7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Beer Run. Pours a clear copper color with a large frothy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of big pine, citrus and resin hops. Faint bready malts. The taste is big citrus and herbal hops, pale malts and a bit of nuttiness. Medium bodied. Good.
Earlier Rating: 12/26/2011 Total Score: 3.4
Served on draft at Beer Run. Pours a clear golden color with a thin white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of bitter resin hops with some earthiness and faint toasted malts. The taste is bitter resin and herbal hops, toasted malts, butter, caramel and a lingering bitterness. Medium bodied.
Earlier Rating: 12/26/2011 Total Score: 3.4
Served on draft at Beer Run. Pours a clear golden color with a thin white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of bitter resin hops with some earthiness and faint toasted malts. The taste is bitter resin and herbal hops, toasted malts, butter, caramel and a lingering bitterness. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2012
at 16:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A deep dark brown ale with a thin brown head. In aroma, a smooth dark fruit malt with resinous floral hops, licorice, soy sauce, very nice. In mouth, a smooth licorice and treacle, fruity esters, soy sauce, musky floral hops, rich and smooth.Tasted with the Bartowel crew at Pushkinwow’s, March 23, 2012.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2012
at 21:47
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle (marked as bottled 3/6/2012). Pours with a near black body with a large brown head with good retention and lace. Aromas are of prunes, plums, raisins, dark fruits, pear drops, estery, bourbon, rye, spicy oak, fusel, oak, brown sugar, maple. Shockingly estery. Flavors are very sweet, burnt brown sugar, marzipan, molasses, dates, medium yeast character, marshmallow, flan, medium bitter and some char. Nearly cloying, full bodied, syrupy with light carbonation and light warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2012
at 11:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and summer fruit aroma. Grapefruit and light pine flavor with light tropical fruit. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Grapefruit and tropical fruit linger with light pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Mar 2012
at 10:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle from Whole Foods in Monterey, CA. Pours amber with a 3 finger foamy/creamy beige head. Aroma is citrus/floral. Med body. Flavor is citrus/floral/earthy with perhaps even a light touch of pine. Herb aspect. Nice malt backbone which manages to lend a little sweet despite all the hop. It’s pretty delicious stuff.
Earlier Rating: 1/11/2012 Total Score: 3.9
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours amber with a 2 finger frothy whitish head. Lots of resin over mildly roasted caramel for aroma. Med body. Flavor is nicely resin. A little simple compare to FW XV, but an incredibly good IPA. This should go Imperial as soon as can be.
Earlier Rating: 1/11/2012 Total Score: 3.9
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours amber with a 2 finger frothy whitish head. Lots of resin over mildly roasted caramel for aroma. Med body. Flavor is nicely resin. A little simple compare to FW XV, but an incredibly good IPA. This should go Imperial as soon as can be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2012
at 19:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Batch 001 from 9/7/11. Pours with a clear, very deep brown body with a tan head. Aromas are of concord grapes, dark fruit esters, alcohol, brandy, rye whiskey, vanillin, chewy, figs, alcohol. Flavors are sweet, chewy, tobacco, fudge, concord grapes, mild vanillin, light cherry, alcohol, raisins, figs, plums. Light bubbles, extremely sweet, lots of alcohol, and medium bitter. For my palate: not nearly as nice as their BA Human Block Head (as far as their BA beers go).
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2012
at 11:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a hazy copper with a small white head, Aroma is nicely hopped with a decent pine resin. Flavor is also decently hopped but not overly so. The malts are just barely there but do leave a nice dry cracker on the tounge. Decent beer and at a nice price.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2012
at 16:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
22oz bomber poured into a shaker. Pours a lightly cloudy brownish purple with minimal off-white head. Aroma of figs and dark fermented fruits with a good dose of concord wine. Taste is medium bitter. Caramel, some pine and some roasty nuts. Medium bodied with a thin texture. Soft carbonation and a long finish. Overall, not bad. Not really what I was expecting but still ok. I wish I would have got this fresh because I’m sure it would be a lot better. But, since I got it for $3 on the discount rack, I’ll gladly finish the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2012
at 00:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
big pomagrante, malty, a touch sour, full bodied. Interesting, but not over the top.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2012
at 05:27
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours deep mahogany into a snifter. Head quickly recedes to scant surface. Dark pit fruit, sweet honey and rye aromas. Soft and thick with sweet caramel, figs, dates, pit fruit and rye.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2012
at 19:05