7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the brewery. Pours a clear vibrant copper color with a medium sized frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of pale malt and spicy hops. The taste is spicy, herbal hops, faint caramel malts. Medium bodied, well balanced. 50th imperial pils rating!
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Sep 2013
at 09:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22oz bomber I picked up at the brewer. The idea is this is an India Pale Lager. I’m on board. Pours a hazy orange with some thin, lacing white head. Nose is interesting, some yeast, a lot of pith, orange rind, grapefruit rind, some grass, lemon. Flavor follow suit, a lot of citrus pith, orange, lemon, grapefruit, some sweetness, almost a little corn sweetness, some pine, soap. Herbal, pithy finish. Good, a little messy, but good.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2013
at 17:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from a 64oz growler. Poured a hazy, orange-light amber color with an almost non-existent head. Can see some big carbonation stick to the sides of the poured beer. Aroma was light sweetness, almost candy apples, touch of light malts. Flavor is sweet, almost apple like, malts. Sweet. I’d be fascinated to know what VA ingredients were used.
Tried
from Growler
on 13 Sep 2013
at 13:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
32oz growler I picked up at the brewery. Pours a hazy, caramel amber with some fast fading white head. Nose is fairly mild, some muddled sweetness, a little brown sugar, apple. Flavor is has much more fruit, lots of apple dried apple slices, malt, some sweet breakfast bread. Slightly sweet finish. A fairly standard amber, nothing to go nuts over.
Tried
from Growler
on 12 Sep 2013
at 17:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On draft at Spacebar in Falls Church VA. Pours a hazy gold with an off white head. Citrus hop aroma. Flavors of orange with some grassy notes. Mildly bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2013
at 18:56
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance: Light golden, clear. Some off-white head. Aroma: Hops, malt, slight sweetness? Taste: Malt, hops, perfume, odd. Info: Draught, 26/8-2013
Tried
on 27 Aug 2013
at 17:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the VA Craft Brewers Festival, Devils Backbone, 8/24/13. Pours a hazy orange color with a thin creamy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of doughy malts, stone fruits, citrus hops. The taste is stone fruits, citrus hops, strawberries. Medium bodied, a little on the sweet side.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2013
at 17:38
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
32oz growler from the brewery. Pours a hazy, cola brown with some creamy white head. Nose is very mild, some cracker, brown sugar, light bread. Flavor is similar, bready, malt, some mild spice, some brown sugar. Watery finish. Not a whole lot to this.
Tried
from Growler
on 16 Aug 2013
at 17:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
64oz growler from the brewery. I really wanted not to like this. Pours a cloudy orange with some creamy, white head. Nose is very bright, not what you’d expect from a wheat ale, bright orange, starfruit, a little mango, a little grass. Flavor is solid too, sweet, a little light bubblegum, pine apple, star fruit, pear, orange. Crisp finish. Pretty good.
Tried
from Growler
on 11 Aug 2013
at 14:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
64oz growler from the brewery pours a hazy, dark honey amber with some creamy, white head. Grainy nose, honey, cracker, bread, dried corn, grass. Flavor is the same, sweet, malty, toasted grain, some fruit, honey, grass, straw. Crisp finish. Not reinventing the wheel, but pretty solid.
Tried
from Growler
on 11 Aug 2013
at 14:36