7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery taproom. Pours clear gold with a creamy, white head. The nose holds juicy hops, mango, melon, peach and orange. Medium to heavy sweet flavour, with some pale bread, light bitter pine, more citrus. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Warming and resinous on the finish, with some ripe orange, light marmalade, more pale, bready malts. Nice one overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2017
at 18:35
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Keg at the brewery taproom. Pours clear orange with a small, foay white head. Big citrus fruit aroma - as in, comically so. Light sweet flavour with lots of bitter rind, oily orange peel. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Harsh bitterness in the finish, more heavy rind, excessive zest. A little rocky.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2017
at 18:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery taproom. Pours clear brown with a creamy, tan head. Mellow roast in the nose, some burnt caramel. Medium sweet flavour with nips of chocolate, toffee, mild burnt earth. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately sweet in the finish, with more chocolate and mellow roast. Enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2017
at 18:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[2/4/17] Draught/Bottle at Extreme Beer Fest in Boston. Golden. Fruity hops, a bit stale, grainy, bitterish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2017
at 18:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a deep copper color with a bubbly to semi-foamy off white head. Dissipates quickly and barely leaves any lace.
The aroma had some old school caramel malt up front with a light earthy to piney hop bitterness. Subtle citrus rind underneath.
The flavor takes the previously mentioned aromas to blend decently. Light blended malt to hop bitterness in the aftertaste. Same in the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation felt fine along with the ABV.
Overall, decent DIPA, I could do this again if handed, but not really one to go out of my way for.
The aroma had some old school caramel malt up front with a light earthy to piney hop bitterness. Subtle citrus rind underneath.
The flavor takes the previously mentioned aromas to blend decently. Light blended malt to hop bitterness in the aftertaste. Same in the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation felt fine along with the ABV.
Overall, decent DIPA, I could do this again if handed, but not really one to go out of my way for.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2017
at 09:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a soft brown/amber color with a creamy colored finger’s worth of semi-foamy head. Sly speckled lace.
The aroma had a soft sweet blend of toffee, caramel, light cereal grains and a touch of nuttiness. Floral hops. Vanilla bean. And then a whiff of allspice. Light bread at the end.
The flavor blended all of the previously mentioned aromas together soft and sweet adding just a touch of some dark fruits as it warms. All seems to blend gently on into the aftertaste and lead into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Good carbonation. ABV felt right.
Overall, pretty nicely done old ale that I could have again. Reading some of the other reviews makes me feel lucky I got a good bottle, I’m suspecting there may be some off batches of this.
The aroma had a soft sweet blend of toffee, caramel, light cereal grains and a touch of nuttiness. Floral hops. Vanilla bean. And then a whiff of allspice. Light bread at the end.
The flavor blended all of the previously mentioned aromas together soft and sweet adding just a touch of some dark fruits as it warms. All seems to blend gently on into the aftertaste and lead into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Good carbonation. ABV felt right.
Overall, pretty nicely done old ale that I could have again. Reading some of the other reviews makes me feel lucky I got a good bottle, I’m suspecting there may be some off batches of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2017
at 20:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle shared by Willrunforbeer. Thanks buddy! Thin beige head. Taste is light to medium sweet. Medium bitter. Medium body. Carbonation is soft. Aroma is light roasted, coffee, caramel, plums, somes spices. Flavor is the same with the addition of some mild ash. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2017
at 21:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from can thanks Willrunforbeer dark brown with a mocha head. Aromas of dark chocolate roasted malt. Taste is medium thin with nice lacing flavor follows. --- Beer merged from original tick of Spectral Beast on 20 Jan 2017 at 22:36 - Score: 7
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2017
at 21:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz can, pours totally black but thin, nice espresso lacing, tan, thick 2 finger head. smells smokey, chocolatey and delicious. Very stout and presence is big. Very dense thick mouthfeel, no carb tingles or bubbles. Very smokey, unsweetened chocolate, spice and candy corn.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2017
at 21:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home in NH. Picked up from the brewery, pours clear orange-gold with a frothy, pure white head. Crackery pale malts in the nose, lemon peel, pine needles. Light sweet flavour with some rindy bitterness, dry pale crackers, grass, pale grain husk. Light bodied with lively carbonation. Finishes with more pine needles, grains and crackers, more lemon peel, faint pithy grapefruit. So so overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2016
at 23:55