8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Moving my review from the Non-Brett beer. Aroma is a balanced blend of tropical fruit and wine barrel with some light malt character in the background. Could perhaps use some phenolics to balance out the fruitiness, but I think the oak does that fairly well. Appearance is a super clear yellow-gold. Flavor is similar to aroma with tropical fruit, wine and oak dominating. A nice assertive bitterness in the finish helps cleanse the palate. Once again, phenolics are lacking a bit. Perhaps a touch too tannic. Overall a very enjoyable Saison. I am very happy to have discovered this beer when I was in Seattle for NHC. I wish I had brought back more than 3 bottles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2015
at 00:34
8/10
Tried
on 14 Jul 2015
at 03:22
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours dark brown with dark tan head. Aroma is very chocolate with some smooth dark malt. Near full bodied. Flavor is earthy chocolate and dark malt. Heat is not really there. Good stuff. Finishes decently hoppy and bitter.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2015
at 15:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the Hop Shop Ballard. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a combination of earthy and sweet citrus with a straw backbone. Flavor has more sweet citrus with a bit of bitterness and a straw backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2015
at 02:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Growler thanks to beastiefan2k, RBSG hotel party
Black with a small tan head, no lacing. Aroma of dark malts and coffee. Taste of dark malts, chocolate and coffee
Decent
Black with a small tan head, no lacing. Aroma of dark malts and coffee. Taste of dark malts, chocolate and coffee
Decent
Tried
from Growler
on 23 Jun 2015
at 15:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
So, I filled up a 750mL growler from Town Hall with this beer at Chuck’s Central District on Wednesday to take to RBSG PDX 2015 on Thursday. The day of the grand tasting this did not get a chance to be opened b/c THERE WAS SOOO MUCH BETTER BEER. At the Grand Tasting after-party on the patio at Eastside Lodge, which was comprised of me, hayduke, strykezone, sledutah, ferris, mcberko, djd07, Prufrock, and a flying half eaten donut, this finally got cracked, oh some time near midnight. Of the 25oz, maybe 5 got poured out. I then placed this back int he growler and eventually went back to the airbnb room. Next morning, I wake up and check the cooler, well this beer dripped out a few ounces. Eventually, I went to a vegetarian breakfast with Pruf and berko. Eventually made it back to Seattle, despite the damn traffic around Olympia and Tacoma. Around 9pm I started cleaning out the cooler again. I realized I forgot to open a growler and the other growlers were mostly full. Well, despite the beer debauchery I thought beer shouldn’t be wasted. So, I poured the rest of this beer and texted my RBSG buddy, Pruf. He asked what I think of the beer. I replied with the following: "Not bad. no aspects I usually dislike in an impy stout. Maybe I’ll make that my rating."
Tried
from Growler
on 21 Jun 2015
at 23:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler thanks to Eugene. Pours black with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is cracker malt, roast, chocolate. Medium mouth, rich, roast, dark chocolate, wood, light bitter finish.
Tried
from Growler
on 21 Jun 2015
at 00:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft pour pint at the brewery. Pours a dark reddish brown color with a cream foam head. Mild nutty, chocolate aroma. Flavor is a nice roasted flavor with hints of coffee. Chocolate candy in the late palate. Has a bitterness to it in the finish as well. Enjoy the toasty flavor here. Good brown here. Or porter? Not sure. It’s good though.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jun 2015
at 22:18
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft - Nice pine and citrus notes, clear gold with a decent beige head. Resin, Woody, weedy and some balanced bitterness. Nothing special but quite drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2015
at 21:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours bright orange/copper with a beige head. Aroma of fruit hop. Some mild roast malt. Med body, or nearly. Flavor is roasty malt with a fair amount of citrus and earthy hop. Might even be pine. It’s flavorful, with lots of hop, and the bitterness definitely balances the malt. Pretty good for 4.8%.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2015
at 20:29