8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Teku showing turbid dark gold and half a finger of clean white foam.
The nose shows intense notes of papaya and guava with hints of cannabis.
The palate is well carbonated and medium bodied. Papaya forward with light to medium notes of grapefruit zest and a mildly sharp grapefruit bitterness on the finish.
The nose shows intense notes of papaya and guava with hints of cannabis.
The palate is well carbonated and medium bodied. Papaya forward with light to medium notes of grapefruit zest and a mildly sharp grapefruit bitterness on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2026
at 11:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can taster pour at Rhode Island Brew fest. Opaque black with nice head, decent lacing. Aroma is strong roasted malt, chocolate, mild coffee. Taste is sweet, roasted malt, vanilla. Smooth texture, soft carbonation as taste. Lactose makes it a bit too sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2026
at 01:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml @ Ryan's shared with Phill. Batch #3. Bottled on 03.2024.
Aroma: caramel, nice dark fruits, American oak.
Taste: along the same lines, medium to full-bodied, moderately sweet, nice caramel.
Overall: good one.
Aroma: caramel, nice dark fruits, American oak.
Taste: along the same lines, medium to full-bodied, moderately sweet, nice caramel.
Overall: good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2026
at 04:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 500mL bottle (batch #3; bottled 03.2024; 13.2% abv). Very dark brown with very minimal beige head. Nice dark fruits on the nose, the bourbon element is feint in the background, light booziness, a bit thin bodied. Okay. Enjoying it more as it warms up (+0.1).
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2026
at 04:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Canned 12/11/25, drunk 1/20/26, as pictured.
Mild hop (wood, lemon, grapefruit) with a tasteful amount of not-very-resinous spruce. Christmasy spice with biscuity malts and overall inviting balance and aromatics.
Quite a bit more spruce comes through in the flavor, with a good deal of malt to balance. I will give them that they got a lot of flavor from the spruce with very low acidity. Some wood and citrus behind it gently adds to the picture from the hops and the malt is deep and attenuated. Well-done, tasteful.
Mild hop (wood, lemon, grapefruit) with a tasteful amount of not-very-resinous spruce. Christmasy spice with biscuity malts and overall inviting balance and aromatics.
Quite a bit more spruce comes through in the flavor, with a good deal of malt to balance. I will give them that they got a lot of flavor from the spruce with very low acidity. Some wood and citrus behind it gently adds to the picture from the hops and the malt is deep and attenuated. Well-done, tasteful.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 20 Jan 2026
at 20:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can. Hazy orange gold color. Massive, rocky white head is long lasting. Big floral hop aroma has notes of sweet orange, peach and melon. Flavor upfront is bittersweet citrus, pine and apricot. Some resiny pine and black pepper on backend.
Tried
from Can
from
Trenton Road Takeout
on 19 Jan 2026
at 04:34
8.2/10
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2026
at 16:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
16 oz. can. Aroma has bold citrus fruit with mild bready malt. Spruce is very soft in the aroma. But once you sip, no hiding this spruce. Does have a decent malt background with some citrus as a counter point. A very good spruce ale.
Tried
from Can
at
Bissell Brothers Brewing Company
on 16 Jan 2026
at 22:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a decent creamy tan head that persisted. Aroma of dark malt. Med body. Mildly bitter. Some roasty malt. Something like a chocolate note. Fairly dry. Fairly bitter. Fairly tasty.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 12 Jan 2026
at 01:51