7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
At the brewery. This is far better than the standard Shenanigans. Opaque yellow and a thicker palate than the base beer. Lots of mint and the lime is there as well. Sweet, and a good summer beer.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2013
at 17:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Half pint draft at the Indeed taproom in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The pour is a clear orange with a smallish white head. Decent lacing on the glass. The aroma is hoppier than expected, quite a bit of citrus resin and pine right off the bat, moving towards wet cereal grains in the back. The taste follows the nose, bright citrus pine resin hops paired with a malt grain backbone. The palate is medium to light bodied, dry mineral finish. Tasty and unique California Common.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jul 2013
at 07:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Indeed. Cloudy orange color, a good looking beer. Smooth palate from the cask. Dry, woody quality, and lots of citrus flavor and aroma which I assume is from the mandarina hops, which are new to me and delicious. Mild hop burn in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jun 2013
at 09:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz can from some kind individual. Opaque brown-black body with a big, foamy, beige head. Oliy black malt and a steady citrus backbone. OK, not my favorite example of the style, a little sticky and sugary. Rich and full bodied, certainly not thin or lacking ingredients. Doesn’t quite come together.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2013
at 21:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Share courtesy of our tasting host, douglas88. It poured up with a clear deep copper body supporting an off white head of foam. The aroma offers up smooth nutty coffee roastiness. If I close my eyes and smell it seems just like a cup of coffee. The taste has a medium roast coffee note mixing with faint chili pepper that delivers zero heat. Pretty nice cup o joe.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2013
at 20:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can courtesy of Kermis. Poured a deep mahogany with a broken white tan head. The aroma is grassy hop, leading to a smooth, weak liqourice bitter smoky flavour. A superb and rather unusual beer.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jun 2013
at 03:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can shared. Pours almost black with tan head. Aroma of big roasted malt, grassy hops, light citrus, resin and light chocolate. Flavour is over moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2013
at 11:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can shared with and courtesy of kermis. Thin creamy tan head. Clear black pour. Lovely bitterness. Very smooth.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2013
at 11:04
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Thanks(?) to Matt for muling this from Minnesota. Pours clear amber with a small tan head and good lacing. Allright so far! Aroma is spicy, honey, floral, cinnamon. Weird. And it gets weirder, and less pleasant as the beer sits. Flavor is very floral - lavender I guess, and spicy. Lightly sweet, no real bitterness. Light body. Points for being different but we split this 750 three ways and still poured more than half of it down the drain.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2013
at 18:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
I have had this several times. Most recently from a bottle purchased on the brewery’s opening day. Well roasted malt giving mild coffee and chocolate flavor, as well as moderate hops. Solid palate, and biter finish. I am not a huge fan of this style, but Midnight Ryder pulls it off better than most.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2013
at 23:01