5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
26 oz bottle. Clear dark brown pour with a beige head and excellent retention. Good lacing. Dark molasses and caramel flavor with a light booze finish. 6.0 ABV not well hidden. Disappointing. More like a heavy amber ale than a brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2017
at 16:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz bottle poured. First beer of the 5 day weekend. Solid start. Slightly cloudy, pale golden pour with a ton of lasting foam head. Tropical fruit and soft straw aroma. Flavor is creamy up front, a bit of a gritty grain bill. Finishes more on the sweet side. Tropical juicy fruit constant, but not too thick. Pleasant flavor, and quite an enjoyable IPA here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2017
at 17:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a soft golden color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head, sly lacing.
The aroma had some sweet grapefruit, and then some caramel malt and herbal qualities. Light grassiness.
The flavor yielded to the malts and then some hop character makes a decent effort to balance. Crisp resin comes in a sly bitter fashion underneath. Some grapefruit to caramel malt aftertaste flows into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Decent carbonation. ABV felt fine as projected.
Overall, decent AIPA, maybe again if I saw it.
The aroma had some sweet grapefruit, and then some caramel malt and herbal qualities. Light grassiness.
The flavor yielded to the malts and then some hop character makes a decent effort to balance. Crisp resin comes in a sly bitter fashion underneath. Some grapefruit to caramel malt aftertaste flows into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Decent carbonation. ABV felt fine as projected.
Overall, decent AIPA, maybe again if I saw it.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2017
at 16:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a clear light amber color, thin white cap of a head. Sly lace.
The aroma had some light grassy hop elements. Light lingering toast/biscuits. Sweet butter (not diacetyl).
The flavor leaned towards the malty side but with that British bitter edge to it. Sly biscuit malt aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt fine.
Overall, decent to me, and seemingly decent as an ESB.
The aroma had some light grassy hop elements. Light lingering toast/biscuits. Sweet butter (not diacetyl).
The flavor leaned towards the malty side but with that British bitter edge to it. Sly biscuit malt aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt fine.
Overall, decent to me, and seemingly decent as an ESB.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2017
at 16:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a semi-transparent brown color with a thin cap of a white semi-foamy head. Sly lace.
The aroma had some caramel, chocolate, toast and nuts.
The flavor definitely leaned towards the sweet side through all of the prior mentioned flavors. Muted toffee aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt appropriate as projected.
Overall, decent brown ale leaning towards the English side.
The aroma had some caramel, chocolate, toast and nuts.
The flavor definitely leaned towards the sweet side through all of the prior mentioned flavors. Muted toffee aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt appropriate as projected.
Overall, decent brown ale leaning towards the English side.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2017
at 16:04
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Can from Total Wine, West Richmond. Pours pale golden with a small white head. Aroma is lemon, bread crust. Flavor is corn, bread crust, wheat, cardboard. Blah.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2017
at 15:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 oz bottle poured. Surprised to see this lighter in abv than the industrial version. I guess I don’t understand the series. Dark brown pour with a patchy fizz head. So much Diamond Knot IPA over the past year, it’s fun to try a very different option. Malty aroma, but quite metallic. Flavor is a dusty malt, caramel, some dark fruit, some metallic, and a dry finish. Nice warming. Bitter nutty caramel malt linger. Pretty good beer overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2017
at 00:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22oz bottle picked up at Yokes in Cheney
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head, some lacing. Aroma of grapefruit, caramel and herbal. Flavor is grassy, malty, dusty caramel and resin, bitter and dry
Ok
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head, some lacing. Aroma of grapefruit, caramel and herbal. Flavor is grassy, malty, dusty caramel and resin, bitter and dry
Ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2016
at 23:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
malt accented. Very malt focused with some marmalade. Modest hoppiness. Interesting.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2016
at 06:45
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Total Wine Fairfax: this is a simple and easy blonde ale. Light bread, subdued hops, and light fruit. Golden clear body with small white head. Whatevs.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2016
at 20:08