7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12.7 oz bottle from the brewery labeled as Smuttlabs Schmutzig Hazy golden orange color with a decent sized bubbly white head. Bready malt with light citrus and hints of banana and clove. Nice flavorful easy drinking brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2014
at 20:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep clear amber into a snifter. White head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Caramel, sour fruit, vanilla and funk aromas. Sharp with sour pit fruit and marshmallow front to back. Medium length brett finish.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2014
at 14:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bert’s Pours a hazy medium golden orange color with a decent sized bubbly white head that slowly dissipates to a cap. Aromas of tart cherry and earthy funk with hints of vanilla and oak tannin. Very light whiffs of brown sugar and mineral water round out the aroma. The flavor holds some nice lightly tart fruit flavors offset with a solid hit of earthy funk and just a hint of wood character. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a tart lightly chalky almost ashy mouthfeel. Quite fruity for a sour ale, I was a hater when I first poured, but this one really grew on me especially as it warmed and opened up.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2014
at 18:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Labeled as Smuttlabs. Pours dark mahogany into a tulip. Chocolate, cherry and roasted espresso aromas. Soft and thin with chocolate covered tart cherry and medium length toasted nut finish.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2014
at 16:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle thanks to Phatdog1. Yet another bottle without any kind of bottle date or best buy. Marked as 6.5% ABV. Dark ruby color without any head. Aroma is red wine grapes and tannins oak.
Flavor is more along the lines of a red wine. Red wine vinegar, musty oak in a chalky, roasted malt body. Medium body with a real soft carbonation. Port wine or perhaps a sherry hint. Lightly astringent in the finish.
Flavor is more along the lines of a red wine. Red wine vinegar, musty oak in a chalky, roasted malt body. Medium body with a real soft carbonation. Port wine or perhaps a sherry hint. Lightly astringent in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2014
at 08:59
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
375 mL bottle, #664, from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours an inky dark brown color with a thin ring of head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, brandy, wood, caramel, mild alcohol. The taste is brandy, chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla, wood, dark fruit, raisin, mild booze. Medium-full bodied, low carbonation, very smooth. Exceptional beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2014
at 19:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
375 ml bottle pours a translucent garnet amber with a thin ring of white head. Nose is all dubbel, candy sugar, yeasty esters, some booze, some concord grape, caramel, prune, bubblegum. Flavor has more barrel, a little vanillin, a bit of sharp cherry cough syrup, woody, some beet sugar, lime zest. Full bodied finish. A bit unfocused.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2014
at 20:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours clear gold into a tulip. Bright white head with little retention recedes to a soapy mess. Sweet dough, hay and citrus aromas. Smooth with sweet lime, bread and grapefruit upfront turning flat in the lasting bitter spruce finish.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2014
at 14:17
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On draught at EBF, 3/22/14
Fairly quick to recede light beige head tops a chestnut colored body of moderate clarity.
Heavy oak, wine chalkiness and some citrus in the nose. Hints of light nutmeg and barrel tannin, with very soft phenols adding more spicey dryness. More grape character as it warms, and very little malt sweetness to balance all these dry notes.
Flavor is just incredibly dry. Chalky, woody, tannic and very astringent. A lot like drinking a glass of pinot noir...Very little body, scratchy, dry crystal malts produce an earthy, almost lightly chocolate-like flavor while some citrus character seems out of place. Much like foeder prjoekt 1 in that it’s just way too dominated by the barrel. Overattenuated to the extreme.
Fairly quick to recede light beige head tops a chestnut colored body of moderate clarity.
Heavy oak, wine chalkiness and some citrus in the nose. Hints of light nutmeg and barrel tannin, with very soft phenols adding more spicey dryness. More grape character as it warms, and very little malt sweetness to balance all these dry notes.
Flavor is just incredibly dry. Chalky, woody, tannic and very astringent. A lot like drinking a glass of pinot noir...Very little body, scratchy, dry crystal malts produce an earthy, almost lightly chocolate-like flavor while some citrus character seems out of place. Much like foeder prjoekt 1 in that it’s just way too dominated by the barrel. Overattenuated to the extreme.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2014
at 16:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ Armin’s apartment, courtesy of lukaduke. Thanks Luke ! Pours a black appearance with a thin brown head. Rich chocolate, quite fruity, light anise nose. Smells very nice. Pretty intense flavor. Thick dark chocolate, huge date, apple, grape flavor. Definitely showing some age, but geeez, this has a killer, spicy brandy flavor. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2014
at 19:53