6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Caramel and boiled down malt. Some hoppy mash. Syrupy like sap. Pours hazy red with ok head. Bottle pour at Churchkey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2017
at 20:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Copper beer with a tan head. Yeast and malt aroma with dark fruit. yeast and dark fruit flavor with light spice, light banana, and light caramel. Medium bodied. Yeast and dark fruit linger with light spice and light caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2017
at 18:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft @ Sour Sunday 2017, Berkeley, CA. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate licorice woody bourbon aroma. Roasted malty licorice, chocolate woody bourbon vanilla flavor. Has a roasted malty woody bourbon vanilla chocolate and licorice finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 08:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Sour Sunday 2017, Berkeley, CA. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity sour tart weak yeasty grape aroma. Fruity sour tart yeasty bretty grape flavor. Has a fruity sour tart yeasty grape finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2017
at 08:17
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
500 ml bottle. Pours a black color with a large beige head. A lovely huge cascading nose of coffee, chocolate and just rich fudge like sweet notes. The flavor reminds me of the Abyss in many ways, big bourbon, much bigger (than the Abyss) coffee, cocoa, huge milky chocolates, vanilla. This is really lovely. A treat. Just decadent and up there with nearly any coffee forward Imperial Stout. Sort of subdued and drinkable in a way that is surprising and welcome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2017
at 00:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500 mL bottle poured. Much thanks to Douglas for the bottle! Cheers. Mostly clean copper brown pour with a thin ring head. Huge beer here. Sweet, vanilla, bready malt, caramel, raisin aroma. Flavor is dusty malt, raisin, grape, and a bit nutty. Intense, heavy, but reasonable, all things considered. Huge flavor. Very nice barley wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2017
at 00:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
500 ml bottle. Pours a clear reddish color with a small white head. A big sweet bourbon fruity nose. The flavor is big berry, whiskey, vanilla, prunes, soft sugary toffee. Very complex. Smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2017
at 23:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft pour sry Chucks, Central District. A beer that just sounds amazing, and impossible to live up to the expectation I’m giving it from the start. While true, its still good. Dark red pour with a foam ring head. Sweet cherry and vanilla like aroma. Very tart up front, juicy cherry and sweet as much as it is tart. Wheat and/or straw like follow, with wine notes, but little bourbon to speak of. The beer they describe could be the perfect beer in my opinion. This was solid, but fell short of it’s capability. In my opinion. As a result, still a must try.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2017
at 21:57
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours opaque black with a large creamy brown head that dissipates slowly and leaves great residual and lacing. Aroma is roasty cocoa bourbon, vanilla, hints of marshmallow. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter, bourbon and cocoa malts in perfect balance, hints of vanilla and toasted coconut. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. Bourbon comes on a bit after drinking, eventually a bit to forward, but overall a pretty damn good BA RIS here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2017
at 01:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500mL bottle, pours a cloudy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of funky brett, tart blueberries, and light acidity. Flavour is quite blueberry-dominated, with lots of tart blueberry skins, followed by lightly funky brett, and more tart fruit skins. Nicely incorporated fruit with the brett. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2017
at 01:36