5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Location: 22 oz bottle from Norm's, 4/27/12
Aroma: It has a good amount of lemon/citrus/orange, lots of spice, and some yeast
Appearance: It pours a cloudy gold-orange color without too much head or lace-work
Flavor: Tastes somewhat sweet: citrus, spice, and a little wheat, with some boozy flavors too
Palate: The body is fairly light, with lively carbonation, some stickiness, and a little bit of heat
Overall Impression: I thought this was a decent beer, it had some nice components, but I found some flaws in it as well, so I cannot go too high with the score.
Aroma: It has a good amount of lemon/citrus/orange, lots of spice, and some yeast
Appearance: It pours a cloudy gold-orange color without too much head or lace-work
Flavor: Tastes somewhat sweet: citrus, spice, and a little wheat, with some boozy flavors too
Palate: The body is fairly light, with lively carbonation, some stickiness, and a little bit of heat
Overall Impression: I thought this was a decent beer, it had some nice components, but I found some flaws in it as well, so I cannot go too high with the score.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2012
at 15:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Norm's, 4/20/12
Aroma: The nose is heavy on roasted malts, some nuts, hints of chocolate, and subtle pine hops
Appearance: This one pours a dark brown-black color with a small beige head that leaves drippy lace
Flavor: The flavor is all roasted and nutty malts up-front, with a later light-medium pine hop bitterness
Palate: This brew is medium bodied, with a smoothish feel, soft carbonation, and a dry, roasty finish
Overall Impression: This one was pretty solid, thought it may have been a bit lacking in complexity. Also, I would have like to see the hops be a bit more prominent. It does have a bit of a dryness on the finish, but for sure, this beer was all about the roast.
Aroma: The nose is heavy on roasted malts, some nuts, hints of chocolate, and subtle pine hops
Appearance: This one pours a dark brown-black color with a small beige head that leaves drippy lace
Flavor: The flavor is all roasted and nutty malts up-front, with a later light-medium pine hop bitterness
Palate: This brew is medium bodied, with a smoothish feel, soft carbonation, and a dry, roasty finish
Overall Impression: This one was pretty solid, thought it may have been a bit lacking in complexity. Also, I would have like to see the hops be a bit more prominent. It does have a bit of a dryness on the finish, but for sure, this beer was all about the roast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2012
at 15:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle number 83/168 thanks to hophead22. Pours with a deep brown body with nearly no head. Aromas are huge, fusel, dark fruits, belgiany yeast, esters and peppery phenols, lots of alcohol, caramel, sweet. Flavors are sweet, boozy and dominated by what seems to be a belgian strain. Dates, stewed figs, raisins, dark fruits, chocolate, barrel, brandy. Thick and syrupy on the mouth, warming, light carbonation. Seems like the Colossus dominated this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2012
at 11:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2011 bottle from barrel 09/20 thanks to hophead22. Pours with a near black body with nearly no head. Aromas are of bourbon, brown sugar, lots of dark fruits, light smoke, vanillin, whiskey, burnt, molasses. Flavors are of brown sugar, quite sweet, licorice, currants, vanilla, boozy with some lactose. Medium bubbles, chewy, big bodied. Sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2012
at 11:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle from Vintage Cellar, Blacksburg, VA. Good thing I had a glass handy as this was a gusher. Hazy orange with a large foamy white head that quickly fades. Aroma of tart wheat notes, citrus, spice and a toasty finish. The taste is wheat, strong citrus, some plum, strong spice, faint herbal hops. Medium bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2012
at 15:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting at Dean Swift. Sweetish beer. Some candied tangerine fruit. It’s ok. Not outstanding. Quite decent. by the book barley wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2012
at 04:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to a generous trader. Pours a a clear dark brown with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of chocolate with some faint raspberry and backing roast and dark grain. Flavor starts with a good amount of chocolate with some raspberry and backing dark grain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2012
at 19:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Fastelavn Smagning - Carnival Tasting - Ulfborg ].Clear dark red - brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, coffee, coconut, wood, vanilla, bourbon. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, bourbon, chocolate, dried fruit, balanced. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20120218]
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2012
at 01:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml.Clear dark brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, light alcohol - whisky. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, coconut, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120202]
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2012
at 23:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at RBWG 2012. Pours a cloudy amber with small off white head. The aroma is a fruity malt and oak. Medium mouthfeel with a vanilla oak flavor and sweet finish. Alcohol present but not overpowering. A good American strong ale from DuClaw.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2012
at 23:16