6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from the tap @ Dageraad. Clear copper orange with small white head. Toffee malt, hint of vanilla and oak, feint phenols on the nose. Okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Sep 2024
at 22:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
500mL bottle, pours a hazy bright amber orange with a medium white head. Aroma has plenty of red wine barrels, some grape must, and a touch of rustic notes. Flavour is complex, with lots of rustic saison yeast, grape must, and red wine barrels. Surprisingly complex and vinous on the finish. Lightly funky, nicely vinous. Damn, best from Abandoned Rail.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2024
at 05:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473 ml can. Pours a mahogany color with light foamy head. Aromas of biscuity malts and oak, with just a bit of vegetal notes. Flavors of caramel, buttery oak, dried fruit and biscuity almost bready malts. Neat.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2024
at 00:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
473 ml can. Pours a very dark brown with light tan head. Aromas of plastics, light nutty chocolate and soft roasted malts. Flavors of stale black coffee, nuts, and roasted malts. Dry bitter finish. Clean. A simple porter… And must be a new batch.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jul 2024
at 23:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Copper colour, beautiful, bright, slightly hazy. Aroma of malt and bourbon, toffee. Sweet, malty; give it a few minutes, and it will show some depth (and even in Germany not many Heller Bocks have depth); juicy malt, followed by bourbon, delicate and mellow fruity esters, and alcohol. I was intrigued by the novelty offering, it turned out pretty good.
Copper colour, beautiful, bright, slightly hazy. Aroma of malt and bourbon, toffee. Sweet, malty; give it a few minutes, and it will show some depth (and even in Germany not many Heller Bocks have depth); juicy malt, followed by bourbon, delicate and mellow fruity esters, and alcohol. I was intrigued by the novelty offering, it turned out pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2024
at 05:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
500 ml bottle. Pours a bright copper/mahogany without any head. Aromas of dry caramel, bourbon, raisins,, oak and biscuity malts. Watery flavors of bourbon, oak, mineral water, and toasted malts. Unimpressive but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2024
at 00:38
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
473mL can. Pours very deep gold-amber with white head. Aroma is mostly diacetyl. Flavour is very chemical and diacetyl. Gross
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2024
at 03:53
2.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
473mL can, pours a clear dark amber with a medium beige head. Aroma has plenty of diacetyl, some toasted caramel and a touch of pine. Flavour is a massive diacetyl bomb — totally undrinkable — with tons of buttered popcorn, caramel, and a hint of resins. The diacetyl just totally destroys this. Nasty.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2024
at 03:51
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Amber colour, hazy, dull, dark, with large, creamy, tan head. Mild aroma of smoke, malt, iron. Overly carbonated, and with mild metallic feeling; considering it was slowly gushing, there may have been an infection creeping into this beer, which is also 5+ months old; there is some decent malt and caramel behind the curtain; metallic; this could have been decent before the (possible) infection impacted it.
Amber colour, hazy, dull, dark, with large, creamy, tan head. Mild aroma of smoke, malt, iron. Overly carbonated, and with mild metallic feeling; considering it was slowly gushing, there may have been an infection creeping into this beer, which is also 5+ months old; there is some decent malt and caramel behind the curtain; metallic; this could have been decent before the (possible) infection impacted it.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2024
at 04:29
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
473mL can. Pours dark brown with small beige head. Flavour has a bit of toasted malt and burnt caramel. Long bitter on the finish. Mouthfeel a bit sludgy.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Feb 2024
at 06:21