Subsidiaries
5.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle. Pours a orange/yellow color with a medium sized white head that dissipates pretty quickly. Aroma is wheat, with touches of citrus. Flavor is citrus, with wheat. Relatively clean on the palate, but something felt lacking in the beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2009
at 02:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Beer #30 at GTMW, 8-8-09. Brown, but not hazy, I can easily see my fingers through the glass. Nice thick porter type head, light tan color. Not too much smell at this moment. Taste is light in vanilla, that’s a good thing, then good basic porter, but not a lot of coffee apparent.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2009
at 00:55
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 5
On tap at the MBG Summer Festival. Poured black with a brown head. Aroma consisted of sweet vanilla and dark coffee notes. Flavor consisted of vanilla and chocolate notes, but it became overly sweet and left a ridiculously sweet aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2009
at 20:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at MBG Summer Festival. Poured black with a brown head. Dark chocolate notes with an under tone of cherry. Flavor consisted of dark notes and cherry notes but they combated each other rather than mixing well.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2009
at 16:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Dark orange-brown body, almost sanguine, topped by a thin cream head. Huge nose of burnt caramel, wet hay, and alcohol, dry and medicinal. Interesting body with unexpected sweet berries complementing the heavy caramels, hay, and alcohol. Leafy, bitter hops attempt to cut the heavy malts and booze. Potent and thick without being too sweet.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jul 2009
at 02:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Gusher upon opening. Black, with slight hint of deep red. Big foamy beige head. Smooth chocolate aroma, some very faint cherry. The taste is quite nice, tart and creamy at the same time. The cherry is quite tart and astringent, good but a touch artificially infused. Medium bodied, this is a beer I’d love to session. Not much roast, the cherry really balances all of that out. Underrated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2009
at 23:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Absolute gusher, two inch foamy soapy lasting head. When it finally all made it into the glass it did look pretty nice. Orange amber color, quite murky and thick. The aroma has a nice hop and Bocky malt balance. The taste is relatively straightforward, quality sweet malt. Perfectly balanced, the hops are present, but never overbearing. Great Maibock.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2009
at 23:47
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled on draft at Rivertowne this beer poured a hazy yellow-gold with a medium sized white head. The aroma was sweet and had a moderate citrusy fruitiness. The flavor was a bit tart, tangy and musty with a moderate citrus element. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 May 2009
at 18:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle–pours a disappearing white head and hazy straw yellow color. Aroma is musty grain/bread, yeast, fruit-apricot, lemon, peach. Taste is tart fruit-apricot/lemon/peach, musty grain/bread/light malt, yeast-touch of coriander. Easy drinking. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2009
at 10:22
3.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Light brown. Slight haze. The aroma shows a fair bit of pedio with maybe some roast notes. Tart, some cherryish notes. Watery towards the finish. Light roast. This one is too tart and the stank aroma is not cool at all.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2009
at 12:16