6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Amber colour with a nice thick white head. Strong malty aroma with a bunch of hops and some spices. Strong maltiness in the taste. Medium-bodied; A bit of hops detectable as well as malt. Overall, a strong red and pretty good for the style. Overall, definately one to try! I sampled this beer at Joey_Capps' on 13-September-2003 in Hamilton, Ontario.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2003
at 01:05
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Clear golden colour, very thin tan head. Malty aroma with a few hops thrown in. Medium to Light-bodied; Subtle malt & hop flavour, not much going on ...fairly subtle. Overall, a decent beer, not great for the style, but nice to try! I sampled this beer at Joey_Capps' on 13-September-2003 in Hamilton, Ontario.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2003
at 01:01
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Golden colour, low carbonation, no head. Aroma is all jalape�o, maybe with some salt. All jalape�o all the time in the palate. It’s hot (around 7000 Scovilles), but not nasty like Cave Creek, although it has to be said that Radek fell on his ass while in the middle of taking a leak just following his half-bomber of this beer. There are certainly parallels in the big heat and lack of balance, and I know I’m a little biased because I actually finished my bottle of Cave Creek, but I thought this was a decent beer. There must have been enough of that blond ale base somewhere not to lose me, even though it isn’t readily apparent.
Re-rate shows this one to be rather insipid, moreso than on the first sample. Significant downgrade.
Re-rate shows this one to be rather insipid, moreso than on the first sample. Significant downgrade.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2003
at 08:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Lightish body, but good, subtle flavour development makes this a fine session ale.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2001
at 16:11
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Once of the world's best (during the Shirley Warne era) this beer has not lived up either earlier this year or in August when I was in Halifax. It is nutty, smoothly malty, but has lost the rich earthiness and subtle smoke hint that really set it apart. It's more of a run-of-the-mill brown now. In fact, I find all of all of Garrison's beers have had their formerly well-defined flavours obfuscated now.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2001
at 16:10
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
About what you'd expect. Pass..............................................
Tried
on 27 Aug 2001
at 16:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
After a few batches, this hit its stride as a malt-accented ale with some earthy complexity.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2001
at 16:07