7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
16oz can. Rather unique offering. Richer malt tones than a typical Dunkel. Sort of more in line with a DunklerBock, with its rich malt and hearty body. A pretty awesome Christmas beer, gimmick and adjunct free, real classical and well made.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Nov 2023
at 03:08
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
16oz can. Wow, a really awesome Brown Ale. Full bodied and rich, but remains quite drinkable and true to style. Brown chocolate, toffee, caramel, faint hints of red fruit. Perfect beer, World Class stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2023
at 06:33
6/10
From backlog. Can, from Binny’s , Lake Zurich, Il. Straight from The Can. Malts, hops, yeast, Fruity, herbal, Piney, bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Nov 2023
at 21:06
7/10
Tried
on 01 Nov 2023
at 03:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at AH. A little disappointing, not up to their standards. Faint smoke, sort of sterile off malt tones. Drinkable, but not at all on the same level as Good Night Bamberg.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2023
at 19:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Delicate, awesome stuff. Soapy, flowery, big hop tone. Crackery malts. Good.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2023
at 19:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Resinous, a pinch of that dry hopped earthy vegetal. Chewy but clean. Really good stuff. Deep classic hop character
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2023
at 19:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Art History. Robust, deep Porter. Really captures the Porter tone excellently, the cherrywood smoke adds some nice depth without being overbearing. Smooth rich UK malts. Best Porter I have had in some time.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2023
at 19:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Art History. Nice malt depth, honey touched. Pleasant hop balance. Well balanced, well executed.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2023
at 18:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at Art History. Really nice glowing copper gold body. Creamy beige head. Previous rater nailed it, a slightly figgy tone. Certainly has a unique flavor, crackery, toffee edged, little bit of a fig pie. Great mouthfeel, appearance, but a little odd flavor, aroma. 16oz can was quite nice, great mouthfeel. Big, clean English malt tone. Perfect mild but zesty hop balance. Quite excellent, a World Class ESB is a rare treat in the US. Can score represented...cask scored lower in the aroma and overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2023
at 18:48