7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a dark brown with a average tan head. Aroma is dark fruit with some molasses and brown sugar. Flavor is thick and sweet with a big dark fruit and toffee. Finish has some brown sugar and a lasting fig after the swallow. Alcohol is kinda there but for 15% this is no problem as long as its sipped slow. Very tasty and all things a American strong ale should be. I am always suprised that this brewer can put out a big ABV beer that coinisides with its anniversary. Only 5 more years till a 20% beer.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2012
at 20:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours dark brown color with tan head. Aromas of whiskey, roasted malts, vanilla, and chocolate. Sweet molasses and roasted malt flavor with subtle whiskey and vanilla. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation. Too sweet for me.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2012
at 18:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Location: 22 oz bottle from Whole Foods-Columbus Circle, 8/18/12, Batch No. 1, Bottled on 3/6/12
Aroma: The nose has sour fruits, some whiskey, wine, funky yeast, a little bit of oak, and some earth
Appearance: It is a dark brown colored beer with a lasting brown-beige head and medium-heavy lace
Flavor: It's lead by the fruity sweetness, which is balanced by the tart and sour flavors and the light earth hop
Palate: It has a fairly soft feel, with a medium-plus body, some syrupiness, and a lightly funky finish
Overall Impression: This one turned out to be a fairly complex beer. It is fairly heavy on the sweetness, but it still has enough tart funkiness to balance out the heavy sweetness. Overall, this one isn't something that I'd probably want to drink all that regularly, but it quite interesting and certainly well worth trying.
Aroma: The nose has sour fruits, some whiskey, wine, funky yeast, a little bit of oak, and some earth
Appearance: It is a dark brown colored beer with a lasting brown-beige head and medium-heavy lace
Flavor: It's lead by the fruity sweetness, which is balanced by the tart and sour flavors and the light earth hop
Palate: It has a fairly soft feel, with a medium-plus body, some syrupiness, and a lightly funky finish
Overall Impression: This one turned out to be a fairly complex beer. It is fairly heavy on the sweetness, but it still has enough tart funkiness to balance out the heavy sweetness. Overall, this one isn't something that I'd probably want to drink all that regularly, but it quite interesting and certainly well worth trying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2012
at 18:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Amazing fruits and hops, sweet with some citrus. Orange, clear with thick creamy head. Upfront bitterness, resin and grapefruit. Smells so much better than it tastes, obviously due to dry hopping.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2012
at 18:13
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Murky maroon colour. No head. Smells like figs and raisins. Some chocolate / cocoa notes as well. Taste is like candy. Some cloves and coriander. Pepper and other spices. 20% carbonation on the mouth swish.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Aug 2012
at 07:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the NYS Wine and Culinary Center. Citrus and grass nose, with a bit of caramel. Deep orange to amber color. Nicely hoppy flavor, orange, grapefruit, medium malt character with a bit of caramel. Very bitter. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2012
at 14:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours gold into a Sam glass. Bright white head recedes to skim surface. Deep pine and resin aromas. Soft with sweet caramel and resin front to back. Lasting pine finish.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2012
at 16:22
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pale amber with a large white head. Aroma is Citra dominated, with lemon and ruby grapefruit, herbs and light caramel. Thinnish body with (perhaps too) low carbonation. Bittersweet with the citrus flavour verging on sour. Malt flavours are discreet, but their honeyed nature goes well with the lemon. Refreshing. Pepper and some pine creep up in the quite bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2012
at 05:25
6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Malty and woody nose. Cloudy copper, thin head, full of fine floaties. Woody flavor, mild orange peel. Mouthfeel is a little frothy. Decent, flavorful APA.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2012
at 19:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle-pours amber with a light tan head. Aroma is light/medium malt-caramel, pine/floral hops. Taste is light malt/grian-caramel, pine/floral hops. A slightly drying finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2012
at 14:06