8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Cellar. Pours a clear, deep red brown with a white head. Brown sugar/molasses aroma. Flavor has molasses, raisin, oaky bourbon. Sweet and tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2019
at 06:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Cellar. Pours a clear golden amber with a white head. Pine, citrus aroma. Flavor has sticky pine, citrus hops, and caramelly toasty malt. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2019
at 06:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Cellar. Pours a clear, deep amber with a white head. Aromas of molasses, raisin, red apple. Flavor has primarily raisin, molasses, and some apple. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2019
at 06:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Cellar. Pours brown, clear, with a white head. Yeasty clove/banana aroma, cocoa. Flavor is cocoa, yeasty clove, some roasty coffee, and a sweet touch. Medium palate but quite flavorful. Really good.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2019
at 06:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Medium fiery orange body, medium clumping off-white head. Aroma of tangerine and orange peel, sweet, oily, and bitter. Resinous, citrusy body, lots of tangerine and orange rind; alcohol noticeable and warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2018
at 19:04
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at HopCats in Kalamazoo
Pours slightly cloudy amber with a small off-white head, light lacing. Aroma of Butterscotch candy. Flavor is the same
Not terrible but not good.
Pours slightly cloudy amber with a small off-white head, light lacing. Aroma of Butterscotch candy. Flavor is the same
Not terrible but not good.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2018
at 19:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a stiff rugged dark brown close to black color with a finger’s worth of level off white foamy head that dissipated at a good pace leaving some moderate stringy lace.
The aroma consisted of some roasty malts, coffee beans, coffee grounds, some dark chocolate and some sweet oats/graininess.
The flavor leaned towards the sweet side initially and then followed through on it’s ability to blend nicely between the roast and sweet. Not much of an aftertaste, but somewhat roasty. Finish seemed more blended between the roast and sweet.
The feel was medium bodied with a good sessionable to sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt right on spot. Nice smoothness helps the roasty grind escape properly for a great balanced feel on my tongue.
Overall, very nicely done oatmeal stout well worthy of having again.
The appearance was a stiff rugged dark brown close to black color with a finger’s worth of level off white foamy head that dissipated at a good pace leaving some moderate stringy lace.
The aroma consisted of some roasty malts, coffee beans, coffee grounds, some dark chocolate and some sweet oats/graininess.
The flavor leaned towards the sweet side initially and then followed through on it’s ability to blend nicely between the roast and sweet. Not much of an aftertaste, but somewhat roasty. Finish seemed more blended between the roast and sweet.
The feel was medium bodied with a good sessionable to sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt right on spot. Nice smoothness helps the roasty grind escape properly for a great balanced feel on my tongue.
Overall, very nicely done oatmeal stout well worthy of having again.
Tried
on 03 May 2017
at 16:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a muddy burnt amber close to brown color with a thin foamy film of a white head. Light lace.
The aroma had a thick malt core of nuts, caramel, toffee, toast, oats/grains, cereal and milk and dark chocolate nibs. Some earthiness in the hops.
The flavor started with this thick sweetness of the previously mentioned aromas and pummeled the aftertaste fairly thick. Finish kicks in some earthiness but even that is pretty light, seemed to have more of the malts strewn about.
The feel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt as projected by the brewer.
Overall, nicely done brown ale worthy of having again.
The appearance was a muddy burnt amber close to brown color with a thin foamy film of a white head. Light lace.
The aroma had a thick malt core of nuts, caramel, toffee, toast, oats/grains, cereal and milk and dark chocolate nibs. Some earthiness in the hops.
The flavor started with this thick sweetness of the previously mentioned aromas and pummeled the aftertaste fairly thick. Finish kicks in some earthiness but even that is pretty light, seemed to have more of the malts strewn about.
The feel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt as projected by the brewer.
Overall, nicely done brown ale worthy of having again.
Tried
on 03 May 2017
at 16:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper with loads of carbonation on the sides of the glass, heavy streams heading to the surface and a decent but ephemeral head. Aromas are thick with caramel and maybe hold some herbal hops notes. Flavor shows a toffee to caramel transition up front and then a bitter finish that I would describe as resinous, even though it doesn’t really have that pine/spruce edge that I associate with that descriptor. Decent enough, but not inspiring in the least.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2016
at 00:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pour was almost a gusher, which had me worried. Initial aromas were almost infected, but maybe that was panic on my part. Subsequent approaches showed aromas of rye, chocolate and a vague hops presence that might be in the tropical/resin category... Flavor is a little sharp... Again... could be initial stages of infection, but it has a slight edginess to it that doesn’t fit... Chocolate dominates the malt and the hops profile is more in the \"bitter without path\" category than anything else. The whole thing kind of wobbles a bit out of orbit, but it merits a second try to see if I just hit a lousy bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2016
at 22:36