6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle that was part of the Winter 2012 World Market 9 pack, courtesy of my in-laws. The pour is mostly clear brown with slight ruby highlights and a smallish tan head that falls quick. The aroma is some roast, some nuttiness, and a bit of harsh earthiness. The taste is roast nutty malt, along with a bit of char earth, and then a bit of sharpness in the back. The palate is medium to light bodied, average, somewhat harsh carbonation and the sharp char finish. Decent flavor, though not all that clean.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2013
at 06:19
7/10
Tried
on 02 Apr 2013
at 06:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
66 cl bottle @ home, bought late 2009 in Pasadena, CA. Clear, deep dark red-brown color. Beige head, quickly receding. Aroma’s: sweet, sugar, red fruit, caramel/toffee, burnt sugar, alcoholic. Flavor is medium sweet, roasted, raisins, dark toffee. Strong alcohol feel. Medium to full bodied, sticky mouthfeel. Finishes slightly dry, a bit woody, lightly bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2013
at 05:44
8/10
8/4/12
Tried
on 28 Mar 2013
at 06:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is dense dark malty, alochol presence. Thick malty: sweet, syrupy, caramelish and roasted. Bitter and lingering dense caramelish. Roasted dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2013
at 12:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Doodler. Pours an almost clear dark brown with a reddish hue and a tiny - almost absent - off-white head. Rich aroma of thick, sweet overripe fruit. Very solid body, pours thick and syrupy with hardly any carbonation. Nuts and thick caramel with a warming alcohol finish. Not too bad really - basically let’s just call it a Barley Wine. 250313
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2013
at 12:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at the Blarney Wine tasting on 03/16/2013: Brownish-black pour with a medium khaki head that recedes steadily. Strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of smoked malt, pine and citrus. Full-bodied with a boozy character and flavors of burnt malt and resiny hops. The finish is sticky with a boozy and piney aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2013
at 21:27
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Yay for Mendocino! Both coasts! Bomber from the Vacaville BevMo. From case No. 02! Yeah. Big whoops. Anyway... It pours like Guinness with a widget. Very dark brown with lots of little bubbles that collapse beneath a foamy dark tan head. The aroma is challenging. Like mustard? Plus a lot of dark malt, wood, dark fruit, whiskey. Full bodied. Flavor is very strange. Swear I get mustard, but that’s immediately followed by a cascade of different dark malt and woody/whisky flavors. You name it, it might be in here. Except for scotch. Not getting smoke. I even think there may be chocolate and coffee. This is really fantastically complicated. Super brilliant ale.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2013
at 17:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle - This one’s a dark amber brew with an aroma of dark fruit accented malt. The flavor is very sweet and it’s almost sticky. There’s some bourbon noticeable but the thick, rich malts are the dominant characteristic. It’s a good brew, but blending so many beers, some of which are already beers with a very high number of different malts and hops, makes this one maybe a bit on the messy side. Good, not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2013
at 12:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle - Pours hazy orange with a one finger thick light tan head and looks very bubbly. The aroma is mainly of citrus hops. The flavor has some decent hops bitterness but could use more malt body. That really detracts from the beer for me. Just okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2013
at 12:33