9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Cask at the brewpub. Nose is big coffee and chocolate with moderate amounts of vanilla. Black with a very small tan head. Flavor screams CHOCOLATE with coffee and vanilla in generous amounts, and a mild bitterness that increases as you go through the pint glass. Body is pretty thick reminding me of an after dinner chocolate, coffee, vanilla liqueur without heavy alcohol. Excellent. Wish it wasn’t just a cask here and there. I will have to get up there when they open the next one at the holidays.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Dec 2011
at 14:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at the brewpub. Nose is moderate pine, light ivy, with a light malty backbone. Clear yellow-orange with a medium, heavy lacing, pale yellow head. Flavor is moderately bitter with resiny pine and light caramel. One of the best pale ales I have ever had!!! I have got to get back to the brewpub for more.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2011
at 14:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Gourmet Haus. Aroma of mostly coffee and slight chocolate. Roasted malt also present. Black with garnet highlights and brown full head. Head falls quickly but laces down the glass. Medium viscous mouthfeel where coffee predominates. Sharp acidic up front. Great bitterness is the backbone of this beer showing abundant hops for the style. Mouthfeel lingers long.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2011
at 18:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the 6th annual Richmond Industry Gathering, 11/27/11. Pours a dark brown color with a medium sized frothy head. Decent head retention. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts, citrus and berry-like fruits. The taste is roasted malts, chocolate, berries and a bit of a chalky note. Medium-full bodied. Nice, and very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2011
at 21:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap. Pours with a clear, quite amber (for a "golden pale ale") hue with a small off-white head. Aroma is shockingly malt for what I was expecting. Raw barley soup, caramel, bread, toasty, a hint of very light roast even. Moderate to light esters and some backing tropical fruit notes from the hops. Hop flavor is nice but seems crushed by the hops. Good balance for an amber maybe, but not what I was expecting for an APA from Kern. That said it is still a well crafted and balance beer. Quite a bit of malt character (barley soup), bready, light esters and some tropical hop fruitiness. Minimal bitterness. Medium to low body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Oct 2011
at 21:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at the brewpub. Nose is pine, citrus, and raosty nuts. Lightly hazy copper with a big, heavily lacing, beige head. Flavor is bitter, light caramel and honeycomb, mixed with hints of nuts and smokiness.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2011
at 18:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a slightly cloudy orange color with a gushing thick off-white head that disspates very slowly. Not a good sign. Sticky small patches of lacing. Aroma of yeast and tropical fruits. Light to medium body with flavors of sweet fruit, yeast and malt. The finish is short and fruity. It is pretty safe to say there is something off with this bottle. Just average regardless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2011
at 17:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Peter!. Pours cloudy gold with cream white head. Nose/taste of pineapple, mango, citrus, pine and caramel malt. Smooth and creamy hops with lots of pineapple and citrus and a semi dry pine and mango finish. Wonderful world class pineapple and tropical fruit nose falls a little short on the taste. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2011
at 20:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On nitro tap. Rating 5300. Pours with a pitch black body and a lasting, and surprisingly large tan head. Aromas are huge: bourbon, chewy, fudge, chocolate and oak. Hints of maple, vanilla and a toasted maltiness. Roast is smooth. Flavors of dark fruit, currants, raisins, dates, chocolate, milk chocolate, mild roast, oak and light bourbon. Creamy mouthfeel. Rich, silky. Well hidden alcohol. Excellent!
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Aug 2011
at 17:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
22oz bottle pours a opaque black with a thin, clumpy beige head. Nose is sweet, malty, chocolate, nutty, dark malts, mocha. Flavor is sweet, malty, molasses, brown sugar, mocha, brownies. Full bodied, sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2011
at 17:35