6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
16oz can pours a crystal clear, straw yellow with a thin, creamy white head. Nice, grassy, malty aroma, yeasty, light lemon. Flavor is sweet, malty, a little corn, a little grassy. Light bodied, dry and lightly bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2010
at 17:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours a lovely golden color with a very thick, white head that dissipates rather quickly, leaving nice lacings on the glass. A very tasty combination of hops and some earthy tones. Almost a bit of soapiness in there, though not in a bad way. This is one of the few Surly beers I’ve tried that doesn’t go over the top in its combination of malt, hops, etc. Very nice, drinkable beer.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2010
at 14:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, thanks to t0rin0 (I think). Pours with a brown body and a tan head. Aroma of brown sugar, chocolate, and grain. Taste is brown sugar, molasses, grain, and coffee. Dry mouthfeel, solid brown.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Sep 2010
at 11:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Wash. DC tasting. dark brown, mocha head. plenty of nice roast, caramel malts, med carbonation, lactic elements, milk-chocolate mouthfeel, coffee-espresso goodness, light palate but loaded with good roasted flavors, with some notes of toffee. Can we say Imperial Sweet Stout or Milk Stout? this is outstanding.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Aug 2010
at 16:08
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle at DC local tasting courtesy of the artist formerly known as tarheels86, thamk you sir! Dark brown color, edge head. Aroma of Hershey bar, vanilla. Taste is bitter cocoa, burnt espresso. Top 3 of the session.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2010
at 07:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can courtesy of goryshkewych. Pours deep clear gold with thin white head. The aroma is full with grains, floral hops, spicy hops and slick sweet lagery-ness. The taste is similar with bold yet refreshing grains and malts rolling into bitter spicy hops and then softened a bit by floral and earthy hops toward the finish. It ends with a pulse of sweet malty lagery yeastiness.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Aug 2010
at 19:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Bright yellow, small white head. Aroma of lemongrass and black pepper. Taste is bitter throughout, light body, malty, refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2010
at 15:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16oz can, Pretty nice appearance, a deep orange-brown body with a large, foamy, beige head. A really nice IPA, with a mellow enough malt body to really let the hop flavor shine. Very hoppy finish, coats the mouth in a bitter stickiness. Slight English feel to it, but the bigger ABV and mega-hop taste is all US. Some pleasant dark malt tones in there as well. Surprisingly soft and restrained despite the soapy, piny tones. Well done.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2010
at 22:51
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
2009 vintage bottle at Jimmack’s epic invitational. Pours black with tan head. Nice motor oil pour. Nose and taste of bourbon, toffee, oak, smoke, chocolate cherries, vanilla, coffee and roasted malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2010
at 21:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the 2010 GTMW. Poured a cloudy brown with a yellowish brown head that lasted throughout the beer. Aroma was mainly sweet grains but there was a darker underlying note with some caramel and just a hint of bourbon. Flavor began sweet with caramel and sweet grains but became darker with some bourbon and even a hint of vanilla in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Aug 2010
at 17:52