7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz can pours a clear orange with some fluffy, lacing white head. Nose is solid, some grass, some orange peel, a hint of soap, some lemon-lime soda, mild pine, lightly floral too. Flavor follows along, mild malt, a flick of metal, grass, orange, more lemon-lime soda, a bit of tangerine, some unripened stone fruit. Clean finish. Honestly, I was expecting more. It’s a good beer. Perfect for a 16oz can, fairly easy drinker, good summer beer. But it’s not a session beer, since it’s over 5%. I also expected a bit more flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2014
at 17:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can poured into a Belgian snifter. Thanks to Richard from BBA for the can. Slightly hazy straw to resiny yellow with just under a finger of off-white head. Very tiny bits of sediment. Aromas of grapefruit citrus, lemon/lime, floral hops. Tastes of grapefruit citrus, lemon/lime, floral hops, light pine. Medium body with a semi-dry finish. Juicy mouthfeel, medium carbonation. Pretty good session ale.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2014
at 14:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma with weak woody hints. Has a roasted malty flavor with hints of licorice and bourbon. Has a roasted malty weak woody chocolate bourbon finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2014
at 07:56
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Clear amber and copper coloured body with a ridiculously large, seven centimetre tall plain white head. Aroma of light citrus and grassy hop note with some light malt and a hint of yeast. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive effervescence with a light grassy and herbal flavour of hops, some subdued malt and a hint of apricot and fruity sweetness at the end. Aftertaste shows a very light finish with the hops coming out and perhaps some grass notes. Overall, a rather light IPA that is seemingly on the session side, but at 7,1% abv, perhaps not so much. Not a bad beer so much as it’s just lacking in the flavours of other beers from the style, especially East Coast IPAs. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Giant Food in Falls Church, Virginia on 22-April-2014 for US$1,49 sampled at home in Washington on 06-July-2014.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2014
at 22:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle I brought to the RBSG 2014 Grand Tasting at Schlafly Tap Room. Black with tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate, bourbon, light vanilla. Tastes of dark fruit, bourbon, caramel, oak, caramel. Full body with a dry finish. Thick oily mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2014
at 00:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
From a 12 oz bottle at Griffin’s Tavern. Pours a pale gold with an off white head. Light fruity nose. Flavors of citrus. Light bodied. Slight bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2014
at 15:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
From a 22 oz bottle shared at the Beer Head BBQ in Falls Church VA. Pours a hazy gold with an ecru head. Plastic notes in the aroma. Flavors of citrus with a hint of vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2014
at 20:48
8.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Draft at Capital Alehouse, Harrisonburg VA. Listed simply as Sour Blend and may be an alias of a beer the brewer calls Wild Virginia Blend or another called Atramentous. Fig and rum nose with cocoa hints. Mahogany, thin tan head. Lightly tart currant flavor, wood at midpalate, and a vanilla undercurrent. Alcohol present but tasteful. Ash finish. Delightfully enjoyable, well balanced and assembled.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jun 2014
at 14:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. RBSG grand tasting. I need the label for this. If anyone has an empty, please let me know. Pours black off white head. Nose/taste of bourbon, bourbon, oak and chocolate. Too much bourbon for my liking. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2014
at 17:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
4oz pour at the Northern Virginia BrewFest. Poured a very dark brown color, almost black with a tan head. Aroma was some dark bitter roasted malts, with a touch of coffee. Favor had a lot of roast, not as much hop as I was hoping for, but at least it wasn’t an earthy hop mess that most Black IPAs can be. Some light citrus notes that were pleasing. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jun 2014
at 09:29