6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark amber color. Fresh piney hops, balanced with a sweet malty nose. Full bodied. Malty start, but decently balanced with piney hop flavors. Mouth is malty sweet. The finish has some subtle bitterness and the hops do linger around for a bit, but I like my Imperial IPAs with a bigger badder bitter finish.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2006
at 03:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Dark brown color. Sweet chocolately malty nose. Slightly sour, but not really well balanced. Still somewhat enjoyable.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2006
at 20:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Pitch black color. Med-dark brown head. Rich nose of coffee, dark chocolate and prunes. A good rendition of the style in the nose. Echigo’s ever present house yeast is noticable from the initial sip. Mouth full of dark chocolate, whisky, but there is a somewhat plasticy taste that distracts, but overall it is a pleasent experience. There is also solid bitterness in the mouth. A nice warming sensation as it goes down with a dark chocolate and whisky finish. Very nice, but a bit too carbonated. If this was in cask, this stuff would go off.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2006
at 02:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Mildly cloudy golden color. Lemony nose with a touch of clove. Light wheaty mouth with lemon and cloves and a refreshing dry finish. Like alot of their beers. Good, but not great.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2005
at 21:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
This is one of those beers that is not only better on tap, but also tries not to offend you too much, but it is well made (if that makes any sense). Med Amber-orange color, peachs, apples, lemons and oranges in the nose. Mouth is hop accented with apples, oranges, peaches and a mildly dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2005
at 21:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown color, weak nose of dark chocolate and whisky.Medium mouth Dark chocolate, a touch of whisky. In the finish the whisky really dominates, with a touch of nuttiness and chocolate. Odd beer as the whisky flavors get stronger while the dark chocolate flavors subsided.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2005
at 21:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A deep golden color with virtually no head. The body is well developed with some German malts and moderate amounts of hops, but this comes to a crashing finish at the end that is too dry and boring. In fact despite the beer being well made it is simply boring.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2005
at 08:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Light amber color with a sweet caramel malty nose, offset by a touch of grapefruit. Starts malty, well balanced hops, but lacks a lot of depth.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2005
at 07:57