7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
1L bottle courtesy of cdumler... None of us like smoked beers, so thank God someone came from out of town to take the 3/4 liter of leftovers. Pours a bronzeish color with a medium head. Decent retention and lacing. Big smoke in the aroma with some roasted malts. Taste is roasted malts with major smoky notes. Canadian bacon. Sweet finish. This is clearly well crafted but just not my thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2009
at 22:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
FRO throwdown: Grass and caramel nose. Flavor and mouthfeel was very light, almost watery thinned out finish. Notes of coffee, chocolate and maybe wood are in there
Tried
on 17 Mar 2009
at 00:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
FRO Throwdown: Dark brown. Deep chocolate, roast, and pepper. Chocolate roast and peppery flavors.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2009
at 22:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at O-town throwdown ’09 2008 bottle. Pours black with mocha head, nice golden lacing. Aroma of light malts and chocolate, oak. Taste chocolate malts with notes of coffee, light wood and bourbon was hardly noticeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2009
at 18:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at O-town throwdown ’09 Pours dark brown. Aroma was malty with light smoke, overly nice. Taste, malt, light chocolate profile and coffee with the smoke adding a very interesting twist. Perfect balance, not too light and not overloaded with smoke..
Tried
on 15 Mar 2009
at 15:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Beerlando. Pours black with dark tan head. Aromas of burnt malts, chocolate, some coffee. Similar flavor with a bitter finish. Full body with minimal carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2009
at 21:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Sampled on draft at the Map Room this beer poured a black color with a small khaki head. The aroma was roasty, smoky, woody and malty with a light earthy undertone. The flavor was a delightfully complex mix of roasty, smoky, hickory, sweet malts, woody and light fruits. The finish was long, dryish, smoky and woody. Very well balanced and not ashy at all though I spent a good while burping up smoke. Beguiling.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Feb 2009
at 16:05
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to sirpsycho for this - I shared this with a bunch of people, and opinion was quite divided, but I loved this stuff - pours black, with a thick, frothy tan lace - aroma of roast, very light oak, and some very subtle smoke - very creamy mouthfeel, medium body - moderate carbonation - the oak and bourbon is very subtle, adding a nice oaky complexity that lends itself well to the roastiness of the base beer - quite dry, with a bit of vanilla and espresso on the back end - very restrained for a bourbon-aged beer, and quite tasty because of it.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2009
at 14:02
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Yep, this only resembles the session #9 in looks only. From a growler, poured into two large 24 oz clear glasses. Looks like a hefe. Initial taste is more personality than I care for, especially since the session #9 was so tart & tasty. Seems like a fairly medium high alky brew, not really a session. Tatse mellows out somewhat thru the session. Leaves very interesting lacing on the glass. Has a bitter bite developing on the back of the throat. Much more bitterness builds a hoppy personality. Seems much stronger than the typical EE session brew. Lingering medicinal bitter lasts for many minutes after the session. Somewhat biting citrus personality. Not bad but I miss the tart funky smooth #9.
Tried
from Growler
on 21 Feb 2009
at 08:28
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
On draught. At sharp edge creek house nice place!. Dans tripeliciuos S5L3F2T4O6 Looks like a Belgie tripel, pale cloudy yellow. Has a mild sweet aroma. Very strong at first on the palate but mellows nicely during a session. Has that typical east end background hanging around with its positive influence. Barely any carbonation. Taste is somewhat like bellgie tripel status but a little less refined in a Pittsburgh kinda way, dude. Ignore my numbers, this stuff is on smooth style. Could have a few more manners, did I say that? Fruity lingering alky soaked fruit finish.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2009
at 19:05