7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at brewery. Musty, musky, leathery malts. Piney astringent hops kick in next. Nice feel overall. Caramel and toffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2017
at 17:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at brewery. Darker golden body, small head, lots of lacing. Nice grainy aroma, pretty solid. Taste and body are superb, velvety feel, nice grainy aroma. One of the best lagers I’ve had.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2017
at 16:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Alla Spina, Philadelphia. Colour is dark brown with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Chocolate, dryness, dry coffee and roasted malts. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Feb 2017
at 19:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz can dated 12/22/16. Clear, very light copper color. This is in the style of old American amber lagers, which basically means standard lager that a few hues darker. So, it’s a basic pale lager. For he style, it’s decent with lightly sweet malt, cleanish, fresh. A little flabby and dull. But not much to discuss about.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2017
at 20:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz can poured into Free State can shaped class. Canned on. Medium foamy strong head from hops. Not very sticky. Clear beer throughout. Color is dim lightly orange hued gold. It’s in many ways your typical IIPA with clean, fresh hops, low malt presence, and a felt bitterness. There is one special caveat, the aroma has this beautiful clear juicy passion fruit aspect. It’s like they made their typical fine IIPA but tried to add a new hip hop or maybe actual fruit. Would like less bitterness but a very clean and well made hoppy beer.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2017
at 18:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled @ Extreme Beer Fest, 4 Feb, 17. Pitch black color, no head. Aroma of molasses, rich chocolate, light bourbon, and oak.
Smooth, fuller bodied and richly sweet but it retains an easy drinkability. The bourbon cuts the base stout sweetness and really adds complexity. Alcohol is covered well. Very enjoyable.
Smooth, fuller bodied and richly sweet but it retains an easy drinkability. The bourbon cuts the base stout sweetness and really adds complexity. Alcohol is covered well. Very enjoyable.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2017
at 15:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled @ Extreme Beer Fest, 4 Feb, 17. Pitch black color, no head. Aroma is sour oak, tannic hints, red wine.
The flavor shows sour berries, juniper like hints with a medium roasted backbone. The Brett sours the fruit and it ends on a lasting astringent oak. I really like this brewers “The Russian” and I am confused why you would ruin a perfectly good R.I.S. base like this. The Brett and berry also really thins out the body.Hard to finish. I prefer non-soured Imperial stouts
The flavor shows sour berries, juniper like hints with a medium roasted backbone. The Brett sours the fruit and it ends on a lasting astringent oak. I really like this brewers “The Russian” and I am confused why you would ruin a perfectly good R.I.S. base like this. The Brett and berry also really thins out the body.Hard to finish. I prefer non-soured Imperial stouts
Tried
on 06 Feb 2017
at 15:34
7/10
Not sure if this is the correct beer, though it was the only 1 of the four in my large radius. Malty, though the hops mellow it in the back.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2016
at 18:59
7/10
Really well done. Wouldn't know it to be the alcohol content.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2016
at 17:46
6/10
Tried
on 10 Dec 2016
at 16:41