flavor is rich malty and smooth. A note of chocolate malts ushers in the coffee, slight caramel sweetness and a touch of alcohol aftertaste. Very tasty. I gotta get more.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2007
at 21:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a cloudy red with a huge foamy head. Aroma is nice with some sweet malts and a nice dose of hops. Nothing really fruity. Flavor is again malty but tart with hops making a presence. I really don’t know what pomegranate taste like but im not tasting anyhting out or the ordinary. I would not know this is a fruit beer, more of a decent APA.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2007
at 20:23