4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Tap. Pour clear amber with a small off-white head and minimal lacing. Aroma belies color; pilsnery dominated by grain and perhaps caramel. Pilsnery in flavor as well, with some caramel/roasted notes and a little bitterness in the body and finish, although I could not detect any hops-related flavor notes to go along with the bitter. Watery in mouthfeel. Its hard to believe that this color was not helped along given the lack of character in the beer (although perhaps the contract brewer screwed up?)
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2012
at 18:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottled for Sunday poker night. Pours yellow with decent head. tastes yeasty, citrus, grassy, lemon, vanilla, and banana. Its slightly sweet and plenty hoppy and bitter
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2012
at 11:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
spicy, clean, well hopped , well balanced refreshing. Hits all the right notes.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2012
at 05:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Batch 001 bottled 6/1/2011. Pours with a murky brown body with a large tan head of foam with good retention and great lace. Aromas are estery, brown sugar, molasses, bourbon, mild melanoidins, chewy, leather and caramel. Flavors are of barrel, vanillin, bitter with a slightly oxidized hop character. Tannic, caramelized, vanilla, dark fruits, oak, coconut, raisins. Pretty complex with a nice bourbon character. Easily the best beer that I have had from Shmaltz to date. Medium to fuller carbonation for a big beer, warming, with a tannic finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2012
at 10:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Grabbed a bottle to go from Ginger Man. Pours brown with huge head that goes no where, perfect looking beer. Great lacing and a nose of candy and malt. Tastes of pecan pie, vanilla, bourbon, brown sugar, and figs. A touch sweet for my liking but very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2012
at 19:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Alchemy. Hazy golden orange. Thin white head. Lemony sweet dry hops. The rye adds a certain depth to it. An interesting, refreshing medium bodied beer. The rye detracts from it’s sessionability, making it feel fuller. Lemon bread, floral honey finish. OK, very forgettable.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Feb 2012
at 01:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Served on draft at Timberwood Grill Charlottesville, VA. Pours a very slightly hazy copper color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Huge whisky notes in the aroma with notes of wood, coconut and toasted malts. The taste is sweet malts, raisin, wood, berries, whisky and toasted malts. Very whisky forward but still manages to be well balanced. Medium bodied with low carbonation. Better than I was expecting.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2012
at 20:22
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Star & Shamrock, DC tap ($7): Pours a cloudy yellow. Aroma is lemon and cough medecine. Taste is lemon and cough medecine. It is a little sweet and has some hoppy notes. Individual aspects of this beer are well done, but as a whole, this beer is hardly worth drinking. The girl I was with couldn’t even finish her’s.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2012
at 15:39
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma of spices (cinnamon and nutmeg), lemon / lime, candy and ginger. Flavour of all of the above, with spicy lemon dominating. Eccentric and interesting, but not overly enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2012
at 00:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma of grassy hops, orange, citrus, and toasted malt. Flavour is quite hoppy, with loads of grassy hops, citrus peel, oranges, slight caramel malts and toasted bread - finishes on a pleasant grassy hop astringency. Quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2012
at 00:28