8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Growler shared thanks to kermis. Lots of espresso on the nose. Maple syrup, sweet coffee beans, dark chocolate, vanilla chocolate chip cookies, quite some roasted nuts, dried red berries, molasses, light spices and roasted chilies without the burn. Over medium sweet and medium bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation. Absolutely lovely balanced stuff with massive cookies and all kinds of desserts with good espresso on the side. Love it!
Tried
on 28 Feb 2016
at 11:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can thanks to Steve. pours out dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. nose is big coffee sweet chocolate and roast malts. Taste is more of the roast malts lots of sweet milk chocolate coffee and some molasses.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2016
at 23:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can thanks to Steve. pours out a hazy gold topped with a small sand head. nose is grapefruit citrus hops leafy hop and a big malt. Taste is more of the grapefruit citrus hops and a sweet malt.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2016
at 23:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16oz can thanks to Steve. pours out a hazy straw peach color topped with a sand head. nose is big leafy hops caramel malty sweetness. Taste is more of the well rounded hop malt balance.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2016
at 23:02
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Do I really need to say something. I think nuff has been said. Lovely smooth, tasty, balanced and refreshing hop juice! Medicine to your soul and body.
Lovely clear orange golden color with solid thick off white head that last all the way. Solid lacing also. Prima ballerina perfect look. Holy hop juice aroma with grapefruit, pine and mild tropical fruits. Nice intensity. Medium (+) body and a fine carbonation. Nice balance between sweetness and bitterness. Grapefruit hoppy, mild tropical, pine and a fine mellow mild malt base in the back. Holy water!
[Can from a trade with RobertDale]
Lovely clear orange golden color with solid thick off white head that last all the way. Solid lacing also. Prima ballerina perfect look. Holy hop juice aroma with grapefruit, pine and mild tropical fruits. Nice intensity. Medium (+) body and a fine carbonation. Nice balance between sweetness and bitterness. Grapefruit hoppy, mild tropical, pine and a fine mellow mild malt base in the back. Holy water!
[Can from a trade with RobertDale]
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2016
at 13:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Growler. Pours a hazy orange with mediun frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is strong pine, dank, tropical fruit. Medium mouth, pineapple, mango, dank, juicy, light bitterness, very nice.
Tried
from Growler
on 25 Feb 2016
at 19:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
750 mL growler from Blisscent filled 2/19/16 and drunk 2/20/16.
Solidly hazy, though not soupy pour is a soft apricot-golden and shows a moderately well-retained white head atop.
Fruity and juicy, of course, with lychee, pineapple, kiwi and starfruit. That’s all quite nice, but true to mosaic, there’s a strong apricot character that, in concert with the sweetness from the malts, significantly lessens the brightness. It just comes off rather "mushy-sweet". Light earthiness, bits of herbs and some light to moderate pine.
In the flavor, again, it’s got some doughy malt character with sweetness combining with the strong apricot-nectarine notes to create not nearly as bright a flavor as this could be. Needs to be a touch more dry with a little less pine and earth. Of course, this is holding the beer to the very highest standards, being from TreeHouse, and in an overall sense, it’s still fantastic.
Solidly hazy, though not soupy pour is a soft apricot-golden and shows a moderately well-retained white head atop.
Fruity and juicy, of course, with lychee, pineapple, kiwi and starfruit. That’s all quite nice, but true to mosaic, there’s a strong apricot character that, in concert with the sweetness from the malts, significantly lessens the brightness. It just comes off rather "mushy-sweet". Light earthiness, bits of herbs and some light to moderate pine.
In the flavor, again, it’s got some doughy malt character with sweetness combining with the strong apricot-nectarine notes to create not nearly as bright a flavor as this could be. Needs to be a touch more dry with a little less pine and earth. Of course, this is holding the beer to the very highest standards, being from TreeHouse, and in an overall sense, it’s still fantastic.
Tried
from Growler
on 25 Feb 2016
at 16:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Growler filled 2/13/16 and drunk 2/20/16, thanks to blisscent.
Lovely pour shows a cascading burnt sienna head atop a moderately hazy milk chocolate color. Head retention is strong.
Rich bread and chocolate in the nose are joined by toffee and lactose-influenced vinousness. Espresso, coffee grind, vanilla; it’s all there. The coffee and lactose are quite prominent, perhaps dominant, but not overdone. No alcohol or flaws noted.
It’s hard to not hold this to an Imperial Stout/Double Stout-type of rating, but it’s important to keep in mind these are certainly not that. While still a big, rather rich stout, it’s not a thick, chewy, booze/roast/malt bomb that many/most Imperial Stouts tend to be. Rather, the milk sugar and the espresso do the talking and the body while respectable, is much lighter than what you’d expect. A bit of syrup from the lactose/coffee and some very heavy "breadiness" or almost a popcorn and grit-like character. I find it in all three of the shot series beers and it’s a bit off-putting (texturally, for the most part). Light anise-flecked bitterness on the end.
Lovely pour shows a cascading burnt sienna head atop a moderately hazy milk chocolate color. Head retention is strong.
Rich bread and chocolate in the nose are joined by toffee and lactose-influenced vinousness. Espresso, coffee grind, vanilla; it’s all there. The coffee and lactose are quite prominent, perhaps dominant, but not overdone. No alcohol or flaws noted.
It’s hard to not hold this to an Imperial Stout/Double Stout-type of rating, but it’s important to keep in mind these are certainly not that. While still a big, rather rich stout, it’s not a thick, chewy, booze/roast/malt bomb that many/most Imperial Stouts tend to be. Rather, the milk sugar and the espresso do the talking and the body while respectable, is much lighter than what you’d expect. A bit of syrup from the lactose/coffee and some very heavy "breadiness" or almost a popcorn and grit-like character. I find it in all three of the shot series beers and it’s a bit off-putting (texturally, for the most part). Light anise-flecked bitterness on the end.
Tried
from Growler
on 25 Feb 2016
at 15:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml growler thanks to Blisscent, thanks man!! Hazy gold with a great aroma. The Mosaic is alive and well. Green onion with pine.
Flavor shows a big grapefruit right up front with the Mosaic coming in at the finish. The bitterness is mild with a juicy texture. Big citrus, tangerine, oranges. Wow, nice.
Flavor shows a big grapefruit right up front with the Mosaic coming in at the finish. The bitterness is mild with a juicy texture. Big citrus, tangerine, oranges. Wow, nice.
Tried
from Growler
on 20 Feb 2016
at 20:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from growler thanks Nelson orange gold pour with a thin white head. Aromas of dank juicy citrus pineapple mango peach with scallion. Taste follows aroma. Nice beer.
Tried
from Growler
on 20 Feb 2016
at 20:34