7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at O-town throwdown ’09 Pours dark brown. Aroma is loaded with bourbon and oak wood Taste, good notes of wood barrel bourbon, and surprisingly sour for a scotch ale. In the mix there are light hints of fruits and sweet sugar.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2009
at 15:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Courtesy of jdubFL. Pours deep gold with thin white head. The mild aroma is mixed with malts, a sense of citrus and wet hair. Hmmm. The taste is as interesting as the nose with an initial pulse of pine and citrus hops then moving toward odd malty notes that seem earthy, lightly roasty, tea and crystal malts. A decent level of hops keeps their presence from front to back. I guess it is the odd earthiness and the way it plays with the other notes that is making the experience unique.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2009
at 19:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
courtesy of fogdog. Pours amber with white head. Taste, grainy, thick mouthfeel with fruit - pear like palate. Base malts with overall weak hoppy presence.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2009
at 15:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle generously shared by ratman197 at Bistro DIPA festival. Copper amber color with a slight white head. Aromas of wood and florality. Full bodied with mild carbonation. Finish is pleasant and smoothly bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2009
at 23:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle on 11/28/2008 in the Great Butters Tasting of 2008. Very slightly hazy golden body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet caramel and floral hop aroma. Sweet light caramel and grain and bready flavor with some floral hops in the finish with a light bitter aftertaste. Medium light body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 16:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
ar:sweet and fruity, clear brown, small white head. flavor is plenty hoppy, balance is great, also very smooth.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2008
at 04:25
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
can - This beer pours copper with a one finger white head. It has a mild aroma of caramel malt with a touch of hops. The sweet malt in the flavor is backed by some light hop bitterness though it could use a little more. It’s alright though.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Oct 2008
at 19:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
draft - Pours amber with a lingering one finger white head and a caramel malt aroma. It has the expected caramel malt flavor and a mild hops bite. Smooth and very sessionable, this light bodied brew finishes slightly dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Oct 2008
at 19:54
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pour is a tea colored brown with a small tan head. Aroma is a nice with a mix of caramel malts and brown sugar. Flavor is a big let down almost to the point of being nothing. Some malts do show up after the swallow but this is really thin. Your could prob shotgun this right out of the can no problem.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Oct 2008
at 21:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Liquor Max in Loveland, CO. Reddish copper color with a decent beige head. Mixed floral and resin aromas over roasted caramel. Medium body with mild carbonation. The flavor is really fruity, and lushly hoppy, rather than bitter. The flavor is exceptional. There is no hop burn. It borders upon astringency. There’s always a little sweet, but it’s really nicely balanced. Absolutely no heat. A really good beer, but perhaps not for the hopheads who wants their tastebuds burned out. Again, it’s not harsh bitter, but it’s easy to believe it’s 95 IBU.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2008
at 21:03