8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can into pint glass, no canning date. Pours lightly hazy golden straw color with a 1-2 finger foamy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Slightly foamy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, orange zest, pineapple, pine, wheat, bread, grass, and floral hops. Very nice and pleasant aromas with good strength, balance, and hop complexity. Taste of orange zest, grapefruit, pineapple, wheat, bready grain, light pine, citrus rind, floral, grass, and herbal earthiness. Light citrus bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, pineapple, wheat, bready grain, light pine, citrus rind, floral, grass, and herbal on the finish for a short bit. Very nice flavor balance with a good amount of hop flavors; zero cloying flavors present on the finish as expected. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol warming is pretty much invisible, with hardly anything present on the finish as expected. Overall this is a damn nice blonde ale! Very nice hoppy flavor with good malt balance; and extremely easy to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2013
at 20:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Varga Bar, Philadelphia tap ($6.50): Pours brown with an off-white head. Aroma is herbs, dirt, malt, and some hops. Taste is slightly bitter, especially towards the end. Taste was kind of earthy and plant-like in some ways. Texture was interesting as well. Nice medium-body, but not sticky or sweet or anything like that. Not a bad beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jan 2013
at 17:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Local Option. Pours a light brown with a light tan head. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla and chocolate. Taste is fermented dark fruits, toasted coconut, vanilla and oaky bourbon. Medium bodied with a creamy texture. Soft carbonation and a very long finish. Overall, quite good. I’ve never had the regular "Over Ale" to compare, but I liked this one.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jan 2013
at 21:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Enjoyed a 5oz sampler at the Half Acre Taproom in Chicago, IL after being kicked out for a Downton Abbey watching party. Appearance is a dark cola brown with a thin off white head. Aroma of roasted chocolate malt, not much lactose, more of a roasted oatmeal stout. Taste is pretty smooth with a light bitterness, mostly chocolate, taste is pretty good. Nothing outstanding. Just good and solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jan 2013
at 15:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Strange beer. Pours with a hazy brown hued body with a small, off-white head. Aromas are of coffee, cocoa, brown sugar, nutty, baking powder, oak. A touch powdery and earthy smelling. Flavors are nutty, a bit tannic, caramel, chocolate, roast, mocha. Medium carbonation, somewhat pesky alcohol flavors for 7%. Medium dry. Odd beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2013
at 17:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the taproom. Pours a near clear dark brown with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has coffee up front with a hint of dark grains underlying. Flavor starts with some coffee but mellows to dark grain and roasted malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2012
at 15:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the taproom. Pours a clear very dark brown with a grayish brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of roasted malts with a bit of dark chocolate. Flavor has dark chocolate throughout with roasted malts and dark grains.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2012
at 14:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Half Acre Daisy Cutter (by Half Acre Beer Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
23/XII/12 - 1Pt. can @ 1st Official Ledebronckx Barrel Aged Academie Grand Elite Tasting (OLBAAGET) - warming up - BB: n/a (but should be pretty fresh) (2012-1391) Thanks to ThirstyBird for sharing the can!
Clear orange beer, dense off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of citrus, passion fruit, piny wet hops, pineapple. MF: ok carbon, light to medium body. Taste: lots of citrus, piny bitterness, grassy, little fruity. Aftertaste: bitter, grassy, bit piny, quite some grapefruit. Not as balanced as I had hoped for, just plain hoppy and not much more. But still quite quaffable.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
23/XII/12 - 1Pt. can @ 1st Official Ledebronckx Barrel Aged Academie Grand Elite Tasting (OLBAAGET) - warming up - BB: n/a (but should be pretty fresh) (2012-1391) Thanks to ThirstyBird for sharing the can!
Clear orange beer, dense off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of citrus, passion fruit, piny wet hops, pineapple. MF: ok carbon, light to medium body. Taste: lots of citrus, piny bitterness, grassy, little fruity. Aftertaste: bitter, grassy, bit piny, quite some grapefruit. Not as balanced as I had hoped for, just plain hoppy and not much more. But still quite quaffable.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2012
at 10:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Aroma has tons of coffee roast character with some secondary chocolate character. Medium high fruity esters with notes of fig, plum and cherry. Some rye and caramel notes as well. No hop aroma, but there is some alcohol to it. Pours an opaque dark brown, almost black with brown highlights on the edges. Thin light tan head that recedes very quickly leaving just a film on the edges. Taste starts with sweet coffee roast and chocolate character. There is a bit of rye spice mid palate. Quite a bit of fruit in the flavor as well, especially fig and plum. Finishes fairly dry with low to moderate astringency. Some coffee and roast in the finish as well as a bit of alcohol. I don't get much hop flavor, just a touch of citrus. Mouthfeel is medium bodied but somewhat silky. The alcohol warmth is surprisingly noticeable for such moderately sized beer. Astringency is low to medium an a bit strong. Low to medium carbonation. Overall I really like the dark malt and rye characteristics of this beer, but I find the esters and alcohol a bit strong; this makes me think the fermentation wasn't as clean and temperature controlled as it should have been. I waited too long to drink this to get a good feel for the hop character. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
on 20 Dec 2012
at 20:22
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Enjoyed in a tulip. Fridge temperature.
A - Nice clarity. Orange gold appearance. No head was formed but a thin line of bubbles that faded instantly.
S - Nice nose. Not a load of bitterness on the nose, delicate orange peel and flowers. Some honey.
T - That was surprising. Very bitter, dry and musky finish, orange peel and cloves, some tangerine notes. Very bitter from start to finish. I’m surprised.
M - Medium carbonation, medium body. delicate through and through. Very soft and dry finish.
O - I am very surprised. Was not expecting this sort of beer but bravo to both breweries on the collaboration.
A - Nice clarity. Orange gold appearance. No head was formed but a thin line of bubbles that faded instantly.
S - Nice nose. Not a load of bitterness on the nose, delicate orange peel and flowers. Some honey.
T - That was surprising. Very bitter, dry and musky finish, orange peel and cloves, some tangerine notes. Very bitter from start to finish. I’m surprised.
M - Medium carbonation, medium body. delicate through and through. Very soft and dry finish.
O - I am very surprised. Was not expecting this sort of beer but bravo to both breweries on the collaboration.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2012
at 15:56