6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pretty light taste here. Cloudy dark brown pour. A little dark chocolate. Not a lot going on here. The roast and malt comes through ok with some lactose. Cask Days 2013.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2013
at 16:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
650ml bottle, pours black with an amber tinge with a small beige head. Aroma of sweetened malts, light caramel malts, and a little cocoa. Flavour brings out caramel, sweet malts, a little cocoa, and some dry notes. Norma's sweet as I expected, but it is very malt-heavy. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2013
at 08:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Modest head and lighter lager body with a bit of decent fogginess. Aroma of hops with plenty of bread. Flavour is nice dry hops with a sour finish. A good, balanced IPA with a hint of complexity.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2013
at 19:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
No head to speak of; reddish tinted black beer. Sweet, alcoholic, roasted, caramel & toffee, Bourbon. More bitter-roasted than sweet initially, but then the Bourbon-vanilla jumps up, leaving sweet, but also wry-bitter flavours lingering on. Very well-bodied, oily viscous, and a bit undercarbonated. Impressive on first sight, but again one to taste but once.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2013
at 09:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft - Pleasant malts, light and sweet. Clear gold with a rich white head. Grass, grains, nutty and malts with a bitter then clean finish. As described not you average pils. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Oct 2013
at 21:26
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hella thanks to kbudd19 for this bottle. Pours pitch black with a small brown creamy head and nice lacing. Aroma hits you with roastiness, coffee, bourbon, vanilla. Flavor is the same, very nice mix of stouty and bourbon notes, with vanilla and oak tannins ever present. Lightly sweet and medium bitter, almost too bitter. Medium plus body, nice and creamy. This is a great effort, a bit short on complexity, but very nice nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2013
at 20:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle - Vintage 2009 - Vinous malts, oak, earthy, plum and dark sugars. Cloudy amber with an impressive beige head. Vinous, barrel notes, plum and some light caramel sugars. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2013
at 17:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Earthy pine hops with a strong malty backbone. Clear copper with a foamy beige head. Resinous earthy hops, orange and lots of caramel malts. Nice bit of bitterness and a bit of alcohol heat. I used to really like this and either it’s not a great batch or maybe my tastes have. Still pretty decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2013
at 15:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’13. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty woody chocolate and bourbon aroma. Roasted malty woody chocolate and bourbon flavor. Has a roasted malty woody bourbon and chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2013
at 05:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2013. Nose is sharp roast and booze. Opaque black pour with a small tan headFlavour is liquorice, berry tartness, some higher alcohols and booze. Big bold flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2013
at 14:58