7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours black with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dark chocolate and dark grains with a good amount of rye barrel and some roast supporting. Flavor has a nice rye and dark grain combination with roasted malts and some bitter chocolate coming through.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jan 2025
at 20:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2024 version sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours black with a large chocolate brown head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has a boozy bourbon with dark grains and a bit of roast supporting. Flavor has bitter dark grains and dark chocolate with a bit of roast and a decent amount of bourbon supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jan 2025
at 19:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges slowly. Aroma has dark roast and straw with a touch of grass and hay underlying. Flavor has dark grains and roast with some grass and a bit of hay in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jan 2025
at 19:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear pale yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of hay and straw with some oat with a bit of bread underlying. Flavor has a good amount of straw and hay with some bread and a hint of leaves.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jan 2025
at 19:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Werk Force. A classic American Stout, a rarity these days. Booming chocolate and roast malt, pleasant bitterness. Fully enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2024
at 22:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Werk Force. A true NZ Pale Ale, not a hazy Pale. Great hop combination...Nectaron, Motorola, NZ Cascade. Tropical seaside, a little bit of Italian Pils in there underneath. Medium bodied, enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2024
at 21:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Werk Force. Big oak, lesser rye. Yeast is under control, not too perfumy or astringent. Oak centered, which is nice. Smooth and sweet.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2024
at 21:39
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Rating the 2023 version, aged in Buffalo Trace barrels. Very decent chocolate nose. Also getting that matches and Graham cracker just from the first sniff. Taste is more of the same, like a chocolate pie with marshmallow topping. Chocolate parfait fluff with graham cracker crust all the way down.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2023
at 22:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Grapefruit, unripe peach. Some tangerine. Not super fruity. Bottle shared at tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2023
at 23:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle pour. Nice. Malo lactic. Plenty of stone fruits and butter and perfume and herbs. 8 4 8 3 13
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2023
at 16:41