7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Orest: pours hazy gold with a white head. Aroma is ratter citrusy, some floral notes. Rather sweet, but fairly tangy and bitter. Kind of grassy.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2024
at 23:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Canned 3/5/24, drunk 4/7/24. Heavily hazy, bronze-amber. Medium-sized, white head. Wood, sweat, yellow fruit, cracker, heavy yeast and some classic crystal-ike malt. Citrus, pith, chalk... Malty, toasty, soft and fruity. Quite bitter but with lots of yeast and chalk. Definitely malty, dry and flavorful for its size. It's like a classic APA rebranded with a softer malt and juicier hop.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Apr 2024
at 20:27
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Canned 12/1/23, drunk 2/27/24. Moderately-to-heavily hazy, bright pineapple-golden-maize. Large, off-white head, strong retention. Big burst of spicy pineapple and juicy grapefruit as soon as its poured. Absolutely charming, bright and lovely. This is one of the better expressions of Strata I've had recently. Honey, biscuit, cracker from the malt gently supports. Clean, no booze or resin. Juicy, bright, spicy, malty, great attenuation. Pineapple and intense tropical fruit spice. Excellent balance of bitterness, malt and with a soft, malty texture and tight carbonation. Clean and juicy, bright and snappy. Wow! Hard to find too much flaw here and all this at just 6% abv. Glad to see this series is still going strong.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2024
at 22:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Canned 10/24/23, drunk 12/31/23. Clear garnet. Lacey beige head. Light mineral, light chocolate. Some powdered sugar and can't find any smoke. Bit of toast but I want more base malt character. Too much cola and toast. Little/no smoke in the flavor, with toasted malt, odd fruitiness and a highly expansive carbonation. Lightly to moderately malty. A lot of chocolate character. No smoke.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2023
at 20:47
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
12-19-23 Advent 11 Churchkey
Tried
on 20 Dec 2023
at 01:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a pint can. Pours a hazy orange with a small off white head. Aromas of orange. Flavors of sour cranberries.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2023
at 20:47
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Can popped and it smelled grassy. Then pours a translucent lemonade color with some sudsy white head. Nose has potpourri and raw pineapple and melon. Flavor has wheat and straw and some faded tropicals you come to expect from Vic Secret. Pithy finis on a beer that's clearly a bit past its time. 6 3 6 2 10
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2023
at 19:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a int can. Pours a clear orange and rose with a scant head. Aromas of blueberries and pineapple. Flavors are slightly tart cherries.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2023
at 19:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Undated can drunk 11/26/23. Clear, bright cantaloupe. Small, white head quickly to ring. Stiff juniper and moderate lactic acidity. Rustic grains, less cherry than expected. Clean. Intense. Strong sourness with light to moderate oak, light to moderate acetic, juicy cherry and playful orange peel. Great maltiness, which helps balance the sourness. Clean and not too much juniper despite it being heavy in the nose.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Nov 2023
at 16:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Undated can drunk 11/26/23. Clear marmalade, small, white head to spotty cover quickly. Citrus, bright Brett, some vague juniper-like acidity. Crackery malts. The Brett is lovely and well done here. Clean, no booziness for its size. Juicy with bitter berry woven in nicely and a big maltiness to balance. Less Brett in flavor but it's there. Soft, good attenuation. Lingering honey, mild Brett, mild citrus, mild juniper. Really mellow yet flavorful and well homogenized beer.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Nov 2023
at 14:51