6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Much more intense than your standard brown ale. Lots of roasted malt, nuts, and butter in the flavor. Aroma is lighter with dry roasted malt. Hops are lacking in this beer, but that is ok. Alcohol is well hidden and I am surprised to read how strong this beer is.Very sweet, rich and heavy, nearly cloying, but overall it works. At the top of its style. Black with a thick khaki colored head.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2006
at 14:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a dark red with a small tan head. Aroma is chcolate, coffee and yes vanilla. Flavor is vanilla, vanilla, vanilla. Better tasting vanilla than most vanilla ice cream. Finish is very silky and smooth. A very good tasting brew. I prob could not have more than one of these b/c it is very sweet but this is sure tasty. I said vanilla 6 times in this review so that should give you an idea about this brew.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2006
at 22:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
From bottle, at the Balmoral Brewhaha. Wheats are sure catching on around here, ain’t they? Anyway, this one is suitably pale in color, but poured with a thin head uncharacteristic of the style. Taste first shows just a hint of traditional hefe flavors, a little banan with a spritz of lemon and a melange of spices. I can pick out the wheat character much better, and can find it quite to my liking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2006
at 22:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the Balmoral Brewhaha. Pours a frothy head with a good brown color and a nice pale ale smell. Nice hoppiness that does not get in the way of its drinkability. It’s a great session beer with a stinger of American hops that can help initiate the curious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2006
at 09:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Degarth, thank you. Poured black with no head. Aroma is present - vanilla, a kind of perfumy vanilla with a roasty background. Taste is like a hoppy-perfumy vanilla flavor. A bit thin for me, too watery of a feel. No substance to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2006
at 21:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Cloudy slightly dark yellow with a small white head. Citrus aroma. Slightly tangy and has a very nice crisp finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2006
at 13:19
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
bottle - Pours lightly hazy amber with a one finger head. There’s a moderate caramel malt aroma. The flavor is mostly malts and unfortunately is rather lacking. The mouthfeel is on the thin side. There’s some hops in the finish, but not much. As others have noted, it’s really not much better than a macro lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2006
at 22:28
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 7
Meh, its alright. Not much of an aroma, just a weak hint of bitter cocoa and metallic note. Alcohol a little too present in the flavor. Some mild caramel and chocolate, a hint of floral hops but just barely. Also, a spicy note, almost like cinnamon. Warming, alcoholic finish. I don’t know the ABV on this one, but either way its too apparent. Brown color tinted purple, with a small head, no lacing and low overall carbonation.
Tried
on 29 May 2006
at 19:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Here's another rerate updating from 2006. Scored it a 2.4 and I apparently hated it. Well I don't hate this beer. Its a decent balanced porter, light choc notes, slightly nutty, just a wee hint of any vanilla. Apparently before I thought this was too sweet last time, but I don't find this very sweet at all, at most semi-sweet. Original notes: Bleh, a failed attempt from Breckenridge. Light roast and wood in the nose, with only a hint of vanilla gave me a false first impression, as the flavor is dominated by caramel and vanilla, with a touch of chocolate. It becomes very candy-barish after awhile. Empty finish, virtually no hop flavors or bitterness. Nice garnet color with abig tan head and fair lacing.
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2006
at 17:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark golden amber ale with a thick off white head. Lightly alcoholic warmth with good floral hops, and doughy caracter. In mouth, light sweet malt with vanilla notes, good hops, floral hops and resinous, alcohol warmth. Rich and smooth IPA. Sampled with Mtl crew, April 16 2006.
Tried
on 22 May 2006
at 11:08