7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home, from Craft Central.ie, 29/12/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a good sized white head.
Nose is bitter tropical fruit esters, subtle hop spice, pine nip, guava, grapefruit.
Taste comprises orange pith, mandarin, pine resin, lychee, grass, mango hint.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Solid DIPA.
Hazed orange topped with a good sized white head.
Nose is bitter tropical fruit esters, subtle hop spice, pine nip, guava, grapefruit.
Taste comprises orange pith, mandarin, pine resin, lychee, grass, mango hint.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Solid DIPA.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2025
at 19:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 21 Dec 2025
at 23:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Aromas are malt, smoke, and a bit of toast. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose with smoke and toast coming out more along with some carbonic tang. Would be killer to cook with. A good smoke beer.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 20 Dec 2025
at 04:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From Beer Drop, no dating on the can.
It pours a mostly clear pale gold with over a finger of foam. Excellent lacing and retention.
The smell is noble hops with some spice to them, toasted malt, floral.
The taste is the lovely noble hops, toasted malt, crisp spicy dry and very drinkable.
Medium bodied with medium carbonation, I would drink this again, no problem.
It pours a mostly clear pale gold with over a finger of foam. Excellent lacing and retention.
The smell is noble hops with some spice to them, toasted malt, floral.
The taste is the lovely noble hops, toasted malt, crisp spicy dry and very drinkable.
Medium bodied with medium carbonation, I would drink this again, no problem.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2025
at 14:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 13/12/2025.
Black topped with a thin tan head that soon vanishes.
Nose is cacao nibs, mellow roast, charr, toffee, molasses, mellow barrel.
Taste comprises chocolate sprinkle, coconut shavings, light rum barrel, toasted brown sugar, dark malts, light roast, molasses.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid.
Black topped with a thin tan head that soon vanishes.
Nose is cacao nibs, mellow roast, charr, toffee, molasses, mellow barrel.
Taste comprises chocolate sprinkle, coconut shavings, light rum barrel, toasted brown sugar, dark malts, light roast, molasses.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2025
at 19:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
a: slightly hazy golden coloured body | thinnish just off-white head
a: deep pine | crisp malts | light sugars
f: floral | sprucey (of course!) | mellow hops
t: alpha acids | easy malt bill | refreshing end
o: nice in [Winter] season | clean-drinking | good flavour without being overpowering
16 ounce can | Whole Foods (grocery): New York (57th/Columbus Circle), New York | 06-December-2025 | US$3,99 | canned: 29-October-2025 | tagline: 'super spruce' | sampled: a few minutes after purchase on 07-December-2025 walking the streets of New York with my family of five at Christmas!
a: deep pine | crisp malts | light sugars
f: floral | sprucey (of course!) | mellow hops
t: alpha acids | easy malt bill | refreshing end
o: nice in [Winter] season | clean-drinking | good flavour without being overpowering
16 ounce can | Whole Foods (grocery): New York (57th/Columbus Circle), New York | 06-December-2025 | US$3,99 | canned: 29-October-2025 | tagline: 'super spruce' | sampled: a few minutes after purchase on 07-December-2025 walking the streets of New York with my family of five at Christmas!
Tried
from Can
from
Whole Foods Market - Columbus Circle
on 06 Dec 2025
at 16:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma has plenty of dark dried fruits, big bourbon barrels, and some spicy toffee. Flavour has plenty oaf bourbon barrels, spiced notes, toffee, and bready malt. Rich, rounded; very malty, lightly spicy. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2025
at 08:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark amber. Fruity aroma...toffee as well. English style, American strength. Some alcohol, lots of tannins, so it gets dry in the finish, along with some alcohol. Bourbon seems a bit mellow here, even if the barrel character itself is prominent.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Grimm Artisanal Ales
on 06 Dec 2025
at 08:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
16 oz can. Aroma is spruce, chalky, silicone, lime. Pours hazy pale golden with a one finger bone-white head that settles into a ring and skiff of foam after a minute. Taste is moderately sour (7/10) and fairly salty with flavors of citrus, spruce, and salt. Mouthfeel is perfectly carbonated. Crisp and refreshing. Seems a lot more tasty and interesting than the first time I had it a few years ago.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 06 Dec 2025
at 01:53
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tried
on 06 Dec 2025
at 00:20