7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap @ Vine Street. Reddish appearance with a tan head. A bit citrusy, somewhat toasty, caramel malty aroma. Really a lot more citrusy hops in the flavor than I’ve ever had in an ESB. Toasty caramel, light toffee, grapefruit flavor. Pretty good.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2012
at 18:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Vine Street - like someone mixed a DIPA with an English Strong - quite a lot of plum, fig and other stone fruit character up front, as well as toffee and caramel - hops arrive late but come on strong - bitter, peppery and herbal - they work fairly well, but my big complaint is that they wash out the maltier aspects of the beer, which is what you generally want in a "winter warmer" - pretty tasty, none-the-less.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Mar 2012
at 16:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at Vine Street - a quite dry, chalky, mineral flavored DIPA, with strong dry, citric and peppery hop notes to compliment this - crackery malt profile also works in it’s favor - a bit of sweetness on the tail end in the form of orange marmalade, but mostly dry and bitter - marginally astringent, but fairly tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Mar 2012
at 16:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap @ Vine Street Pub, Denver. Pours black with fading creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, oak, light notes of bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, light dark fruit. Taste is mallts, oak, bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, port, light boozy. Medium body, good level of carbonation for a barrel aged beer, light alcoholic finish. 280212
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2012
at 21:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ Vine Street Pub, Denver. Pours black with a small creamy light brown head. Aroma of roasted malts, oak, vanilla, coffee, light smoke, fruit. Taste is malts, oak, plums, chocolate, vanilla, light smoke.Medium - full body, soft carbonation, slightly tart from the oak, fairly dry finish with light notes of alcohol. 280212
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2012
at 21:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap @ Vine Street Pub, Denver. Pours black with a small creamy tan head. Aroma of dry roasted malts, coffee, little dark fruit. Taste is malts, coffee, dark fruits, lightly sweetnness in the flavor. Medium body, soft carbonation. 280212
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2012
at 20:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap @ Vine Street. Black appearance with a dark brown head. Aromas of dark chocolate, espresso, roastiness, almonds, and light nuts. Somewhat syrupy/extract-like, rich chocolate, fairly roasty, almond flavor. Not overall a bad beer but I didn’t like the extract/syrupy element.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2012
at 18:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap @ Vine Street. Buffalo Trace barrels. Dark black appearance with a dark brown head. Fairly light whiskey, somewhat oaky, mostly a dark roasty malty aroma with a light note of espresso and char. Somewhat charred, roasty malty flavor with a noted anise, tar, somewhat boozy presence. A little bit of a disappointment, especially with the booze notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2012
at 17:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap @ Vine Street pub, Denver. Pours black with a red tone along the edges, small light tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, wheat, dark fruit, choclate, raisins. Taste is roasted malts, wheat, dark dried fruit, choclate, hints of licorice. Medium body, creamy mouthfell, soft carbonation. 260212
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2012
at 21:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap @ Vine Street pub, Denver. Pours slightly hazy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma of malt, straw, grass, light lemon. Taste is sweet malty and rather weak with grass, straw, light citrussly hops. Light bodied, lively carbonation. Not bad at all, easy going and calls for another when finished. 260212
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2012
at 21:17