6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg at Popeye, Tokyo. Clear amber, mid sized head. Light peaty aroma. Mid dry with light-medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Peaty malt, some floral hops. Notes of grass in a mid bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2014
at 01:32
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle, 398 yen, picked up at Yamaya. Very much a dark brown pour rather than the black I associate with chocolate beers. This has a very strong chocolate aroma which is nice BUT it smells like chocolate syrup or ovaltine/milo... the label says it is made with sugar & cacao beans though. The body is medium with a slightly watery mouthfeel I am guessing the sugar lets them bump up the ABV while dropping the malt content. The taste is not at all beer like, think chocolate drink or powder. For me this is a miss, drinkable as an alcoholic chocolate beverage but not as a chocolate beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2014
at 06:14
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Can, kindly donated by fajry, many thanks. Golden color with small white head. Aroma of malt, corn and hops. Taste, malt, some hops, metallic notes, corn.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Feb 2014
at 00:21
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Can shared by fajry, many thanks Golden color with small white head. Corn, malt in aroma. Taste, malt, corn, rice, cooked vegetables.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Feb 2014
at 00:15
2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Can. Aroma is disgusting, adjuncts. Clear yellow colour. Taste is sourish, astringent, stale hops.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2014
at 12:08
2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Canned. Aroma corn. About all. Clear yellow colour. Taste is really bad. Stale, metallic, sour, astringent.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2014
at 12:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
350 ml can. Pours dark amber with a nice foamy head. Surprisingly clear. Aroma has some caramel, feels quite lager-like. Some sweet bread notes - and something a bit artificial also. Taste is also malty, just as pouring some liquid bread in my mouth. There is some sour background notes and solid hop bitterness balancing the malts. Overall it has soft blanket-like feeling to it with a medium length, slightly bitter cookie aftertaste. Not a bad beer - but also not special in any way.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2014
at 01:47
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
17 fl oz bottle from Total Wine & More, Clearwater (thanks Brian / not on ratebeer). Sampled on January 23, 2014. Marked 00050204Hazy golden color, white head. Sweet, cream, metallic taste. Sweet, apple, metallic aftertaste. SWeet, sugary scent. Fizzy mouthfeel, very low bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2014
at 07:37
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
330 ml bottle. Pours dark reddish brown, small head that disappears fast. Aroma - is pure chocolate, these cocoa beans are really upfront! Actually there is almost nothing else, chocolate aroma is overwhelming. Taste is quite dry and this beer tastes like cocoa. There are some sour malt notes if you try hard - but other than that cocoa beans, dark dark chocolate - and not enough malt base or hop flavours to balance it out. There is some bitterness alright, but it seems to be coming from the cocoa beans, not from hops. I sometimes like bold beers but in this case I don’t really think they should have gone with this recipe - it still needs more work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2014
at 06:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Copper ber with a dark cream head. Caramel aroma. Caramel flavor. Medium bodied. Caramel and light woodsiness lingers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2013
at 13:33