6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a deep dark brown with faint ruby highlights and a huge fluffy off white head that sticks around forever. Smells of caramel and chocolate malts with a spicy earthy herbal edge. I’m reminded of patchouli with a hint of vanilla. The flavor is is sweet and malty with lots of caramel and chocolate. The cinnamon comes out a bit in the flavor as well as some vanilla and a hint of earth. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a sweet bubbly mouthfeel. This tastes better than it smells, but the spices make it seem like a Christmas beer. Not my favorite, but not bad.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2012
at 15:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled on draft at the House of 1000 Beers this beer poured a very dark brown color - almost black with nutty highlights and a medium sized foamy tan head that faded quickly and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was vanilla, Dr Pepper, nut and cinnamon toast. The flavor was nutty cocoa, licorice, cola, strong vanilla and faint cinnamon toast. Very long finish of vanilla, cola and cinnamon toast. Moderately full bodied. Odd but interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Sep 2012
at 19:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Sweet fruity rye bread aroma. Burnt orange with a moderate beige head, light open lacing. Rye, sweet caramel, fruit, and resinous piney hops, and booze flavor. Full sticky body, viscous mouth feel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2012
at 15:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ home, picked up at Liquor Max Loveland. Pours a hazy orange appearance with a cream colored head. Mild garlic, piney, earthy hoppy, mild grapefruity aroma. Somewhat spicy, orange/grapefruity, onion, a bit tangy, rich pale malty flavor. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2012
at 20:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Not quite sure where I got it. Pours a clear amber color with a thin creamy off-white head. Decent head retention. Citrus hop aroma with caramel malts. The taste is bitter citrus hops and caramel malts. Medium bodied, refreshing, moderate lingering bitterness, high carbonation. Straightforward and very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2012
at 16:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Freshcraft Denver - 02/06/12. Dark mahogony brown with tan head. Dark fruis on the nose, prunes, figs, dates allied to molasses and malts. Taste follows nose allied to being quite sweet but balanced by sour notes. Fairly full bodied and thick, minimal carbonation, very drinkable with a boozey finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2012
at 13:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottleshare BBQ at Dave L’s, PA - 27/05/12. Copper with a white head. Nose comprised sweet caramel malt, grapefruit, orange and hops. Taste follows nose wih a little grassy flavour and hints of darker fruits. Faint rye notes. Medium bodied, well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2012
at 23:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Blackish beer with a dark tan head. Chooclate aroma. Big chocolate and spice flavor with caramel. Medium-plus bodied. Big chooclate and spice lingers with caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Aug 2012
at 12:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 13C. Clear copper with an off-white. Aroma of toffee, peach, oranges, a little pepper. Syrupy mouthfeel with nicely judged carbonation - not so much to make it fizzy or astringent, but enough the lighten the mouthfeel a tad. Drinks its weight, but no overt alcohol. Not quite as sweet as suggested by the aroma. Toffee, peaches and a little of that rye tanginess I find hard to describe. Finishes with modest bitterness - or maybe it’s struggling against the sweetness. Not quite dry, chewy with some spices and toffee. Fine beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2012
at 07:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home - 11/06/12 thanks to Sam for an IP trade in Denver. Massive dark brown body verging on black with a small brown head that soon loosens to nyadda. Dark dark aromas in the form of molasses, dried berry fruits, figs, prunes, dark sugar, malt, toffee apple and a whiff of booze. Heavy malts and alcohol in the taste with a sweet backbone of dark sugars, dark fruits and a little chocolate. Full bodied beer, limited carbonation and a well balanced beer with the alcohol, whilst obvious, is well disguised for 15%. Would have again (I have a 2nd bottle) but will probably share as this was not a beer to be rushed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2012
at 02:08