8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
One of the highlights of the 2009 ABR. Aroma has some oak and sweet wine. Flavor is quite sweet, sugar, oak, honey, flowers, and red wine, quite a bit of it I think. Dark brown color. Thick and mouth coating. I really like this.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2009
at 22:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at Ike’s, Minneapolis airport. Dark brown with orange and a fine, tan head. Aroma of dark fruits and chocolate. Flavor of roasted chocolate, caramel, thick malt; fruity too, with a tart touch and a roasty finish, with some bitter hops and a reasonably full mouth. Nice stuff.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2009
at 00:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
16 oz can. Pour is a clear golden tellow with a birgh two inch white head. Head falls loosely with nice lacing. Aroma is immediately of grass and floral hops. A nice earthy malt presence is right below. A bit doughy as well. Clean and fresh, nice nose. Taste is a nice blend of the grassy floral hops, and the grainy earthy malt. Some corn pokes in as well, though adds complexity and body so is not too off putting. Palate is medium-thin, normal carbonation and a nice gentle long earthy finish. Really drinkable beer.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2009
at 18:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Canned, thanks Baggio! Chocolate brown, small head. Aroma of coffee and toffee. Medium sweet and medium bodied with firm malt. The cooffee flavor is highly upfront and dominant, making it rather one-dimensional. Fortunately I happen to like coffee so this beer right down my alley.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2009
at 09:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Beer #16 at GTMW ’09, on cask at the Real Ale Tent. Considering how many branches our ash tree is shedding, I may want to know if I can use the wood like this. Cloudy, orangey-brown color, no head at all. The foam went right up my nose when I tried to smell it (occupational hazard). But I mostly get some light, likely American hop. Definitely an good example of a cask beer. Since I’ve not been hit in the mouth with a baseball bat, I can’t quite say what ash tastes like. But there’s a decent wood quality, not as pronounced as oak, but it helps keep me interested.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2009
at 15:20
5.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Sample at the 8/9 Pgh tasting, thanks to Treyrab! Smell is big and volatile. Dark with a big foamy head. Big heavy alky beer taste impressions. Cranberries in there fer sure. Comes across like an impy stout with fruit in there. Some creamy carbonation in ther. Has many of the attributes that I find in wine. Thanks trey!
Tried
on 15 Aug 2009
at 09:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from a 750 ml brown bottle this beer poured a black-brown color with a trace of a tan head. The aroma was tart, tangy, sweet and malty with noted cranberry. The flavor was tart and bitter with a strong cranberry presence and a light, sweet and malty undertones. The finish was long, bitter, tart and had lingering cranberry. Fairly thick in body. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2009
at 16:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
GTMW sample #1! Nice, bright lager with lots of bubbles and a white lager head. Frankly, it looks perfect for a light lager and I’ll dare anyone to say otherwise. Just a general beer smell. Taste is very bright with toasty light malts. Just a tad skunky, somehow. Fine effervescent mouthfeel.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2009
at 16:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Immy on 07/18/2009. Dark brown body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet roasty and chocolate aroma with fruity notes. Sweet chocolate and roast flavor, with some fruity cranberry notes. Medium full body with mdoerate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2009
at 11:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at the Sam Adams beer tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 07/30/09. The beer pours a hazy orange color with a medium thin light tan head that diminishes steadily. Stringy lacing. The aroma is mostly grapefruit with touches of pine and malt. Medium body with a lively mouthfeel and strong citrusy hops character. Notes of pine and sweet malt as well. The finish is hoppy with a lingering bitterness. Not as complex as some IIPAs but I can respect the straightforward hoppyness.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2009
at 17:08