Subsidiaries
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ NYC Craft Beer Festival. Dark brown with slight reddish tint, very small off-white foamy head, slight coffee aroma, medium carbonation, coffee taste with vanilla flavor in the background, long bitter finish. A good brew!
Tried
on 16 Mar 2015
at 13:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
hazy yellow, almost no head. Aroma is very sweet, melons, candy, kiwi and some raisins a little yeasty with wheat and citrus. Nice taste. The wheat body is crisp. lots of orange, some citrus, table sugar sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Mar 2015
at 12:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark brown appearance. no head. Smells a little like shoe-polish. Taste is nice. very light hops, very light, some candy taste, light sweetness and darker fruits, maybe some apple.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Mar 2015
at 12:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark brown to lack 1 finger coffee colored head. aroma is straight up vanilla with sweet and roasted aromas. Sweet finish, up front, some chalky coffee tastes.Stale taste but vanilla is redeeming.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2015
at 12:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Weicher vanilliger Antrunk, wenig herb, minimale Süße. Rund malzig, etwas wässriges Ende. Gut. 11/11/11/11//11
Tried
on 08 Mar 2015
at 19:09
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
That bocktwon monaca sure is a nice place. This was on tap there. Yes, some smoke in there. Some burnt rubber an the olfactory along the way, you know, the kind when your tires spin on wet icy asphalt? No, seriously, most smoked beers smell that way to me. Decent lacing, taste is certainly smoked. Barely any co2, the smoke is not yer face but its there. Ever present Really can’t appreciate this style.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2015
at 11:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 1/2015. Pours crystal clear nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big wood smoke, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, herbal, light char, and roast/smokey earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt and smoke notes; with good strength. Taste of big wood smoke, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, herbal, light char, and roast/smokey earthiness. Fair amount of roast/char bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of wood smoke, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, light char, and roast/smokey earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roasted malt and smoke flavors; with a great roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy/bready, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice smoked porter style. All around great robustness, balance, and complexity of dark/roasted malt and smoke flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2015
at 22:55
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
12oz bottle picked up at Old Town in Louisville. Poured into a shaker pint. Jet black color with huge soapy tan head. Vanilla extract on the nose with a hint of coffee: burned. A little too sweet on the palate and a heavy finish. Burned coffe taste separates from the sweetness, not too pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2015
at 22:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle - This brew has a fairly mild, citrusy, bready aroma. The flavor has some good hops though perhaps not as assertively bitter as many American IPAs. The citrus is there. It’s not as strong as I expected for the hops varietals and added orange peel. I’m not really picking up orange specifically. Fairly good beer overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2015
at 17:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 9/2014. Pours crystal clear nearly opaque dark brown color with a 2 finger dense and rocky tan head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with some moderate streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, toast, dark bread, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, nuttiness, raisin, plum, fig, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas of dark/roasted/bready malt, dark fruit, and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, toffee, toast, dark bread, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, brown sugar, nuttiness, raisin, plum, fig, herbal, and yeast/roasted earthiness. Fair amount of herbal/roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toffee, toast, dark bread, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, brown sugar, nuttiness, raisin, plum, fig, and herbal/roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Good complexity and robustness of dark/roasted/bready malt, dark fruit, and earthy hop flavors; with a solid bitterness/sweetness balance and some light cloying bitterness on the finish. Pretty clean on lager flavor with no overly estery notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, fairly creamy/sticky, and lightly bready mouthfeel that is okay. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a pretty solid doppelbock style. Good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, dark fruit, and earthy hop flavors; and smooth to sip on for the big ABV. The cloying bitterness/stickiness definitely killed the mouthfeel, but there was some good malt complexity overall. A pleasantly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2015
at 07:15