8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled this on tap at Fat Head’s in Pittsburgh. Pours a dark brown with a bit of a tan head. Plums, prunes, raisins, and oatmeal are fairly large in the nose. Flavor is much the same, but from time to time I pick up just a hint of anise that is unexpected and very pleasant. This is fairly thin and not syrupy for the style and doesn’t have that borderline cloying flavor that I generally dislike in Baltic Porters. Very good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2010
at 07:39
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
On tap at Pittsburgh location. Pours a slightly hazy light orange with a pretty massive head and an awesome hops-filled nose. Pine needles and grapefuit dominate the aromas and fill the palate while playing of an undercurrent of caramel and tropical mango and papaya. Damn good... Damn good.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2010
at 12:17
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Growler from Fat Head’s Cleveland. So I went in to buy a growler of Head Hunter, but tried a sample of this and... well... this should be mandatory for all human beings at least once in a perfect life. Huge blast of hops cone aromas... pine, pineapple, mango, grapefruit. Heavenly. Body is a fairly light golden orange with a little bit of a head and many streams of tiny bubbles rising to the surface. Flavor is darn near perfect for anything aspiring to be my kind of IPA or IIPA.... lots of hops, enough malt to balance and thicken things up a bit and a very bitter finish with some resin. Seriously, this could end war and fighting if it were distributed in bottles.
As I work my way to the end of this growler on night two, I can’t help but think that I should have a barrel on tap in my basement at all times... seriously, world class.
As I work my way to the end of this growler on night two, I can’t help but think that I should have a barrel on tap in my basement at all times... seriously, world class.
Tried
from Growler
on 13 Feb 2010
at 17:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Beer #17 at GTMW ’09, Cask at the Real Ale Tent). Had to sit down for this one. Light smell most like an abbey dubbel. Slightly hazy, yellowish brown with no head. Very much a dubbel in taste, with candy sugar. Coriander is definite, plus some other savory spices. Very lovely to find a Belgian beer on cask with its mysterious fermentations and spices (and despite this description, I says it IS a Belgian ale). There are probably not a lot of places in Belgium to get a beer CAMRA style, just at a beer geek paradise like this.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2009
at 15:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft at the Bistro’s IPA Fest. My favorite one and it’s from OHIO, no less! Iced down in the large suitcase the five gallon keg came in! Nose was floral and piney hops, big time. Clear yellow amber with a medium glass lacing pale yellow head. Flavor was bitter, bitter, and more bitter. Excellent!
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2009
at 00:32
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at the Bocktown. Nice brown pour with a tan creamy head. No smell per se. Good carbonation. Initial darker beer and bitter flavors. Medium strong personality. Some farmy attitudes and this stuff is not bad. Perhaps a little more bitter than this lager lover cares for. Finish is medium long bitter medicinal linger.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jul 2009
at 12:00
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
On tap at the Bocktown, a really nice palce. Looks like a typical pale lager. Quite hoppy and fruity floral aroma. Rude oily mouth coating experience, who put the soap in here? Little if any carbonation. Too much for this lager lover. Lets all chew some green grapefruit rinds and sappy pine needles! Long bitter terrible linger. What can I say but; on style.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jul 2009
at 11:53
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
On tap at the Bocktown, really nice place. Looks like pale lager. Decent creamy head that does not fade. Pretty berry aroma. Not sweet on the taste buds and comes across like many other unsweetened fruit beers. Has a typical good ale attitude about it which overtakes the session. Good tingle on the carbonation. Medium lingering bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jul 2009
at 11:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Had this one at the Fat Head’s in Pittsburgh PA as part of their Christmas in July theme......Sampled on draft this beer poured a ruby-chestnut color with a medium sized tan head. The aroma was very strong nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger. The flavor was robust with dry spices - cinnamon, nutmeg and candied ginger predominantly with dry nutty malts and light floral hops underneath. The finish was long and spicy. Medium body. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2009
at 18:07