7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Medium golden pour. Thick head with lace. Bready nose. Sugary vanilla initial taste. Sour palate
Tried
on 30 Aug 2019
at 20:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark golden brown pour. Cotton candy nose. Vanilla taffy and sweet cotton candy taste. Hoppy nut palate
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2019
at 20:38
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from Total Wine and More in Reston, VA Aroma: sassafras, vanilla, alcohol Appearance: clear golden with a thin white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium sourness Mouthfeel: average carbonation, oily feel, medium body, tart finish Delicious
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 00:41
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from Total Wine and More in Reston, VA Aroma: molasses, limes, Appearance: hazy golden, white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium tartness Mouthfeel: average carbonation, sticky feel, medium body, long finish Delicious
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2019
at 23:35
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
$3.75 pint can from Beer Run. Clear gold with a small off-white head. Aroma is mango, bread, light citrus. Flavor is candied mango, bread, green grasses. Not great.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2019
at 18:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Opaque golden color. Sour aroma. Flavor is straight up sour and crisp. Solid sour taste.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2019
at 21:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Draft Taproom. As D9 Whiskers on Kittens. Hazy straw, white head. Tart berries, tart cranberry, oak notes, lactose.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2019
at 16:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
$5.99 bottle from TWG. Hazy gold with lots of carbonation but no head. Aroma is tart lime, molasses, spices, tart berry, tart stone fruit. Flavor is molasses, lime, white grape. Strange, not completely loving the flavor, but it's interesting. Not incredibly sour... well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2019
at 19:13
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 7
Can at home, I keep getting tricked into buying chilli beers. Orange pour smaller head. Nose is malty and some chilli. Tastes at first very spicy chillis but as it warms that dies down. Candy, malty, orange peel.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2019
at 03:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 2/27/2019. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with solid retention, that reduces to a thin ring of lace. Light spotty lacing on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tart/sour lemon, lime, orange, peach, plum, pear, apricot, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, floral, grass, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, moderate oak, and pale/wheat malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big tart/sour lemon, lime, orange, peach, plum, pear, apricot, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, floral, grass, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate lactic tart/sourness, Brett tang, and light yeast/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart lemon, lime, orange, peach, plum, pear, apricot, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, floral, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light vanilla/pepper/funk, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, moderate oak, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tart/sourness, and yeast/oak spiciness balance; with no puckering flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering tart/sour/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/acidic/tangy, and fairly tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is an awesome sour blonde ale. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, moderate oak, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the modestly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish; not overly lactic. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesomely well rounded Brett/Bacteria complexity; with great oak presence, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp drying. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2019
at 15:08