6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Shared a 22oz bottle with some friends. Poured a pitch black color with a small tan head - more carbonation and head than I expected on this one, but head doesn’t last very long. Wispy remains behind. Aroma is dark fruits, like a ton of dried fruits - lots of burnt malt notes too, brown sugar. Bitter earthy notes, brown sugar, booze. And I mean a lot of booze is in this one. Very warming, but a year or so has mellowed out the edges a bit on this one so it was actually pretty drinkable for what it was since only two of us were partaking in this one, but I don’t think I’d return - I hear they no longer try to match the anniversary year, which is probably a smart move.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2015
at 14:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours brown with a beige/tan head. Aroma of darker fruits and bourbon, with hints of treacle. Full bodied, or almost. Flavor is bourbon forward, with dark fruits, wood and dark malt. Heat, surprisingly, is noticeable. It’s not very sweet, and there seems to be a lot of bitter - which must be hop. Chocolate finally finds its way out of the mix. It’s a good tasting, very nice drink.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2015
at 20:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ Albion. Cloudy lemony yellow with medium sized foamy off-white head, citrus aroma, lightly bitter lemon zest flavored thin body, medium bitter finish with citrus aftertaste. Very flavorful and refreshing brew, very much Citra dominated.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2015
at 16:59
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
22oz bomber pours with a deep amber to mahogany colored body that supports a full tall dark tan head of foam. The aroma offers up molasses, thick malts, some chocolate, dark roasted malts, spicy black licorice, a pinch of pine hops and then some boozy heat. The taste delivers smooth rich deepness with slick malts, molasses sweetened pine hops and chocolate nuanced spicy black licorice. It picks up some dark roasted malts, sweet dark fruity esters and a dash of citrus to midway and into the finish. This is a terrific sipper.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2015
at 15:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle pours with a clear deep gold body that has a narrow copper core and supports a light tan head of foam. The modest aroma offers up floral hops, some bitter smelling grapefruit and then a faint malt sweetened citrus candy sensation blended with a bit of biscuit like malts. The taste begins with bitter grapefruit hops and sweet malts and then quickly gets into big flowery floral hops. To midway a sweeter candy like grapefruit hop note fights with the bitter floral hops and in the end there are no winners particularly not the beer consumer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2015
at 15:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours a ruddy very dark brown (held against halogen) with a creamy/foamy tan head. Aroma of fruity hop and smooth dark malt. Nose tingling. Full bodied or better! Foamy carb helps. Flavor is treacle, oats, coffee?, more treacle, Kraft caramel, O’my. It’s like a not too sweet liquid candy/beer. I detect no heat. There is some hop bitter, but the malt is so strong I can’t parse the hops. Certainly citrus and stone fruit, but what else? I think lots and lots of floral. I can’t prove that tho. It’s not that it’s insanely complex, just that all the flavor components are a bit overpowering. If you like strongly flavored dark beers, get this! Finishes far from dry, but there’s bitter in detectable amounts, and it’s not sticky sweet. Maybe ending up 2/3 of the way towards barley wine maltiness. Ale for a desert island? Heck, ale to take into the grave.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2015
at 22:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours out black topped with pretty much no head. Nose is roast some soy plenty booze and a bit of malty sweetness. Taste is more of the roast malts soy some burnt sugar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2015
at 19:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours out black topped a small ring of a head. Nose is sweet malts rich chocolate some burnt caramel. Taste is more of the sweet malts some roast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2015
at 18:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep mahogany into a snifter. Mocha head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface. Bourbon and caramel aromas. Sweet with oak and pit fruit front to back. Medium length dry oak finish.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2015
at 16:57
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rated from old notes. An easy going amber ale with a pleasant if non-distinctive taste. Poured with a foamy head that rapidly dissipated. Hints of malts, but for the most part rather bland. Best had with food.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2015
at 10:27