7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours opaque black with a small tan head and good lacing. Aroma is light dark roasted malts, coffee. Flavor is the same, light sweet and light bitter. Medium body. Decent enough, but doesn’t compare to some of the treatments that are also offered.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2013
at 17:47
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Tap. Opaque black with a small tan head and nice lacing. Aroma is strong coffee / espresso, roasted malts, just a touch of vanilla. Flavor is the same, light-plut sweet and lightly coffee bitter with just a bit of astringence. Very rich flavored with the perfect amount of vanilla. Medium body, creamy. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2013
at 17:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours hazy butterscotch with a small white head and some lacing. Aroma is very fruity - mango, citrus, canaloupe. Flavor has little sweetness, medium bitterness with a zesty component as well - lemon peel? Medium body, low carbonation overall. Nice beer, but the aroma is the high point.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2013
at 17:42
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at the brewery. Aroma is all Nelson Sauvin hops, which I love. Some cracker in the background to help balance the hops. The hops are vinous with melon, tropical fruit and a hint of grape. Pours a cloudy pale yellow gold with a thin white head that recedes to the edges. Moderate lacing and small legs. Flavor is light cracker and then all Nelson hops. Melon, white grapes and tropical fruit with an assertive but clean bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency with low alcohol warmth. Overall I really like this beer. It shows simplicity is best. The hop has a lot of character and this really lets the hop shine with a nice base malt character. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2013
at 18:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Aroma is interesting and I can't quite nail what it is that I don't like about it. Some floral character with a bit of grass, a light funk. Some light malt character. The off note isn't sulfur, but something similar. Pours a cloudy pale yellow-gold with a thick, pillowy white head with good retention that clings to the edges. Flavor is very nice with a lot of citrus and light pear. Assertive, but clean bitterness. Light funkiness and low but present acidity. A bit vinous and drying in the finish. Flavor is better than the aroma. Mouthfeel is medium to medium light bodied with medium carbonation. Medium low hop astringency and moderate alcohol warmth. Overall the flavor is better than the aroma. The oats, hops and funk don't exactly work well in the aroma but work great in the flavor. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2013
at 18:08
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewery. Aroma is dominated by nice coffee aromas with some complimentary vanilla notes. Some dark bitter chocolate and faint roast also present in aroma. No alcohol or hop notes. Low fruit esters. Pours a dark brown to black with dark brown on the edges. Mocha colored head that steadily recedes to the edges. Light lacing and no legs. Flavor starts with some nice malt flavors. Dark chocolate and a faint roast character. This quickly mixes with some really nice coffee character and some complimentary vanilla notes. The finish is sweet with some vanilla and dark chocolate. Low bitterness and a faint hop flavor in the finish. Not much ester notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Starts with a nice creaminess. Low but present astringency, seems to be from the coffee more than the malts. Low alcohol warmth. Overall this is a really nice coffee porter and the vanilla works really well to cut the coffee notes and keep them from becoming too overwhelming. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2013
at 15:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark mahogony beer with a dark cream head. Tart and light dark malt aroma. Tart flavor with light fruitiness and wine characteristics. Medium bodied. Tart and light fruitiness linger with wine and light oak. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2013
at 10:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Growler shared by David (I think). Pours with a hazy golden hued body with a white head. Aromas are herbal with tropical fruit, lots of high co-humulone hops, grassy, estery. Flavors are grassy, grainy, herbal, slightly aggressive, resin, pungent. Low malt, mostly hops. Lively carbonation, dry. Good.
Tried
from Growler
on 01 Jan 2013
at 17:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Aroma is a nice proportionate blend of esters and phenolics with the esters driving. Some overripe pear, citrus, banana, a hint of apple and tropical fruit. Light peppercorn note to balance the fruitiness. A touch of honey hits you upfront. Pours a, cloudy, pale yellow gold with a white head that recedes very quickly leaving a film on the edges. Flavor has a nice fruity character. Lots of citrus and overripe tropical fruit. A hint of honey. A touch of banana. Moderate bitterness, but assertive. Some pepper flavor mid to late palate. Some light malt character - a touch of pilsner character. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied and a touch silky but finishes nice and dry. Moderate alcohol warmth. Light hop astringency. A nice beer an one of my favorite styles, but not my favorite from this brewery. The esters and phenolics are appropriately balanced, but I prefer the esters to be less banana and tropical fruit and more citrus. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2012
at 16:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
From a bottle at the brewery. Aroma has a large amount of light pepper phenolics. Some light pear esters. Light oak character and moderate Chardonnay and wine acidity. Pours a cloudy golden color with a thick, white head with great retention and some nice lacing. Flavor is nice with a good balance. Light graininess and cracker character from the malt. Some light citrus notes and a medium low phenolic flavor. There is a nice wine barrel character in the background providing some light acidity and some oak. Medium bitterness but not any hop flavor. Some fruitiness from the wine as well in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with a nice creaminess to it. Medium high carbonation. Faint astringency and moderate alcohol warmth. Overall a really nice Golden Ale, but it's not one of my favorite styles. Very well balanced and the wine barrels provide nice secondary notes as opposed to dominating the flavor. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2012
at 15:55