6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the brewery as part of a six-beer sampler. Pours a clear gold with a white head. Aroma of pale malts and slight noble hop aromas. Flavor again is pale malt, lightly bitter, with minor spicy, grassy, and citrus hoppiness. It’s okay, just not terribly special.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2011
at 18:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewpub. Poured a slightly hazy orange with a slight amber hue and a white head that dissipated slowly to the edges and laced nicely. Aroma had a good amount of hops with a hint of pine and a pretty strong grain backbone. Flavor began with some pine hops but mellowed in to more of a grain and hay finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2011
at 11:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6th Annual MBG Winter Beer Festival, Grand Rapids. Bourbon Oak Oatmeal Stout. Dark brown body, medium tight cream to tan head. Oak nose and oak body, pretty much like licking an oak barrel with modest roasted malts in the background. Not every beer needs oak...
Tried
on 23 Apr 2011
at 11:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
sampled at last summer’s Michigan Brewer’s Fest - Pours red with a lingering off-white head. It smells of toasted caramel malt and smoke. The flavor is smoky malt with mild to moderately strong hops bitterness. This enjoyable brew is medium bodied and finishes with lingering bitterness and smoke. Well done.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2011
at 16:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Blue Tractor, Ann Arbor. Deep opaque brown-black body, thin tan head. Light body with coffee beans, dark chocolate, and roasted malts, creamy and finishing with light bitterness. Plain.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Apr 2011
at 11:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Blue Tractor, Ann Arbor. Deep hazy caramel-brown body, no head. Toasty, strong nose with burnt caramel, smoke, and alcohol notes. Hot, somewhat harsh body with alcohol, toast, burnt caramel, brown sugar, and smoke, with light sweetness. A few ounces was plenty.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Apr 2011
at 11:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewpub. Poured a hazy brown with an amber hue and tan head that dissipated quickly and completely. Aroma had notes of tart red fruits as well as some dark grains and bread notes. Flavor was a bit less tart as the malts were more present with a bread like note.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jan 2011
at 20:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled from the tap at the 2010 MBG Fall Fest. Poured a near black with a deep brown head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was full of spice with lots of nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon with underling dark grains and pumpkin. Flavor had more dark grains and roasted malt coming through to balance the spices. The pumpkin still did not come out much.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Oct 2010
at 22:22
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the Brewpub. Poured a clear brown with an amber hue and a light brown head that dissipated quickly. Aroma was sweet with notes of grain and chocolate. Flavor was similar with sweet chocolate, grain and bread presence.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jun 2010
at 07:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at the brewpub. Poured a near clear amber gold with a near white head that laced a bit. Aroma had a nice light grass and hay note with the rye more of an undertone. Flavor was smooth with rye with pine and grass just being light undertones.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2010
at 08:32