Subsidiaries
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Bright clear deep golden color, white large bubble head. Aroma of intense black pepper. Taste is peppery hay.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2012
at 05:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Clear deep golden color, white edge head. Aroma of lemon peel. Taste is softly sour, sourdough bread and citrus.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2012
at 05:54
6/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2012
at 16:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Hazy pale yellow color, thick white head, solid lacing. Aroma of funky and peppery grapefruit. Taste is dusty straw and barnyard. A proper saison.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2012
at 14:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 8/2017. Pours fairly hazy deep orange/amber/light copper color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tart lemon, lime, apricot, cherry, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, berry, green apple, white wine, mango, melon, papaya, fruit skin, citrus peel, hay, straw, grass, pepper, honey, and lightly toasted bread; with lighter notes of banana, clove, leathery/musty funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/spicy yeast and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart lemon, lime, apricot, cherry, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, berry, green apple, white wine, mango, melon, fruit skin, citrus peel, hay, straw, grass, pepper, honey, and lightly toasted bread; with lighter notes of banana, clove, leathery/musty funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast spiciness and Brett tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart lemon, lime, apricot, cherry, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, berry, green apple, white wine, mango, melon, fruit skin, citrus peel, hay, straw, grass, pepper, honey, lightly toasted bread, leathery/musty funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/spicy yeast and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/tart/spiciness balance; and zero puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tart/spiciness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a smooth and moderately creamy/slick/acidic/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Mildly increasing warmth of 10% after the finish. Overall this is an excellent imperial wild ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/spicy yeast and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on with the modestly tart/spicy/drying finish. Great well rounded fruity/funky Brett complexity with balanced malts. Never overly sweet/heavy feeling for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2012
at 19:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can. Pours clear orange with a medium fizzy white head that dissipates with some lacing. Aroma is grain, honey, hay. Flavor is about the same, prominent honey taste but only medium sweetness. Light spicyiness and yeast notes present, perhaps a bit of clove. Light grassy bitter finish. Clean finish, medium body, silky mouthfeel. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2012
at 18:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can courtesy of northernbrews. Thanks! Pours a hazy orange-yellow color with a large frothy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of bready malts and big spice notes, including pepper and the citrus peel, as well as big citrus and stone fruit notes. The taste is bready malts, stone fruits, citrus, lemongrass and faint pepper. Medium-full bodied, slight heat. Nice beer. EDIT:: I’m glad I got this rating in before Sandy knocks out my power! Phew!
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2012
at 16:56
4/10
Weak on malt notes. Possibly contaminated tongue
Tried
on 24 Oct 2012
at 15:46
8/10
Nice chocolatey notes with the Belgian yeast
Tried
on 24 Oct 2012
at 15:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can pour to pint glass. Copper-amber color. Smooth, nicely balanced meld of the belgian and IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2012
at 12:22