6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Piece Post DLD ... amber copper ... sweet piney hop nose ... big hop front and huge bitterness ... some pine and grapefruit ... but its just bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 May 2009
at 07:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A hazed dark amber lager with a thick off white head. In aroma, loads of malt with good fresh hops, and light sulfur notes, even a bit of cheese. In mouth, a good malt base with Saaz hops, herbaceous. Rich and smooth. Shared with Probstk, April 2 2009. Thanks to Piscator for this one.
Tried
on 10 May 2009
at 23:03
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at DLD 09 ... black ... thin lacing ... sweet roast malt nose ... little sourness ...little coffee ... dark fruits
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2009
at 01:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
bottle at DLD 2009 ... Dark red copper ... huge coffee nose ... and again huge coffee huge coffee very 1d3.1 Keg at the hanging bat.. Dark chocolate coffee roast malts nose.. Dark roast.. Dark chocolate.. Big coffee.. Dark chocolate.. Big coffee 3.9
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2009
at 12:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can with thanks to Skyview. Pours a medium gold with a frothy head and lively carbonation. Aromas have a little funk, a little pepper, a little fruit and grass. Flavor is fairly interesting... and matches the nose fairly well. There is definitely more hops here than most saisons I’ve tried, but I like this better than most saisons I’ve tried, too.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2009
at 21:59
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draft at the Bavarian Lodge, Lisle. Cloudy, orangey IPA color, sudsy head of bubbles coating the sides of the glass. Smells like an apricot sundae—it’s-just-that-hoppy! Taste is bursting with with syrupy malts and the fruitier side of American hops. Despite the name, I found this to be quite smooth, until I started to feel a bitter burn on my soft palate. Now the more familiar hop character of grapefruit, pine and an otherwise undefinable snap, like, yanking a big strip off a roll of strapping tape.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2009
at 11:10
9.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Draft at Bavarian Lodge, Lisle. I wasn’t feeling well this day, but just the smell of this nectar made me feel better right away. Belgian-type smell of dark, but not bitter malts, and golden honey. Solid black color, with a slowly dwindling, creamy tan head. Taste is just amazing: the honey sweetness of a mead with chewy malt mouthfeel of a schartzbier of Belgian black wit. Yes, some vanilla, a bit of cinnamon, wood and then way in the back is some tart orange. And that lovely honey. Yes, I’m probably over-rating this, but this just exactly was what I needed when I’m feeling poorly. The country needs more braggots! And this site needs to give it its own category!
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2009
at 10:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can with thanks to skyview. Pours a medium brown with a thick and frothy tan head. Aromas are of stale coffee... like the stuff that has been sitting around for too long. That smell buries any other aromas that might be present. The beer tastes a lot like a fizzy and cold coffee. There is a bit of hops that pokes through in the finish, but for the most part, this tastes like a coffee beer... but not like an imperial stout or something where the coffee compliments and plays off the other flavors. Here it buries them alive and walks away from the grave.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2009
at 22:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can with thanks to skyview. Pours a medium amber with a small/medium head. Aromas are a mix of blue spruce and citrus. Flavor is heavy with hops... and they basically match the nose. Mouthfeel is a bit thin, but this is good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2009
at 00:25
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can with thanks to DalzAle. Pours a coppery body with a small/medium head of dense tan foam. Aromas are sharp and cutting pine... smells like the blue spruce we had in the house this past Christmas season. Man is that a great flavor... tastes just like a blue spruce. That said, it does come across as a bit thin at times... don’t know if it is the malt presence being overwhelmed or what. Pretty darn good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2009
at 23:05