7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample from tap at the brewery. Pours brown/amber with an off-white head. Aroma is slight citric. Very pleasant and creamy mouthfeel. Sweet flavoured, mild raisin notes, dried sweet fruit. Very tasty, mild and creamy beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2007
at 03:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From cask. Pours hazy orange with no head. Aroma is distinctly grapefruit. No carbonation. Fruity flavour, grapefruit. Reminds me most of a grapefruit juice than a beer. Finish has some peach notes and a mild bitterness as well. Had this gone bad? I don’t think it was meant to taste so dull.6-2-6-3-11=2.8
50 cL can, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours hazy orange with a diminished white head. Dense hoppy and bitter aroma with a solid peachy/citrusy aroma. Bitter and solid fruity flavoured with a mild peachy note. Bitter and fruity finish. Quite crisp and nicely hopped.7-3-8-3-15=3.6
50 cL can, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours hazy orange with a diminished white head. Dense hoppy and bitter aroma with a solid peachy/citrusy aroma. Bitter and solid fruity flavoured with a mild peachy note. Bitter and fruity finish. Quite crisp and nicely hopped.7-3-8-3-15=3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jun 2007
at 02:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from MGM Liquors in Woodbury, MN at the 8th Richmond Gathering on 06/06/2009. Mostly clear golden body with a medium rocky white head. Floral and spicy aroma. Big spicy flavor, some yeastiness, and a bit of floral hop notes. Medium body with moderately high carbonation. 6/2/7/4/15 - 3.4 06/26/2007: On tap at the RBSG 2007 Surly Tour. Clear golden body with a medium creamy white head. Spicy fruity aroma. Dry floral bitter flavor fading into spicy caramel. 8/2/7/3/15 - 3.5
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2007
at 16:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at the RBSG 2007 Surly Tour - Special Tasting. Clear mohogany body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet malty aroma with a fruity overtone. Sugary sweet raisin and molassas flavor. Probably should be classified as a doppelbock.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jun 2007
at 15:55
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle courtesy of brewengineer on 04/17/2010 at the 11th Richmond RateBeer Gathering. Dark black body with a small frothy light brown head. Big hoppy and molasses aroma with lots of caramel and some light coffee. Sweet caramel, molassas and rum soaked fruit flavor with lots of hops. 9/5/8/4/17 06/26/2007 - On tap at the RBSG 2007 Surly Tour - Special Tasting. Dark balck body with ruby tinting and a large creamy brown head. Sweet chocolate, molassas, caramel, cocoa and rum soaked fruit aroma. Thick creamy mouthfreel. Sweet chocolate, roasted malt, ccaramel and rum soaked fruit flavors. Long lasting chocolate bitter ending. 9/5/9/4/18 - 4.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2007
at 15:53
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the RBSG 2007 Surly Tour. Slightly hazy dark cherry black body with a small creamy light brown head. Sweet coffe and roasted malt aroma. Sweet coffe, roasted malt flavor with a hint of chocolate.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jun 2007
at 15:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Woodbury, MN on 11/05/2009. Clear copper amber body with a medium foamy off-white head. Sweet floral and citrus hop aroma with a caramel background. Sweet floral, citrus and light resiny hop flavor on a caramel background. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 8/4/8/3/16 - 3.9 On cask at The Happy Gnome during the RBSG 2007 Pub Crawl. Clear amber body with a small frothy white head. Sweet citrus hops aroma. Sweet citrus hops flavor with some floral hops and caramel. 7/4/8/3/15 - 3.7
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2007
at 14:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
On cask at The Happy Gnome during the RBSG 2007 Pub Crawl. Cloudy orange-amber body with no head. Very sweet huge grapefruit aroma. Very gentle grapefruit flavor with some light lemon in the ending. Excellent easy drinker.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2007
at 14:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can courtesy of Stine: Poured a medium amber color ale with a big foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light pepper, medium sweet malt and some ester and yeasty notes. Sharp note of pepper are noticeable as well as some medium toffee sweet malt and a nice yeasty finish. Body is quite full with some medium filtration and some good carbonation. This beer was well done and I am getting to be more and more impress by the quality of the beers brewed by this brewer.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2007
at 19:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask. Actually a bad beer from surly. Completely cloudy, and very sour. The sourness is not from infection but grapefruit flavor. Lightly bitter with some fruit. 3/3/2/1/5 -------Tasted from a can May, 2008. Much better. Fairly dry and very drinkable but loaded with hops. The only thing ESB about it is the name, as it is much too intense to fit in that style. Good palate now and some fruity hops. Score raised considerably.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2007
at 14:34