7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
From Dasha: pours amber with nice beige head. Aroma is woody, very spicy, some fruitiness from cherries. Taste is sweet. Taste is not too sweet, lightly bitter, woody, dark fruitiness without the chewiness. At first I wasn't a huge fan but this grew on me.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2026
at 01:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Dasha: pours cool looking bright red with a pink head. Funky beet aroma. Taste is sour beets. Earthy. Weird abolitionist maltiness. Not great. My wife remarked: ":do they taste their own beer?"
Tried
on 11 Jan 2026
at 18:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can: pours light orange with light haze with white head. Aroma is citrusy and weird powdery hoppy notes. Taste is subpar hazy IPA. Kind of sweet. Not great.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jan 2026
at 04:26
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can: Poured a unclear golden with a white whispery head. Aroma is pungent fruit, citrus, orange, apricot. Taste is hops bitter, grainy, citrus, apricot, tart orange zest.
Tried
from Can
at
Abolitionist Ale Works
on 10 Jan 2026
at 00:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Dasha: pours black with beige head. Aroma is choco and vanilla and dark fruit. G. Boozy. LIttle thin. Generally pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2026
at 15:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Dasha: black with beige head. Aroma is chocolate and coffee with some roasty notes. Taste is moderately bitter. Somewhat sweet. Not bad.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2026
at 15:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
From Dasha: slightly hazy with white head. Aroma is pine and pellety hops. Some fruitinesss in the form of grapefruit and coconut. Taste is lightly bitter, sweetish. Pretty smooth. Not masterfully done.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2026
at 15:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Dasha: brown with small head. Aroma is malty, malty, straw, some possibly edible berries. Low carbonation. Kind of sweet. Sort of a vague Christmas thing going. Not your standard beer, but not that great either.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2025
at 14:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Can from Dasha: pours orange with big white head. Aroma is loads of pine and some resin. Taste is large pine bitterness. Old school.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2025
at 22:23
4.8/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Many thanks to Theydon_Bois for getting this can for me as my first West Virginia rate. Sadly by the time I managed to meet up with him it was rather out of date. Shared it with Mark in a hidden corner of Vinny & Ted's in Beaconsfield so that the staff wouldn't see we were drinking stuff they didn't sell (to be fair, we'd bought a few beers from them too). It poured a murky red-brown with a decent beige head. A hint of burnt rubber in the aroma. On tasting it's sourish (no doubt age was a factor here) with orange marmalade, raisins, forest floor, caramel and pine coming through. All in all a little muddied and unpleasant. Maybe it's a little unfair to rate it given the clear impact age has had on it - but then Theydon_Bois said it was poor to start off with anyway. Plus I want my WV tick!
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2025
at 19:30