7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured up on tap at the Florida Brew Co. with a dark body and tan head. The aroma exudes bold levels of spicy black licorice as well as lesser amounts of spicy Mt. Hood like hops, black earthy tea and a mild level of dark roasted to burnt malts. They sure serve this cold which does this roasty brew no favors whatsoever. Order some and let it sit for a while. The taste is firm with dark roasted malts mixing with a moderate level of burnt malts as well as chocolate malts and spicy hops. It ends with dark roastiness, some burnt malts and earthiness. It tastes better than it smells.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2011
at 18:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz. bottle pours clear gold with thin white head. The aroma is sweet with corn as well as grainy malts to go along with a hint of spicy hops, earthy hops and faint floral. The taste is pretty fresh with corn and grains followed by some sugary sweetness, a dash of spicy hops and then fresh grainy cereal. This thankfully does not head into syrupy over sweetness, floral and skunk like the vast majority of the brews contained within this style. I can see this being a tasty treat during hot Florida weather (about 9 months a year).
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2011
at 20:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured up on tap at the Tampa Pour House with clear deep gold body and copper core as well as a nice lasting tan head. The modest aroma offers up tangelo-grapefruit flavored cotton candy, pears, peach fuzz, tropical mango like notes and faint maltiness. It seems to have a solid IPA aroma but only fair for an IIPA. The taste is both sweet and moderately bitter with sweet maltiness followed quickly by citrus and tropical fruit like hop flavor that rolls into some hop bitterness. By about midway subtle boozy notes and slightly soured citrus are noticed that aid in drying this out into the finish. Like the aroma this is a darn tasty IPA but rather timid IIPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Feb 2011
at 14:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
An amber ale with a thin white head. Aroma of fruity esters, caramel, not much hops. In mouth, a nutty rosted malt, with peaty notes, British hops, not bad, but not a DIPA. On tap at Willards, Jan 5 2011.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jan 2011
at 17:15
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
From a bottle and tasted during a florida sunset, yeah! Darker than pale lager but similar. Smells a little like gramma’s permanent hair treatment. Decent CO2. Not really bitter. Weird aftertaste after each slug. Starts interesting but goes dull during the session. Unique. Probably would not buy again. Does not really have any negative attributes, an ale that comes across like a pale lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2011
at 14:57
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Comes across like a shandy, lemon. Weird label on this bottle. Aroma is slag and gramma’s old hair tonic. Looks like a pale lager. First taste is interesting and almost pleasing. Lemony at times. No detectable bitterness. Decent amounts of CO2. Almost has a carbonated lemonade feel about it. Seems a little artificial at times. Not sure if this could be sessionable but glad to have had the chance to try it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2011
at 14:29
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
On the humanistic scale and I hate IPA. Perfectly on style and on tap at the house of beers. Not a real strong IPA arome, hides the initial manly surprise. Nasty nelly initial oily blast. Creamy head. Big, strong and over the top, wew. Makes my tongue go dull and numb. Mouth coating shock turn me into a little girly beer geek. Linger? For many terrible days.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2011
at 14:19
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Hazy golden coloured body with a dense slightly off-white head. Aroma of tons of limes and lemons, coriander seed, fake caster sugar and a little bit of yeast and more aspartame or saccharin. Light-bodied; Sharp fake sugar taste with the same bitterness, a touch of light wheat and spices and a potent lemon and lime freshness. Aftertaste is quite bitter with a lot of fake tastes throughout. Overall, not such a great beer, but still okay to try. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in St. Petersburg, Florida on 13-November-2010, sampled at home in Washington on 09-January-2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2011
at 21:49
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
bouteille. Après quasi 13 ans à Tampa où ces bières furent brassées avant d’être sous contrat par FBC il était temps de goûter ces dernières. Il faut remarquer qu’elles ne sont pas vraiment dispo en pression à Tampa. De couleur dorée-médium, mousse blanche. Arôme de grains et de houblon mais qui rappel le maïs avec en retrait un nez d’orange (quoique probablement l’effet du maïs)/citron. Au palais, aspect grains, blé, maïs et orange avec au final un peu de malt grillé et un fini léger en amertume. En final, l’effervescence se ressent et picote un peu sur la langue laissant un arrière-goût de malt et de houblon avec une douceur de maïs. Cette bière reste un peu dans la lignée des bières de FBC, peu originale avec des saveurs qui se ressemblent toutes. Pour le style, ca se laisse boire.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2011
at 13:35
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Growler. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, hops, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and hops, leading to a dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Growler
on 30 Nov 2010
at 04:25