Subsidiaries
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Batch 8: Oak and bourbon aroma, with the oak more prominent. Black pour, thick lucious brown head. Quite pronounced bourbon flavor, but palatable, with a charred oak finish. Nicely done and would be rated higher if I like bourbon.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2010
at 08:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Batch 3 thanks to Secret Santa. Shared at the Bruery. Pours with a black body and a somewhat minimal tan head. Aroma is strongly bourbon, licorice, wood, vanilla. Taste is woodsy, like attic, wood, bourbon, licorice and fudge. Big mouthfeel, very syrupy. Nice, but it looked like the cork was getting a bit corked (retaining liquid in its mass). I am glad I opened it now.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2010
at 18:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nice deep dark brown coloured body with a slight muddy ruby glow and almost no head at all. Aroma of bright malt, smoked peat (light), earth, caramel, raisins, pitted fruits, juniper berries and a touch of bananas and yeast. Medium-bodied; Assertive malt up front then showing a lot of hops and a good amount of nuts and fruits - very complex and showing quite a bit of character. Aftertaste shows some bread and yeast, with a touch of bananas and maybe a touch of oxidization and some metal. Overall, a very nice beer and very nice to try - especially since I haven’t seen these before! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Vienna, Virginia on 16-April-2010, sampled at home in Washington after the Fourth of July Celebration in 2010.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2010
at 22:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Served on draft at the brewpub, 6/28/10. Pours a hazy lemon color with a medium head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of citrus, coriander and a rough, husky wheat note. The taste is yeast, bread, dry citrus notes and a spicy finish. Dry, medium bodied. Good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2010
at 21:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Served on draft at the brewery, 6/16/10. Pours a hazy rust color with a medium creamy offwhite head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of bread, caramel and some spicy notes. The taste is bread, leafy hops, clove, banana and other fruity notes and a faint bit of chocolate. Thin-medium bodied. Good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2010
at 21:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Served on nitro at the brewpub, 5/6/10. Pours a dark brown color with a tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of floral and citrus hops, bready malts, faint nuts and chocolate notes. The taste is bitter hops, apple and citrus fruity notes, and mild roasty chocolate notes. Light bodied, smooth and quite refreshing. Good beer. 7/3/8/4/15
Summer 2011 version is 6.5% abv due to a miscalculation with some malt. Served on nitro at the brewery. Pours a clear dark reddish brown color with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of berries, citrus and dark malts. The taste is berries, dark malts and faint hops. Medium bodied. Very drinkable. 7/4/7/4/15
Summer 2011 version is 6.5% abv due to a miscalculation with some malt. Served on nitro at the brewery. Pours a clear dark reddish brown color with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of berries, citrus and dark malts. The taste is berries, dark malts and faint hops. Medium bodied. Very drinkable. 7/4/7/4/15
Tried
on 29 Jun 2010
at 22:17
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Growler from the brewpub. Rated on 4/22/10. At near 11% this is going to be quite an endeavor, but first appearances make it seem as though it’s going to be a good one. Pours a hazy golden color with a medium sized creamy head. Good head retention and lacing. Very nice looking beer. Aroma of bread and caramel with a lot of fairly assertive fruity notes, including pineapple, banana, mango. Also a peppery note and some vinous alcohol notes. The taste is primarily fruity with pineapple, mango, strawberry and banana with fairly strong hops, bread, yeast and alcohol. Medium-full bodied. This is a nice treat. Well done.
Tried
from Growler
on 29 Jun 2010
at 21:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
#4 on cork I brought to PilsnerPeters-750ml bottle-pours a big foamy brown head and black color. Aroma is anise/molasses-dark malt. Taste is bourbon, wood, anise/molasses-dark malt, some earthy hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2010
at 15:17
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at PilsnerPeter’s RBSG 2010 with thanks to jcwattsrugger. Pours clear gold. Nose of citrus, wheat and light spice. I got much the same in the taste. Good summertime beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2010
at 19:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled on nitro at the brewpub. Pours a clear golden color with a medium head. Decent head retention on lacing. Aroma of caramel and leafy hops. The taste is citrus and peppery hops with some bread and caramel notes. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2010
at 17:22