7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown, sticky sugars, light fruitiness, maybe cherry, dried apricot, soft body, layers of complexity, kind of an old ale vibe, good fruitiness.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2026
at 17:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Elizabeth Station, pours a deep dark amber-tinged brown with a small beige head. Aroma reveals intense coffee upfront, followed by wood, all sorts of bourbon, maybe some vanilla and cocoa. Flavour is rich and complex, with huge coffee and coconut upfront, accentuated by a top-class bourbon barrel blend, some cocoa, and a hint of vanilla. Remarkably blended, careful adjunct treatment. Beautiful stuff.
Tried
from Draft
from
Elizabeth Station
on 27 Dec 2025
at 04:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Elizabeth Station, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Nose is full of bourbon, dark bready malt, and some toasted caramel. Flavour is heavy on the barrels—with miscellaneous spirits, bourbon, maybe some rum—along with dark dried fruits, dry bready malt, and molasses. Fairly attenuated, which works in its favour, but there’s enough sugars here. Good mix of barrels and smooth palate. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
from
Elizabeth Station
on 27 Dec 2025
at 04:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
bottle - from Tavour, shared on Christmas eve. Lovely - beautiful barleywine from a great brewery
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2025
at 13:34
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pint Can. Pours a clear amber color with a medium sized white head and ample lacing. The aroma is strong with lots of piney hops and some sweetened pink grapefruit. The taste features more pine, caramel and some dank-musty papaya. palate is full and the carbonation soft. Finishes long with linger bitter pine. Overall: Ok, but it seemed a bit like an old DIPA that is past its prime. The "winter Ale" style is not clearly defined and this did nothing to clarify that.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2025
at 19:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pint Can. Pours a translucent roan brown color with a big sudsy beige head that has fair retention and lacing. The aroma is sweet malts and a bit of peppery herbs. The taste features malts, colas, and some pecans. The palate is clean and crisp with lively carbonation. Finishes somewhat short and dry. Overall: Decent brewski.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2025
at 17:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle - 2024 vintage shared with Dad and Brother. Very nice - on the lighter more drinkable side of Imperial Stouts - pretty and warming
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2025
at 22:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can. Aroma has notes of orange, grapefruit rind, crackery malt, pine. Pours hazy golden with chunks of sediment floating around underneath a one finger off-white head that settles into a ring and skiff of foam fairly quickly. Taste has a moderate pithy bitterness with citrusy hop flavors. Mouthfeel is prickly bordering on pillowy.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 20 Dec 2025
at 02:11
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at North Park - Bankers Hill, pours a hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma has some nice bugs, hay, and subtle, faded stone fruit. Flavour is pretty complex and pungent, with big complex bugs, stone fruit, loads of oak, and hay. Really wonderful cohesion here—perfectly incorporated fruit, nicely blended, great oak character, complex bugs. Wonderful.
Tried
from Draft
at
North Park Beer Company - Bankers Hill
on 13 Dec 2025
at 06:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Loyal Legion. Clear golden pour, persistent silky white head, rings of lacing. Light, smooth grainy aroma is followed by a subtle biscuity flavor with a luscious creamy feel
Tried
from Draft
at
Loyal Legion - Beaverton
on 12 Dec 2025
at 02:45