7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473mL can, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma brings out bready malt, some dark dried fruits, toasted nuts, and a hint of oak. Flavour is dry, malty and somewhat boozy, with plenty of dry oak, bready malt, a hint of dried dark fruits, and light toasted nuttiness. The oak works nicely to dry this out and the malt backbone is exactly right for the style. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2024
at 09:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz @ Ryan's (thx for the beer, man!) shared with Peter. Appearance: clear dark copper with a beige head. Aroma: malty, some caramel, a bit of sweetness. Taste: along the same lines, some bitterness, good caramel, balanced sweetness. Overall: pleasant.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2024
at 05:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 473mL can. Clear dark chestnut brown with small beige head. Toffee malt, touch of toasted malt, underlying oak in the background.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2024
at 05:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown. Thin head. Big rum aroma, lots of alcohol, fruitiness. On the palate, this is quite boozy, a bit harsh in that respect. Certainly leaner than one might expect from a rum barrel adambier (this being my first rum barrel adambier, mind you). Decent, but the balance is a bit off, both in the thinnish base and in the rum barrel, which is always a tough one to work with.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2024
at 08:53
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
330mL bottle. Pours very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma has a ton of amburana and coffee. Flavour has great woody amburana character, coffee. I almost forgot that bourbon was involved; still there, but the amburana is really driving the beer. Mouthfeel is fairly thick. The amburana really works well, this is great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2024
at 05:43
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is complex, bringing a nice mix of amburana, coconut, bourbon, and a touch of rum. Flavour has a real nice mix of the amburana and coconut, followed by medium roast coffee, and a touch of bourbon. Real nice use of the amburana and coconut -- I almost forget there's rum and certainly bourbon in here. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2024
at 05:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown. Thin head. Aroma is amburana, vanilla and some chocolate, the Blantons showing through a bit as well. The coffee on the nose is not actually appetizing…a good roaster alone is not enough….what makes a great espresso might not be great in a beer. On the palate it’s coming across rich, if sugary, not stouty, even with the added coffee. The amburana is more mellow on the palate, the vanilla a notch brighter. Finishes with a blast of wood and alcohol, then some nice sugars and of course amburana. Actually funny how much amburana dominates, even the Blantons take a distant back seat on this.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2024
at 06:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown, with a thin head. Sweet, brown sugar, coffee, alcohol. And lots of bourbon. This is refined. The base is a touch light, but there's no balance issues. The coffee lends this accent, and a bit of acidity, but this is working well for me. That coffee acidity is the one thing that holds it back from exceptional into merely excellent. But it is good shit.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2024
at 04:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 330mL bottle shared with Chris M in Halifax.. Black with small beige head. Woody, mild amburana, coffee, very nice body, solid beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2024
at 00:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy pale pink. Decent raspberry nose. Mellow fruit. Medium sharpness to this one.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2024
at 02:08