8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared thanks to Benzai. Pours near black with a small and short lived beige head. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, molasses, roast, toffee, overripe dark fruits, wood and booze. Flavour is heavy sweet. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 15:17
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
Sampled from bottle @ THT November. Opaque pitch black color, medium to full sized creamy dark brown head. Aroma is malts, lightly roasted malts, lots of bourbon, some coffee. Taste malts, roasted malts, lots of bourbon, bitter. Oh my fucking god this is awesome!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2014
at 15:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
sample at THT Movember No head. Clear black pour. Very nice brew. Good barley wine
Tried
on 28 Nov 2014
at 15:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with a mocha brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has chalky dark grains with touches of roasted malts and chocolate. Flavor has lots if dark grains and roasted malts with touches of molasses, bitter chocolate and a hint of pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Nov 2014
at 15:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark brown with a hint of an amber hue and a chocolate brown that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces nicely. Aroma has some chalky dark grains with a bit of chocolate and a pine bite. Flavor has much more pine and grass with a backbone of dark grains and a bit of bitter chocolate.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Nov 2014
at 14:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap. Pours a clear brown with a touch of amber and a grayish brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has some light pine with a good amount of bread, grain and a hint of toffee. Flavor has more bread and grain notes with a bit of pine underlying and maybe a touch of sweet chocolate.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Nov 2014
at 17:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample from 75 cl. bottle. Hazy, dark amber colour with a thin, lightly tanned head. Sweet aroma with caramel malts, fruits, spices and alcohol. Taste is sweet. Full body with a creamy texture. Finishes sweet and fruity with rich caramel malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2014
at 10:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample from Bottle - amber pour with thin beige head. Sweet malty aroma and taste, caramel, toffee, nice mouthfeel, sweet malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2014
at 08:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 75 cl. Pours a cloudy, almost opaque dark amber with a small, off-white head. Sweet, refined caramellish aroma. Very rich malty body, loads of burned caramel here - and not too much more. Warming alcohol finish with just a little but sufficiently balancing hops. 081114
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2014
at 08:09
7/10
Decent straight forward old school ipa
Tried
on 14 Aug 2014
at 19:13