Subsidiaries
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. A dark brown beer topped by a small, dense, beige head. The aroma has lots of vanilla, some mocha, dark chocolate and a roasted touch. It’s full-bodied, smooth and semi-dry on the palate, even though there’s some vanilla and sugar sweetness. Roasted malts, chocolate, dark coffee and too much artificial feeling vanilla in the flavor. Oaked hints. Lasting roasted and vanilla-ish finish with dark chocolate and coffee. Too artificial vanilla going on here, else it’s quite nice. 150610
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2015
at 22:34
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 355ml @ Hotel Room, Best Western Plus, Waterbury, VT
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes or roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and too much vanilla. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long vanilla, chocolate and coffee finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes or roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and too much vanilla. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long vanilla, chocolate and coffee finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2015
at 22:33
2/10
Tried
on 27 May 2015
at 21:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From tap. Das Bier ist schwarz und hat eine schöne beige Schaumkrone. Geruch nach reifen Kirschen, Röstmalz und Kaffee. Geschmack fruchtig, reife Kirschen, dahinter versteckt sich Kaffee und Schokolade, nett!
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2015
at 14:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap. Trübes goldgelbes Bier mit einer ordentlichen weißen schaumkrone. Geruch leicht säuerlich fruchtig, gering hopfig. Geschmack schwach fruchtig, leicht trocken, gering hopfig, wässrig.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 May 2015
at 11:07
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Chocolate syrup, malt, and light ash aroma. Dark brown with large tan head. Sweet chocolate malt and mildly bitter herbal hay flavor. Nice body. Delivers on the chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2015
at 20:04
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very dark brown color with orange highlights and a small foamy tan head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was smoke, wood and bacon. The flavor was smoke, wood, bacon and a bit of toasty malts. Long finish of wood and bacon. Medium body and a bit flat. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2015
at 21:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into lager glass, bottled in 2/2015. Pours slightly hazy golden orange color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of honey, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pear/apricot, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of dark/bready malts and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big honey, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, light pepper, light pear/apricot, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of honey, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of dark/bready malt and earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Fairly clean on lager flavors with not too much yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very good maibock. All around good robustness and balance of dark/bready malt and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to drink for the ABV. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2015
at 21:22
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Dated born on date \"December 2014.\"
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking black color with a thin layer of white to off white foamy head that dissipated within less than thirty seconds and left no lacing.
The smell was awesome as it really lived up to its name, luscious milk chocolate woven between some vanilla and escaping through slight roasty coffee tones. Big wow!
The taste seemed more tame and didn’t have as much vanilla and roast. I have to admit that there was something developing that seemed slightly acidic in the flavor. Still, a little bit of milk chocolate leads the charge into the aftertaste. There was no finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionable feel to it. The carbonation was pretty tame but that probably had to do with its age.
Overall, the smell has everything going for it however at the same time, I probably had this at the end of its shelf life. Still, I’d try a fresh bottle if I could find it.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking black color with a thin layer of white to off white foamy head that dissipated within less than thirty seconds and left no lacing.
The smell was awesome as it really lived up to its name, luscious milk chocolate woven between some vanilla and escaping through slight roasty coffee tones. Big wow!
The taste seemed more tame and didn’t have as much vanilla and roast. I have to admit that there was something developing that seemed slightly acidic in the flavor. Still, a little bit of milk chocolate leads the charge into the aftertaste. There was no finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionable feel to it. The carbonation was pretty tame but that probably had to do with its age.
Overall, the smell has everything going for it however at the same time, I probably had this at the end of its shelf life. Still, I’d try a fresh bottle if I could find it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2015
at 20:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Pours black, with a thick tan head. Aroma of fudge, chocolate cake. Taste is dark chocolate malt. vanilla... Slightly roasted, a true chocolate bomb...... Really enjoyable when you are in a chocolate mood.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2015
at 16:14