6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled (Oct/2008)@MC
Dark brown color, small off-white head. Coffee, some odd sweet notes in the aroma. Caramelly, sweet candy, brown sugar - low bitterness. Sweet porter.
Dark brown color, small off-white head. Coffee, some odd sweet notes in the aroma. Caramelly, sweet candy, brown sugar - low bitterness. Sweet porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2009
at 13:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at the Eurostash II tasting on 12/12/09: Canned version. This brew is a clear copper color with a medium off-white head that has good retention. Sticky patches of lacing on the glass. Piney hops aroma with a good balance of malt. Medium body with a moderately bitter hops character that has citrusy and piney notes. This is offset by a fairly robust malty base. The finish is hoppy with a lingering bitterness left behind. Overall this is a straightforward and well-executed IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2009
at 13:10
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Sample at the Eurostash II tasting on 12/12/09: Canned version. This brew is a clear reddish-orange color with a thin off-white head that dissipates quickly. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Caramel malt aroma with hints of vinegar. Medium body with a sweet malty character and notes of butterscotch and citrus. Again there is an off vinegar presence in the background. The finish is short and malty. Slightly below average ESB overall.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2009
at 12:43
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sample at the Eurostash II tasting on 12/12/09: Canned version. The beer is a clear yellow-gold color with a thin and fizzy white head that recedes quickly. Spotty lacing. Mild floral hops and sweet malt in the nose. Light, clean body with flavors of sweet honey and grainy malt along with mildly bitter hops. The finish is short and lightly bitter. Barely average overall.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2009
at 12:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can 12fl.oz.Light unclear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light heavy hoppy, pine, grapefruit, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091122]
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2009
at 11:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy light amber with a medium beige head. Aaroma had loads of hops, pine and grapefruity notes. Hops dominated the flavour that also had notes of pine, pepper and grapefruits. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2009
at 05:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 fl oz can. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is grapefruity, peachy and pinewood hoppy. Fruity hops flavoured, crisp bitterness and nice caramelish malt base providing a good base to the bitterness. Ends lingering pinewood hoppy.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Nov 2009
at 04:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of byaeger. Pours a cloudy amber with a firm of-white head. Intense peachy hop aroma. Solid body, first sweet and caramellish but then an array of hop flavours take over, flowers and fruits, before a dry and lightly bitter finish. Very delicious. 221109
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2009
at 06:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Archer Liquors. Pours quite black with a slim tan head. Nice clean chocolate aroma. Hey, my nose may be an uncommon nose. Near full bodied with creamy carbonation. Flavor is smooth toasted malt with treacle, coffee and chocolate notes. I’d say the finish is bitter and chocolate. Coffee ever present. It’s well balanced, and slightly dryish. Damn good ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2009
at 17:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours a lightly hazy copper color - soapy, clinging lace - herbal, peppery hops in the nose, with some bright fruitiness and moderate caramel malt base - the flavor has an initial spicy hop kick, followed by medium sweet caramel - this is followed by a very bright, vibrant fruity character, grapefruit tang, a second blast of hops - fairly earthy - pretty tasty.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2009
at 19:23