8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled draught at Oggi’s, Vista.
Clear pale brown. Lovely strong hop aroma with licorice, grapefruit and lychee. Loads of cookie malt backs the hops. It is sweet with soft, bold mouthfeel and a lingering very bitter finish.
Clear pale brown. Lovely strong hop aroma with licorice, grapefruit and lychee. Loads of cookie malt backs the hops. It is sweet with soft, bold mouthfeel and a lingering very bitter finish.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2004
at 15:45
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled draught at Oggi’s, Vista.
Nut brown, rich head. Nicely rounded with some fruits and solid maltiness. Dryish and malt accented with low hop rate.
Nut brown, rich head. Nicely rounded with some fruits and solid maltiness. Dryish and malt accented with low hop rate.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2004
at 15:42
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled draught at O’Briens, San Diego.
Clear brownish amber. Pine needle aroma. Flowery and very syrupy. Loads of soft malt, molasses and alcohol. Salty finish with a good punch of vodka.
Clear brownish amber. Pine needle aroma. Flowery and very syrupy. Loads of soft malt, molasses and alcohol. Salty finish with a good punch of vodka.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2004
at 15:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(draught) Chestnut, quite hazy; slim yellow ring figures as head. Hoppy nose (guess), but with some extras: nutty, meaty, nutmeg, pine. Very hoppy taste indeed, typical American, but with a massive counterweight of all kinds o' malts, even sweetness represented as a back ground - a viscous X-mas cake. Oily mouthfeel, full bodied, warming-massive. Alcoholburn. Great beer indeed. Maybe I'm most impressed with the balance.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Oct 2003
at 14:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Fruity-hoppy aroma; richly hoppy flavour, but with an almost chewy maltiness underneath.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2001
at 20:24