6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brewpub pint ($5.50): Pours a golden color with a white head. Aroma is of grain, a hint of appleness, and a hop or two. Basically when rating a kolsch, I do it by style and this was a good example of it. Nothing at all offensive (which I can’t say for the Reissdorf...) at all. Simple, but has an underlying complexity. Extremely crisp and very, very refreshing. All in all, I think that this was an excellent example of the style and as others have noted, it could be drank by virtually anyone.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2011
at 19:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brewpub 4oz pour: Pours a darkish brown woody type color jawn with a whitish head. Aroma is of darkish fruits, toffee and sugar. So let me just say right off that this beer did not piss me off. Scotch ales sometimes piss me off and this was not one of them. It didn’t have that one taste that I find particularly annoying in some examples of this style. In any case, this was a sweet beer with almost no hops. Plenty of fruitiness and candy were to be found. Easy drinking considering its flavor profile. I could have had a whole pint.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2011
at 19:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brewpub 4oz: Pours a cloudy yellowish color with a white head. Aroma is fruity, with plenty of spice to supplement it, but since I let this jawn warm up, I did get a whiff of the booze. In any case the taste is a little bit like an amped up version of the saison with perhaps a little bit less spice. Anise was there. Mild hops were there. Plenty of sugar and fruitiness. A tolerable Belgian Ale, but nothing awesome here.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2011
at 19:41
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Brewpub 4oz pour: Pours a reddish color with a white head. Aroma is primarily of citrus hops. Taste is unfortunately underwhelming. Sure it has some hop bitterness and a sufficient malt backbone. It is just that this beer attempts nothing to stand out in the huge field of IPAs. It is too subdued to really be interesting. In short, I am glad that I got only a sampler of this, because I would have been bored with a whole pint.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2011
at 19:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brewpub goblet ($3.50hh): Pours a hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is fruity, spicy, anise stands out. Taste has good mild hops. Anise flavor is there and I think that it is done well (a lot of beers don’t do it as well as this... Gouden Carolus Xmas I’m looking at you). Body is crisp. Taste is a bit sweet. Plenty to taste in this beer, and I think that this was my favorite at this joint. Worth a try by all.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2011
at 19:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Mad Fox cask 4oz: Pours a golden color with a white head. A lot of people are raving about this beer, but I don’t really think that I was impressed. Granted, I drank this in about two minutes, but I didn’t see a huge amount of flavor. Obviously the mouthfeel was pretty low carbonation because it was a cask ale. Hops were relatively subdued. Got some citrus in there. Nothing was bad in this beer, but ultimately, I did not find it too interesting.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jul 2011
at 19:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Location: Brewpub, 6/10/11
Aroma: The nose has some booze, spice, yeast, caramel, bread, vanilla, and toast
Appearance: It pours a caramel-mahagony color with a fairly small head atop it
Flavor: The taste is similar to the nose, heavy malty, but with more hop presence
Palate: The body is medium (leaning toward the full side), with a decent amount of heat to it
Overall Impression: Number 1800! When you are reading my overall impression you have to imagine that Michael Imperioli is reading this rating with a bottle of Tequilla in front of him looking like he's really unhappy the Sopranos ended. As for the beer, it was solid. I enjoyed it. Now put down your bottle that pours you a shot, and enjoy an Oaked Slobberknocker, Michael!
Aroma: The nose has some booze, spice, yeast, caramel, bread, vanilla, and toast
Appearance: It pours a caramel-mahagony color with a fairly small head atop it
Flavor: The taste is similar to the nose, heavy malty, but with more hop presence
Palate: The body is medium (leaning toward the full side), with a decent amount of heat to it
Overall Impression: Number 1800! When you are reading my overall impression you have to imagine that Michael Imperioli is reading this rating with a bottle of Tequilla in front of him looking like he's really unhappy the Sopranos ended. As for the beer, it was solid. I enjoyed it. Now put down your bottle that pours you a shot, and enjoy an Oaked Slobberknocker, Michael!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2011
at 18:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Location: Draft at the Brewpub, 6/10/11
Aroma: The nose more fruity then taste, some citrus and tropical fruits
Appearance: It pours a dark reddish color with a decent sized off-white head
Flavor: The taste is rather hoppy, not a ton of balance, but some light maltiness
Palate: This one has a medium (plus) body with a finish that is rather dry
Overall Impression: There is not a ton of balance to this one, but it was a rather solid IPA. This was some solid stuff. I enjoyed this one, a good offering from Mad Fox.
Aroma: The nose more fruity then taste, some citrus and tropical fruits
Appearance: It pours a dark reddish color with a decent sized off-white head
Flavor: The taste is rather hoppy, not a ton of balance, but some light maltiness
Palate: This one has a medium (plus) body with a finish that is rather dry
Overall Impression: There is not a ton of balance to this one, but it was a rather solid IPA. This was some solid stuff. I enjoyed this one, a good offering from Mad Fox.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2011
at 21:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Location: Draft at the Brewpub, 6/10/11
Aroma: The nose is fairly light, it has some spice, grass, caramel, and bready notes
Appearance: It pours a golden color with a somewhat fizzy white head
Flavor: The taste is medium sweet with a yeasty presence and a spice hop
Palate: The body is fairly light, it drinks reasonably crisply, and goes down easily
Overall Impression: Overall, I found this one to be a solid lager. It wouldn't be something that you would describe as really exciting, but it isn't bad either. A pretty decent example of the style.
Aroma: The nose is fairly light, it has some spice, grass, caramel, and bready notes
Appearance: It pours a golden color with a somewhat fizzy white head
Flavor: The taste is medium sweet with a yeasty presence and a spice hop
Palate: The body is fairly light, it drinks reasonably crisply, and goes down easily
Overall Impression: Overall, I found this one to be a solid lager. It wouldn't be something that you would describe as really exciting, but it isn't bad either. A pretty decent example of the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2011
at 19:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler courtesy of BeerandBlues2 on 01/15/2011 at the 13th Richmond Gathering. Hazy golden body with a small frothy white head. Sweet citrus and spice aroma. Sweet citrus and belgian spice flavor with some candi sugar. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Earlier Rating: 9/27/2010 Total Score: 3.8
On tap at the brewpub on 09/26/2010 as Belgian Strong Ale. Cloudy orange body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet light fruit and belgian spice aroma. Big belgian spice flavor with complex light fruit. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Earlier Rating: 9/27/2010 Total Score: 3.8
On tap at the brewpub on 09/26/2010 as Belgian Strong Ale. Cloudy orange body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet light fruit and belgian spice aroma. Big belgian spice flavor with complex light fruit. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Growler
on 12 Jul 2011
at 05:42