7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
375mL bottle drunk 7/22/23. Clear dark mahogany. ring of beige bubbles. Pepper, lead, graphite. Caramel, definite vanilla. more lead. Really nice drying. Soft, juicy malt, vanilla and peppery acidity. Lead and graphite, good acidity, definitely still sweet but the vanilla is well done. Could be more dry, for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2023
at 21:42
8/10
Thanks Clark dark chocolate, vanilla. Smooth, thick, viscous, well crafted
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2023
at 17:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Canned 6/20/23, drunk 7/14/23. Heavily hazy, golden-maize. Large, white head, moderate retention. Oh wow, been a while since I've had a bubblegummy IPA. Nelson is quite soft, heavy in white wine and papaya with less spice than usual. Deep, sumptuous malts adding honey and white bread. Clean. In the mouth there's a hint of piney bitterness to kick things off, followed by rich, thick textures of malt and wheat. Spice, guava, heavy white wine and moderate bubble gum throughout.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2023
at 12:56
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from brewery drunk 7/14/23. Heavily hazy, bronze golden big, white head. Juicy tropical fruits and earth with papaya and mineral. Honey, biscuit and such. Good bitterness. Soft, juicy, spicy, well attenuated, with wine mineral and tropical fruit. Medium body but plentiful malt and big textures. Pineapple and tangerine with dank spice.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2023
at 00:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Fresh can from the brewery, drunk 7/14/23. Is this cultural amnesia regarding west coast IPAs and bitterness? That said this has a delicious amount of malt, balanced hop and good body without resin or big pine. Almost some TH watermelon here. Gets really deep and juicy/spicy as it warms.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2023
at 00:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Brewery draft, 7/14/23. Hazy, pink-violet. Pink head is well retained. Juicy fruits with mellow acidity, almost feels barrel aged in it's mildness. No aggressivity, no punchy lactic. Just mild cultures and then fully macerated fruits. Juicy, dry, fruity, tart, medium bodied. Perfect amount of body and acidity.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jul 2023
at 00:04
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Slow pour at the brewery by the lovely Lillian, 7/14/23. Clear, golden, large,well-formed and retained, white head. Herbaceous, spicy, my nose with plentiful, crisp yeast and high attenuation. Pleasing body and quenching bitterness with excellent aromatics and lower carbonation.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2023
at 23:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
750mL bottled 3.29.20, drunk 6/22/23. Bright brass-golden. Large, white head, moderate retention. Lemon, light oak, moderate lactic acid, gentle brett and some crackery, rustic malts. Clean, maybe a hint of acetic. Soft, malty, good attenuation and reasonable depth. Pinch of acetic with stronger lactic and lemony notes. Grainy, rustic, cracker, biscuit, rye-like notes from the malts with soft vanilla and a bit of corn. It thins out and the flavor gets a touch bland on the finish. There's a corn-like character that I don't love. Maybe it's just the mix of grain, or maybe it's light diacetyl. It's a competent, well-aged beer but certainly nothing too exciting or interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2023
at 22:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375 ml thanks to ClarkVV. Aroma is mostly Elijah Craig with mild earthy malts. Weird thing is in the flavor is a lot of toffee, prune, raisins. Yet, bourbon is hardly here. Almost resembles a regular non- barreled barleywine.
Tried
on 28 May 2023
at 02:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375 mL bottle drunk 5/27/23. Clear (or maybe not), dark mahogany, dark burgundy. No head. Nose is certainly full of Elijah Craig. Caramel malt, vanilla, heavy bourbon spice and fruitiness. Soft, malty, strong, strong bourbon flavor of fruit, pepper, alcohol and vanilla. Soft, well-attenuated texture. Good richness, but very monotone of caramel, toffee, raisin. Pretty standard barleywine. I don't know, kinda not elevated, just sort of malty-sugary, though certainly not cloying. Lol how did they get so much EC aroma and virtually no flavor or texture of barrel aging.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2023
at 01:50