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
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
courtesy of retorp. Pours brown, beige head. Aroma is malty, hints of chocolate and caramel. Hints of fruits, and possibly some hop spices. Flavor is light hints of chocolate, hint sof dark fruits, molasses, grainy, caramel and malts. Overall body is on the light side with a small bitter finish. Looking forward to trying their Imperial version.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2009
at 10:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce bottle from Total Wine Triangle Plaza, Raleigh, NC. Pours a very dark brown color with a medium tan frothy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel and lightly roasted malts. Taste is roasted malts with light chocolate notes. Thin-medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2009
at 22:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Does this beer really need to have two entries? - has the recipe changed since #11? - anyway - super-filtered, crystal clear copper beer - thin film of lace - fairly inviting fresh hop nose - grassy, herbal, spicy, earthy - a touch of fruity sweetness underneath it - kind of thin flavor up front - lean malts and a bit of fruitiness - however, the hops are quite green, peppery, and fresh - they eventually become all you can taste, becoming spicy in the finish - even a bit brisk, herbal, and minty at the end - not too bad, just lacking any stand out characteristics.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Oct 2009
at 19:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours with a off-white head and a slightly hazed amber colored body. Aroma is hoppy with some caramel and alcohol. Decently fruity hop profile. Taste is a malt forward, east-coast style IIPA. Some fruit hops behind the caramel centric malts. Not bad, alcohol is well hidden. Creamy mouth with nearly lively bubbles. Not bad, not bad at all. On a second bottle, no where near enough attenuation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2009
at 17:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle as shown. Pours a clear copper with a small frothy white head that diminishes quickly to nothing with decent lacing along the glass. The aroma is a piney hops with grapefruit and floral. Medium mouthfeel with a sweet hops with pine, grapefruit and nice bitter finish. Hides the alcohol well making it easy to drink. A very good IIPA from SKA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2009
at 20:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
courtesy of kiefdog. Pours copper, white head. Aroma is malty, fruits and grassy hops. Flavor, sweet sugary, light bitter finish with hints of grapefruits, hints of malts in the finish.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2009
at 15:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours hazy gold with a little white head. Aromas of mild fruit and very light funk? Medium body with sturdy carbonation. Seems a bit orangey, has yeast spice, mild fruit hop, maybe no funk. It’s very Belgian, but in a rather light way. It’s "thick" and more sweet than otherwise. Pretty good beer.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2009
at 18:18