6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle sample at the 2nd Annual Top of the Hops Charlottesville, VA beer festival, 9/10/11. Pours nearly black with a thin brown head. Decent head retention. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts and a bitter hop finish. The taste is bitter, earthy hops, roasted malts, chocolate and caramel. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2011
at 19:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by a friend. Thanks! Pours a clear amber color with a medium fizzy offwhite head. Decent head retention. Aroma of caramel, toffee, hebral hops and a nutty note. The taste is toasted malts, nuts, herbal hops and a faint fruity finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2011
at 15:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England. [ As DuClaw Double Dry Hopped Venom Pale Ale ].Unclear medium grey amber orange colour with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, licorice, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, orange - citrus. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110805]
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2011
at 08:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pours black with a nice head, light brown and creamy. The aroma is a tad weak, but what’s there is nice. There’s dark chocolate, caramel, roast and some mild dark malt fruitiness. The beer has a big, excellent flavor once it hits your tongue. It’s full of dark chocolate syrup and roast with a citrus hop note in the finish. The beer is smooth and has a wonderful classic imperial stout flavor. Everything meshes together nicely and there’s little booze. No real rough edges to be found, either. Sweetness is just right. Smooth and creamy, the beer is thick on the palate.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2011
at 21:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Shared a 22oz bottle. Poured a slightly hazy copper color with a small off-white head. Aroma was very malt-forward, but not very hoppy here. Flavor was about the same, malt-forward, no where near as hoppy as expected. Drinkable, but meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2011
at 19:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2011 (as DuClaw Double Dry Hopped Venom Pale Ale, 5.6%). Ambery golden/orange colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some floral and grassy notes. Flavour is fruity, wooden, mildly floral and also some slight nectary and sweet malty notes.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2011
at 01:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2011
at 08:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ DuClaw, Arundel Mills location. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head.Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2011
at 07:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ DuClaw, Arundel Mills location. Pours a dark brown color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate raspberry aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and raspberry flavor. Has a roasted malty raspberry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2011
at 07:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ DuClaw, Arundel Mills location. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma with hints of caramel. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2011
at 07:07