7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled batch 2. Opaque black, hugh brown head. Rum-oak aroma with roasted coffee beans. Alcoholic rum-booze flavor, cigar and oak. Intensive tobacco mixed with rum aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2008
at 16:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(10/26/08) Draught at The Ginger Man in New York. Slightly hazy deep golden to amber color with a small, quickly-diminishing, white head. Aroma of fruits (peach, apricot and apple hints), some yeast, a bit of malt and spicy notes. Sweetish spicy flavor with a bit of caramel, some fruitiness, yeast and a dry spicy finish. Medium-bodied. OK but nothing exciting.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2008
at 02:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (thanks PilsnerPeter!). Pitch black colour, mediumsized brown fluffy head. Aroma is a lot of espresso coffee, some nuts, wood and also quite much rum in it. Flavour is coffee, fruits, wood, sap, chocolate and smoke. These things go all the way until the finish, leaving a nice chocolaty, smoked and roasted aftertaste with a slight sting of rum.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2008
at 03:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Imperial pint pour at the Ginger Man. Pours with a large pillow-y head, which sits atop a clear copper body. Aroma is strong with Belgian yeastiness and an estery-fruitiness. Comes of as strawberry. There are plenty of hops in there as well. They come off very vine-y and green. All together its a weird mix. Taste is very similar. It’s a succession of spikes of esters and then hops. It doesn’t "meld" at all, instead its two competing sides to the beer. However, it works well enough and interesting in its own way. It ends with yeast sweetness and rubbery hops. I enjoyed it but I can easily see the ratings going the other way.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2008
at 00:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep red coloured body with amber highlights and a thinnish tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel and some good light fruits. Medium-bodied; Strong assertive malts and a nice spicey flavour, tucked in with some lighter fruits and a tiny bit of hops. Aftertaste shows some alcohol, nuts and a bunch of malt. Overall, a good beer - definitely worth trying it if you can find it! I sampled this 750 mL bottle purchased from K&E Discount Liquor in New Paltz, New York on 09-May-2008, sampled on 26-November-2008.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2008
at 11:58
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Batch 1 bottle from CaptainCougar, shared with ilovedarkbeer. Pours with a very large, light brown head that leaves great lacing as it falls over the black body. Aroma of brett, slight cherries, some chocolate, bourbon, smoke and a bit floral. Taste is fruity, smokey and bretty/earthy, with vanilla, chocolate covered cherries, and oak char. Light bubbles and a creamy mouthfeel. Very nice...
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2008
at 18:35
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled, thanks Marsblursi! Hazy golden, brief head. Calvados aroma. Sweet with a inpenetrable flavour wall of vanilla, wood, paper and alcohol. Solid spritzy malt . Oaky and warming with peppery alcohol ever present. Very interesting, not necessarily very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2008
at 10:01
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Batch #1. Yeasty and cloudy pale yellow. Sweet and tart, almost candyish. Grapefruit sour juice. Lightly vinous. Light in palate and ultimately very drinkable and complex. Damn.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Oct 2008
at 23:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to JB175. Pours with a largem white head and a hazy goldeen body Aroma of brandy, oak, apple and vanilla. Taste is strong brandy, apple, some spice and bread. Water like mouthfeel, warming, with lively bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2008
at 16:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Barcade - a very straightforward pumpkin ale, albeit a little boring - aroma of sticky caramel, vegetal/squash-like character, and faint spices - a little dry - kind of thin on the palate - light pumpkin flavor, with nutmeg and cinnamon on top, taking most of the palate’s attention - lingering spiciness - meh - there are many better pumpkin ales out there.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Oct 2008
at 22:23