5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
bottle - Pours hazy yellow with a thin, fizzy, rapidly fading head. The aroma is mild yeast and citrus. The flavor is sweet and lemon. It’s light and simple with a wet finish, just okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2007
at 23:22
2.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
bottle - Pours dark brown with a two finger head. The light aroma is of sour malts. Odd. The flavor is malty and sour. I think it’s infected and I do see a few other reviewers mentioning the infection problem. There’s not much else here. It’s thin, watery, and sour. Not good. It’s nothing like some of the other reviews mention (chocolate, caramel, etc. Nope. Unpleasant, sour crap.). They put out an infected batch. The more I drink, the worse it gets. Terrible. I’m draining pouring the last bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2007
at 23:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hazy dark amber. Raisin and brown sugar in a fairly straightforward, slightly grainy aroma. Sweet, simple toffee taste, with a hint of earthiness. Comes off like a really by-the-numbers doppelbock, which is fine, but my favourite examples tend to have a bit more flair.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2007
at 13:14
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
12 oz. loose bottle from at Sam’s Wines, Downers Grove, IL. The date notches say Sept 27, 06!? I hope their notcher is just off, I’d hate to think Sam’s isn’t diligent about old stock. Pours slightly hazy, dark yellow, as close to amber as it is to pilsener. Malty smell, and some papery oxidation, so it may be an old bottle, but not completely ruined. Decently creamy malt taste, though it was picking up the medicinal taste of old beer already. Hop notes threaded out. I haven’t cared much for Tommyknockers yet, but they seem to always be this close to real improvement.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2007
at 21:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Interesting, unique, but perhaps a touch rough and simplistic. Aroma and flavor are both dominated by caramel toffee and maple syrup. There’s an herbal hoppy finish that is only just there, enough to give some balance to this otherwise pretty sweet beer. Its best trait is a full rounded smooth mouthfeel complemented with a pillowy soft carbonation. Deep garnet color with a medium beige head and nice lacing.
Tried
on 16 Jul 2007
at 00:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a orange amber with white bubbly head. The smell is a bitter hoppy pungent smell. The flavor is very unique as it starts off malty but then the dry hops comes in to make it bitter and pack a punch at the end. Awesome purchase while shopping around Florida.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2007
at 01:36
2.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 6
Overall 1.5
Prune and yeast aroma. Cloudy amber color, medium head, good lacing. Yeast and bread dough flavor. Orange peel finish.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2007
at 21:15
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Strawberry and mint aroma. Cloudy amber color, thick fluffy off white head. There was a dark red ribbon of sediments floating near the top of the glass. Yeast taste and mild hop finish. A bit ovecarbonated. YMMV.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2007
at 17:29
1.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 1
Texture 4
Overall 0.5
Very cloudy brown color with floating sediments, thin head. Aroma is sweet maple syrup, yeast. Syrupy sweet tase of rotten apples. Sweet and tartness offends the senses. Not at all drinkable.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2007
at 17:26
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
Very weak citrus and hop aroma, barely detectable. Cloudy amber, inordinately thick head, nice lacing. Half the bottle ended up in the head. Weak lemon grass taste. Generic bitter finish, maybe lemon peel. Not much in the way of hops. I’d suggest a cautious pour, but I’m inclined to believe mine was just too old. I’d love to try a fresher bottle or draft. I really must pay closer attention to freshness dating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2007
at 19:22