7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A reddish copper ale with a thick lacing off white head. In aroma, a nice herbaceous hops overlaying nice orange pulp, biscuitty malt, quite nice. In mouth, a nutty malt with floral British hops, roasted coffee, lingering bitterness, very nice. Tasted August 6 2011.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2011
at 19:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours clear ruby red with tall looking mocha head. The aroma offers up caramel, some malts, roasted maltiness, spicy yeast and a thin vein of rich molasses. The taste is caramel malts, caramel candy, winter season spices and molasses. It seems to have a rather thin body to boot.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2011
at 18:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
16 ounce can from Whole Foods Northbrook, IL. Pours a hazy orange color with a large frothy white head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of big citrus and floral hops. The taste is herbal and citrus hops and faint pale malts. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Aug 2011
at 17:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle shared with jcwatts. Pours cloudy amber. White head. Nose of grapefruit, hops, caramel malt, sweet malt and pine. Taste falls flat of the nose. Mostly sweet and caramel malt. Some muted hops and a very quick dry bittering hop finish. Lightish body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2011
at 20:10
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared by BA teamizm. Pours with massive lightly tan head over a murky brown body. Aromas of hugely estery, cherry, coughdrops, pear, vanilla, alcohol, almond and a bunch of dark fruits. Flavors are slightly tart, dry, cherries, styrofoam, brown sugar. Lots of esters, craisins, black cherries. Fusel, a bit hot, cotton candy. Medium to lively bubbles, warming and sticky. Not too pleasant for my tastes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2011
at 11:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tampa Wkly Gathering @TampaPourhouse-16oz can-pours a retaining thin white head and copper color. Aroma is sweet resin, medium malt-caramel. Taste is sweet resin, medium malt-caramel.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jul 2011
at 08:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to secret Santa. Pours dark caramel. Tan head. Nose and taste of caramel, toffee, date pits, barley and candi sugar. Taste has a lot of dry fig and date pits with malted barley as the body. Very dry pit finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2011
at 19:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Big thanks to HOPSHUNTER for sharing this barleywine I haven’t even heard of, very cool. The bomber pours brilliant deep dark copper with off white head. The aroma has some apple and dark fruity esters followed by earthiness, pine and spicy hops. The taste is bold with rich pine hops that roll toward earthy hops and spicy hops. To midway and into the finish additional notes of malts and roasted malts join in and help take this into the after taste. Solid American Style Barleywine.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2011
at 08:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours black. Brown head. Nose/taste of rye, chocolate malt, cocoa, light spicy hops and vanilla. Slight spicy hop finish with lots of rye and cocoa and a slight dryness. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2011
at 22:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled on tap. Pours a lightly cloudy, yellow gold with a thin, cloudy white head. Phenolic nose, yeasty esters, bananas, light clove, very floral. Flavor was gentle, sweet, honey, flowers, light fruit, very light spice, a little grass. Medium bodied, lightly chalky finish. Did not remind me of a saison, no pepper, only a light sweetness. Seems like they may have been unsure in their expected outcome. Drinkable though.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2011
at 15:21