7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampler @ Pizza Port (Solana Beach) pours copper with off white head. Aroma and taste, light malts, some possible smoke malts? sweet with some dark fruits, light caramel touch.
Tried
on 19 May 2009
at 00:17
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampler @ Pizza Port (Solana Beach) Cask version. Pours golden, thick white head. Aroma / taste, hoppy, chewy, thick cask palate, some mold like notes, light fruits, citrus and reminded me a lot of a blue cheese type.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2009
at 00:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampler @ Pizza Port (Solana Beach) cask version. Pours golden, white head. Aroma and taste, hoppy, light malts, pine, some spices in the finish. Damn bitter for a DIPA, was expecting more malt balance.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2009
at 00:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Bistro DIPA festival. Golden amber color with a very fine white head. Fulll body with fine carbonation. Excellent floral hop over malt, but there’s a whack of something approaching menthol. Clears the head. Finishes very floral and nicely bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2009
at 23:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle on 11/30/2008 at the 3rd Annual Richmond Industry Gathering. Murky brown body with a big tan haed. Sweet caramel and hop aroma. Yeast, caramel, and citrus hop flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 17:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Rich amber beer with an off-white head. Grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and caramel flavor. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Grapefruit and caramel linger.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2008
at 13:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Nitro. Blackish beer with a tan nitro head. Huge coffee/espresso aroma. Coffee, espresso, and roasted malt flavor. Medium bodied. Coffee, espresso, and dark chocolate lingers. Very coffee forward.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2008
at 13:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft. Rich amber beer with an off-white head. Bready malt aroma. Bready malt flavor with earth, woodsiness, and grass. Medium body. Earth, wood, and grass lingers.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2008
at 13:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with an off-white head. Malty, yeasty aroma. Malt and yeast flavor with light dark fruit and light spice. Medium-plus bodied. Malt, yeast, spice, land ight fruitiness lingers. A bit too smooth.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2008
at 13:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Light golden-straw beer with a whitish head. yeast and bubblegum aroma. Bubblegum, yeast, and malt flavor. Medium bodied. Bubblegum, spice, and yeast linger.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2008
at 13:44