7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Biscuit malt and dry grass aroma. Pale yellow with large white head and strong effervescence. Mildly sweet lemon, biscuit malt, and mildly bitter dry lemon peel flavor. Good body. Nice beer.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2019
at 20:03
7/10
Tried
on 31 May 2019
at 22:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can from Brennan's Cellars, 5/11/19. Purchased 5/3/19 and best by 4/17/19. I will be downgrading that place rating to refect out of date beer being sold in a moment. Black, medium foamy brown head, good retention. Aroma of roast and coffee. Taste is roast, coffee, chocolate. Medium bodied, simple but well executed. Nice beer despite being past its peak.
Tried
from Can
on 13 May 2019
at 04:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Chiefs. Filtered pale tan body. Steady, respectable, white head. Solid Pale Ale, pleasant hop depth, a lot going on there... but maybe simcoe and Mosaic shining the most. Still had malt tones, all around nice balance. Classic. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2019
at 23:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce can from Brennan's Cellars, 5/6/19. Hazy bronze, large foamy light tan head, good retention. Aroma of floral, melon, cider apples, papaya, pale malt. Taste is tropical fruit, melon, pale malt. Medium bodied, moderate bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2019
at 06:05
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
The Aromas are Wet cardboard, oxidized cops, and a little pale malt. Flavors are like nose, balanced Bittersweet, good carbonation but the old hops get in the way. Slightly bitter finish and decent body.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2019
at 02:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nice, fresh, traditional American pale ale. Aromas are fresh hops, cut grass, a little bit of weed and caramel malt. Flavors are like nose, mild bitterness good carbonation, body and finish, very easy drinking.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Mar 2019
at 01:10
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
The Aromas are metallic, minerals, roast and a hint of coconut. Very Mild flavors that are similar to nose coconut comes on a touch stronger. Brisk carbonation that doesn't help. OK beer.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2019
at 06:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
The Aromas are fairly basic, resin Hops and toffee malt. The flavors are substantially different lots of burnt sugar pale malt bittersweet almost more towards the British Style IPA not a lot of hop flavor. Decent body in Finnish. Drinkable but now what I think of for an IPA.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2019
at 03:06
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into snifter, canned on 12/10/2018. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep ruby red/orange/copper color, with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, rum, bourbon, spicy rye whiskey, toasted oak, raisin, plum, fig, cherry, date, apricot, red apple, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of coconut, licorice, molasses, roasted nuts, chocolate, smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Slight booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Very minimal diacetyl. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready, fruity yeast, rum/bourbon/rye barrels, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of huge caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, rum, bourbon, spicy rye whiskey, toasted oak, raisin, plum, fig, cherry, date, apricot, red apple, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of coconut, licorice, molasses, roasted nuts, chocolate, smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness; and rum, bourbon, rye whiskey, oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, rum, bourbon, spicy rye whiskey, toasted oak, dark fruit, cherry, apricot, red apple, brown bread/crust, coconut, roasted nuts, molasses, light licorice/chocolate/smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready, fruity yeast, rum/bourbon/rye barrels, and light earthy hop flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness and rum/bourbon/rye/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying sweetness, or astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and rum/bourbon/rye/oak spiciness after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 11%, with minimal barrel booze lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic mixed barrel aged scotch ale! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready, fruity yeast, rum/bourbon/rye barrels, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/tannic/drying finish. Definitely a big improvement over the base beer, of which I am a big fan. A lot richer on flavors. Perfectly balanced rich malts, fruity yeast, and bourbon/rum/rye barrel presence/integration; with solid earthy hop presence against sweetness. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazingly spot on style example.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2019
at 04:47