6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at New Albanian, pours a hazy amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out lots of Christmas spices upfront, with cinnamon and nutmeg especially. Flavour is a spice bomb, with shitloads of nutmeg, clove and cinnamon. Thick malty body that gives way to the spices. Not my thing, but it's done well.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 21:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at New Albanian, pours a cloudy amber orange with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out lots of resinous hops upfront, followed by caramel bready malt and some sticky toffee. Flavour is along the same lines, with resinous hops galore upfront, and a big caramel bready malt backbone. Excellent interplay between the hops and malt. Chewy and balanced. Really good.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 21:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at New Albanian, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out chewy roasted malt and toasted caramel. Flavour is rich, with a deep roasted malt base, lots of caramel and some cocoa. Thick, viscous body, with good balance. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 21:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at New Albanian, pours a hazy blonde with a medium white head. Aroma brings out crisp crackery malt, a grassy character and a light herbal crunchiness. Flavour follows through, with grassy notes upfront, light herbal character, and a crisp crackery malt base. This is pretty authentic. Crisp and nicely herbal. Very nice helles.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 20:59
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draft. Chocolate toffee malt and fresh hay aroma. Brown with small head. Moderately sweet chocolate, toffee malt, and mildly bitter/astringent hay flavor. Nice balance. Tasty - nice malty beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Dec 2017
at 20:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from Redstone Liquors, Stoneham. Appearance is clear, light brown/dark orange with good sparkle, finger-width off-white foamy head with fair retention and decent sudsy lacing. Aroma is lemon, candied sugar, peppery spice. Taste is as aroma though spiciness more forward than the sugary sweetness. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with slick, smooth texture, soft carbonation, and finish as taste. Overall, it is just as advertised and it is decent, but is a bit too sweet and strays pretty far from a standard saison.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2017
at 18:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft. Lemon, biscuit malt, and hay aroma. Golden yellow with moderate white head. Mildly sweet citrus, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter hay/lemon peel flavor. Good body. A nice, dry pils.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Oct 2017
at 17:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft. Brandy, orange, wheat malt, and straw aroma. Hazy golden yellow with small head and moderate effervescence. Moderately sweet brandy, orange/banana, wheat malt, and mildly bitter straw and clove flavor. Good body. Pretty good - brandy tends to dominate though. Nice but I liked the apple brandy barrel version better.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Oct 2017
at 12:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft. Banana, orange, clove, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Black with small tan head. Moderately sweet banana/orange, clove, chocolate malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Oct 2017
at 12:31
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft. Honey, toasted biscuit malt, and straw aroma - excellent. Cloudy golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet honey, toasted biscuit malt, and mildly bitter straw flavor. Nice body. Delicious sessionable beer - more like a Helles though.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2017
at 23:18