8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark golden. Aroma and taste are peach, citrus, flowers, hops, pine, caramel and malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2012
at 12:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours slightly hazy light amber with a slight white head. Very resin nose. Near med body. Flavor is very resin, but there seems to be a good dose of floral as well. It is bitter, and the malt is rather submerged. Very smooth. Not at all harsh. Good stuff.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2012
at 20:23
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle courtesy of jonas, thank you sir! Hazy chestnut color, tan head. Aroma of boozy caramel and vanilla. Taste is butterscotch with a burnt, toasty edge. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2012
at 05:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Thanks Todd. Cloudy brown, golden lacing head. Great citric and great piney hops. Great balance between the sweetness and citric acid. Really really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2012
at 11:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2011 bottle, aged 1 year. Dark brown with no head. Light aroma for the style with some alcohol and a hint of toastiness. Sweet with milk chocolate and some alcohol finish. Kind of boozy, really. This is an impy junior in its intensity level, and there is no particular coming together of the barrel and stout flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2012
at 22:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cheers to microakes for the procurement. Hazy orangey-amber. Not much head. Aroma of wood, balsamic, cherries. Soft body and medium tartness. The flavours are fairly vinous with background maltiness and woody, pungent barrel finish. There is a bit too much bitterness initially and that takes away from what would ideally be a sweet-sour balance. Interesting brew.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2012
at 09:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Poor looking beer.Cloudy amber,head fadeforms, then dissipates promptly.Tart with woody vanilla notes in both nose and taste.Puckery acidic profile,astringent finish.Seriously lacking in both carbonation and body.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2012
at 12:34
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Re-rate about 9 years later, 2019 edition, slightly chilled - Pours with pretty okay foam and modest deep gold body. Nice strong hop aroma with hints of narrow caramel. Flavour is pretty heavy sweet cloying hops and caramel. Mouthfeel is way too boozy but still keeps the abv in check. Otherwise a slight reduction in score but my opinion still stands, relatively so. December 27, 2011 - Fine dark brown/black body with very small head. Huge amount of hops on the nose, far more than I would expect from a barley wine. Taste is overcome by hoppiness to the exception of all else. I didn’t think this came off well as a barley wine but would work as a double IPA or something of that variety. A good option if you’re hops obsessed. 7 3 7 2 13
Tried
on 27 Dec 2011
at 14:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
When I first had Fat Tug it really was a revelation, but the beer alas has not really kept up with the times. I still like it, and it has some nice hop brightness, but compared with the leading IPAs of 2014 this beer is far too chewy and carries with it too much alcohol. The hop brightness is no longer cutting edge, either. It has become merely a serviceable IPA.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2011
at 10:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
hazy golden brown color. Necterines, citrus full bodied. Fresh alive hops. Excellent backbone.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2011
at 21:11