6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the Angry Fist of Santa tasting at Chris_o’s. Hazy pale gold, very lemony tart aroma. Bleachy lemon. A bit like a lemony saison. It’s quite a good balanced sour beer. Good palate and good lemon finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2008
at 12:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear light to medium amber brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, nutty, caramel, berry, sourish berry notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and sour with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (070808)
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2008
at 10:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Batch 2 thanks to JB175. Great winter beer! Pours with a small, foamy, brown head and a nearly black, dark brown body. Aroma of chocolate, caramel, berries, bourbon (vanilla, oak and alcohol), a bit of coffee roast, and a vinous note. Taste is strong with berries, caramel, coffee in the finish and burboun notes to round it out. Sort of reminds me of a baby version of angel’s share (in the way that the barrel influnces this dark roasted beer). Long duration of 40-45 seconds. Instantly warming on the palate. Syrupy mouthfeel with light carbonation. Great brew!
Tried
on 18 Oct 2008
at 12:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled, thanks PilsnerPeter! Near black, beige head. Aroma of rhum and chocolate sauce. Fairly sweet with rounded mouthfeel Some syrup, some milk chocolate. Rhum is ever present, but not overpowering. Fairly low bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2008
at 04:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (050808)
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2008
at 10:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle-pours a white ring and cloudy yellow color. Aroma is tart lemon/apple, yeast, light malt. Taste is very tart lemon/apple, yeast, light malt, vanilla, oak, pepper, some vinegar. Occasional, quite interesting although not my taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2008
at 17:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
I don’t like the bourbon, but I recognize the quality of this beer. Bourbon aroma and flavor. Sweet malt, some vanilla and oak. It does have a good, smooth palate.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2008
at 00:38
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Batch#2-750ml bottle-open the bottle, Old Faithful! After settling, it pours a light brown head and dark brown color. Aroma is weed, vinuous, some earthy hops, dark malt-anise, some acidic. Taste is not up to the aroma. Peppery, some alcohol, wood, vinuous, some earthy hops, dark malt-anise, some acidic, tannins. Semi dry. Mild carbonation. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for picking this out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2008
at 21:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at GBBF, London, 7 Aug 2008) Reddish brown colour with brief, beige head. Malty, sweetish nose with notes of dried fruit and brown sugar. Malty, nutty taste with dried fruit, brown sugar and a slightly bittersweet finish. Medium body, smooth mouthfeel. Nice beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2008
at 16:35
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Muddy brown. Vinous, chocolatey aroma with plum and pear...near endless depth of complexity. The body is a lttle bit spritzy, but really vibrant. Great flavours - wood, wine, chocolate, pear, smoke, Ting, and on it goes. A real masterwork.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2008
at 19:05