6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
9th October 2008. GABF. With apologies for the brief notes. Start of festival and still taking all in! Dry, minty and ginger!
Tried
on 13 Jan 2010
at 16:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at Ginger Man, NYC
Copper color. Nice creamy aroma, with light toffee. Medium body strength, dry mouthfeel, malt flavor, strong bitterness, a touch of raw cereals. Not bad.
Copper color. Nice creamy aroma, with light toffee. Medium body strength, dry mouthfeel, malt flavor, strong bitterness, a touch of raw cereals. Not bad.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2010
at 07:50
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a golden color with a longlasting white head. Has a malty caramel and hoppy aroma with some grainy hints. Sweetish malty grainy hoppy flavor. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2009
at 23:25
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity spicy aroma with some grainy hints and some weak hints of citrus. Sweetish malty spicy flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy finish with hints of citrus in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2009
at 01:40
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours a dark golden color with asmall off-white head. Has a fruity malty grainy caramel aroma. Fruity malty grainy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2009
at 01:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at Barcade, New York
Brown color, quite dark. The aroma is lightly Madeirised. Good caramel flavor, too much oxidisation and alcohol, nutty too; strong ending bitterness, maybe too much. A bit chaotic for me.
Brown color, quite dark. The aroma is lightly Madeirised. Good caramel flavor, too much oxidisation and alcohol, nutty too; strong ending bitterness, maybe too much. A bit chaotic for me.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2009
at 16:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 65cl.Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, citrus, orange, grass notes, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic. [20090802]
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2009
at 10:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 65cl. @ Chriso’s pre GBBF Shindig ’09.Light unclear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, lime peel, soap, spicy, candy, ginger. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090801]
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2009
at 00:09
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bomber bottle. Poured warm, but dammit, I’m finally getting off the flu and I want at least one Oktoberfest while the month is still in. Yikes! Definitely blood red pour, even a spongy pink head. Some sweet malts in the nose, a bit of bitter balance. Taste has a load of malt that I’d expect from an Okto style. Don’t think you can really get this color from a malt, but my nose is too stuffy to get a hint of what the real source might be. Still, there’s a peppery and earthy hop to it, and it’s not stinted (being warm probably helps the hops come through). Alcohol is well hidden. If I were hosting a party, I’d be serving some of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2009
at 19:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle, pours red amber with a thin white head. Aroma is toasted malt, alcohol, and yeast. Flavors are very sweet malt, some awekward sour almond and a lingering bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2009
at 12:01