Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cloudy golden with large beige head. Hoppy aroma with piney and citric notes. Hoopy flavour with notes of grapefruit and pine. Dry and bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Courtesy of sebletitje. 2008 vintage pours deep black with nice mocha head. The aroma is dark roasted malts, hints of raisins, burnt malts, faint olive brine, molasses and a leafy hop vegetable note. The mouth feel is somewhat thin to begin but gets creamy into the finish. The taste begins with faint olive brine, over dry hopped vegetable notes and a mild cherry hard candy sensation. It then moves into rich chocolate, burnt malts and lingering bitter hoppiness. Not nearly as hoppy as I was expecting and certainly tastier too.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
courtesy of BA trader. Pours black, brownish head. Aroma is malty with some nice roastiness. Taste, hoppy and malty with chocolate, coffee. I found the beer to have a lot of hops, but the overall mouthfeel remained highly enjoyable. I would drink this one again, under the banner of Jolly Roger.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle: Cloudy orange pour with a large, creamy beige head. Nice lacing. Sweet, citrus, and hoppy aroma. Tastes well hopped with citrus and florals. Feels wet and finished with a good lingering bitter tail. Just like the black flag, the fresh hop version is improved.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle: Dark brown pour with a nice sized creamy brown head. Lots of sticky lacing. Aroma is roasty malt and a deep citrus hop presence peeking through. Tastes roasty and of light coffee with a lingering citrus hop bitterness. Some light cocoa as well. I love the addition of a hoppy presence over the original. Outside of the realm of many impys and imho, much better!
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Sat on this about a year before it donned on me to try it... Black pour with a finger of creamy brown head. Tons of sticky lacing. Nice roasty aroma with a little bit of coffee. Some light cocoa. Ultra smooth and creamy feel with an intense roasted malt flavor. A sweet cocoa with a little coffee feel into some light bitters. Perhaps a tiny amount of smoke. Nice, but more focus on the roast than I care for.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle poures a slightly hazy light amber. Full sandy colored head. Big sharp soapy aroma. Fresh grassy hop flavor. Soapy and bitter. Not quite.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22oz Bottle from last year. Pours out a nice amber topped with a cream head. Aroma of hops and caramel on this one. The hops have dropped a little but plenty still around. The sweet caramel and good malts fight on.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22oz Bottle pours out a amber topped with a sand head. Aroma of malts and light sweetness. Tast more of the sweetness and malts a little hop on it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22oz Bottle Pours out a hazy copper topped with a tall sand cream head. Aroma of fresh citrus hops all over this one. Tast more of the great hops. Pleanty of sweet caramel and rich malts. This double was Great.