8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 3/28/2016. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 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 caramel, toffee, brown sugar, molasses, rum, vanilla, toasted oak, biscuit, light chocolate/cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, apple, wood smoke, leather, herbal, and oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready/smoked malt, fruity yeast, rum barrel, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, toffee, brown sugar, molasses, rum, vanilla, toasted oak, biscuit, light chocolate/cocoa, raisin, plum, fig, apple, wood smoke, leather, herbal, and oak/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate rum/oak spiciness and herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toffee, brown sugar, molasses, rum, vanilla, toasted oak, biscuit, dark fruits, light chocolate/cocoa, wood smoke, leather, and oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/smoked malt, fruity yeast, rum barrel, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from rum/oak spiciness as well. Light carbonation and medium-full body; with a smooth, moderately creamy/silky, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish, and no barrel booziness. Overall this is an excellent rum barrel aged Scotch ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/smoked malt, fruity yeast, rum barrel, and light earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2016
at 21:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Bigalora. Pours a near clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of sweet grains and dry gin with a decent amount of sweet peach. Flavor is also full of sweet grain and dry gin but only has a hint of peach.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2016
at 11:04
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in 11/2015. Pours pitch black color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy tan head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Incredible appearance! Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, wood smoke, toast, dark bread, char, herbal, wood, pine, and roast/smokey earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of roast/bready/smoked malt and moderate earthy/piney hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, wood smoke, toast, dark bread, char, herbal, wood, pine, and roast/smokey earthiness. Moderate roast/char and herbal/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, wood smoke, toast, dark bread, char, herbal, wood, pine, and roast/smokey earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready/smoked malt and moderate earthy/piney hop flavors; with a nice bitterness/sweetness balance and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from roast/hop bitterness as well. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky, and sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming lingering after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding smoked imperial stout! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready/smoked malt and moderate earthy/piney hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2016
at 21:33
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into pint glass, no can dating. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky tan head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, toasted dark bread, light nuttiness, raisin, plum, licorice, light smoke/char, and herbal/roasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, toasted dark bread, light nuttiness, raisin, plum, licorice, light smoke/char, and herbal/roasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy hop and roasted bitterness with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, toasted dark bread, raisin, plum, licorice, light smoke/char, and herbal/roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from roast/hop bitterness that increases through the glass. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is awesome. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding English porter style! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. This is very rich and complex for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2016
at 21:11
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 9/21/2015. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy golden amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big lemon, orange, apricot, pear, apple, pepper, clove, light banana/bubblegum, wheat, cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and moderate pale malt sweetness; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, apricot, pear, apple, pepper, clove, light banana/bubblegum, wheat, cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Moderate yeast spiciness and herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange, apricot, pear, apple, pepper, clove, light banana/bubblegum, wheat, cracker, biscuit, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and moderate pale malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitter/spiciness as well. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent Belgian strong pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, earthy hops, and moderate pale malt sweetness; and very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2016
at 22:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very slightly hazy golden coloured body with a peach glow and a very thin off-white head. Aroma of apricots, peaches, grass, light herbs and some very mellow yeast. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive effervescence; Strong fruity flavours at first with a nice citrus flavour, some grass, a touch of hay and oranges with a little pineapple as well. Aftertaste is more on the fruity side than anything else, with a very subdued sweetness and some malt/yeast noticeable as well. Overall, a good beer with a nice and rather unique profile that is easy to drink and smooth, all with some good flavours. I sampled this sixteen ounce can purchased from Siciliano’s in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 11-September-2015 for US$2,59 sampled at home in Washington on 17-December-2015.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2015
at 02:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 8/28/2015. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass; with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of juicy citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Large amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pine, caramel, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice compelxity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Fair amount of dryness from big bitterness as well. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, sticky/resinous, and fairly creamy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; and very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2015
at 22:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy amber coloured body with an orange glow and a very thick, three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of fresh hops, citrus, pine, resin and a good deal of sweet malt. Medium-bodied; Very grassy flavour of hops, coupled with some resin, pine, earth and a bit of citrus, but mostly hop notes dominate the flavour. Aftertaste shows a subdued sweetness, but a more noticeable resin and pine flavour and a bit of citric bitterness. Overall, a very nice IPA with a good profile and hoppy finish. Great to sample, and perhaps even better after bringing it back home! I sampled this sixteen ounce can purchased from Siciliano’s in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 11-September-2015 for US$2,59 sampled on the train to New York (from Washington) on 03-December-2015.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2015
at 18:20
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber bottled 8/28/15; drank 11/6/15. Nothing citrusy, fruity, or piney. Great, dominating bitterness with medium hops and malts. Good stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2015
at 18:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from mikem409, Thanks Bottled 5/13/15 so not expecting much from this double IPA Quite a hazy deep golden color with a huge bubbly off white head that persists forever. Lots of bready caramel and bits of citrus pine and juicy fruity tropical fruits on the nose. Bitter pithy citrus flavor is a bit overwhelming. Some bready sweet caramel malt flavor barely balances the harsh bitterness. Light alcohol notes and a lingering bitter finish. A bit harsh but not horrible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2015
at 19:06