6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a deep copper with nice light tan head. It has a malty aroma with medium roasted malts and a bit of biscuit. There’s also a bready note that goes well with the malty aroma. I only get a faint vague hop smell behind the malts and bread. Like the aroma this beer has a hefty malt taste for an IPA. I taste roasted caramelized malts, some biscuit malts, some Melanoidin malts and a malt astringency. Competing with the malts is a grapefruit hop bitterness that seems to be at odds with the malts. In the background is a bready note that soaks up the rest of the flavor. This is a nice beer but it doesn’t really work for me. Maybe less astringency and some late addition hopping might blend the flavors a bit more.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2007
at 21:38
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Trader Joes Short Pump on 03/04/2010. Clear pale golden body with a small frothy off-white head. Sweet apricot and grainy aroma. Sweet grainy flavor, and a bit of apricot. Medium light body with moderate carbonation. 5/2/5/2/12 - 2.6 06/26/2007 - Clear golden body with a small white head. Sweet fruity apricot aroma with some light caramel. Sweet fruity flavor with a harsh grainy ending. 5/2/4/2/9 - 2.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2007
at 13:53
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
335ml bottle. Clear golden body with a small off-white head. Strong apricot aroma. Flavor is more apricot than beer, but what do you expect from something like this? At least it’s not too sticky and have a certain bitter finish. Rather thin body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2007
at 11:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep red-brown body, thin off-white head. Aroma of cocoa puffs and earthy hops, with light hazelnut notes. Dry roasted malt body with cocoa and a touch of hazelnut, but the latter is not a dominant characteristic. Light and almost biscuity (burnt biscuit) body. Rather thin, but dangerously drinkable.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2007
at 20:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Well the aroma really is hazelnut. Nothing but. Another "flavor added" beer. Seems like the easy way to brewing. Dark reddish brown, nearly opaque, color with a light beige head. Medium bodied. Creamy, frothy, way nutty. The finish seems to be nutty. A slight taste of roasted malts. Even toasted malts. A bit sweeter than seems appropriate. There is a light bit of hop. The additive seems over done, but it is interesting.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2007
at 19:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle; BB M 08; Nose of roastiness, hazelnut, and caramel; dark brown with a big straw head; flavor is caramel, nuts, some coffee, caramel, a little acidity, and some toastiness; decent medium body porter. Better than I expected. Rating # 1125! Onward and upward!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2007
at 13:57
4.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
12 oz brown bottle with a twist off cap. Twist her off and you get an aroma of apricot and beer, possibly a little artificial in smell. The color and head of this is your ubiquitous pale yellow american beer, with bubbles within. The taste of this is reminiscent of the Blueberry sea dog. Not as sweet as the aroma would indicate. There is a bit of apricot flavor in there but not a whole lot. Interesting but as far as it being wheat, not much wheat character in there. It is not cloudy and there is no sludge on the bottom of the bottle. I must say, there is no bitterness in there like so many ’wheat’ beers that I had that were hopped to a certain extent. Finish is mild and medium length with an interesting and different apricot hanging flavor. A little disappointing for a wheat beer but as expected for a typical fruit beer. Cannot even come close to Lancaster’s Strawberry wheat as far as enjoyability goes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2007
at 16:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Clear gold pour with a smaller white head. The nose is a pleasant raspberry with a hint of musty wheat. Taste is raspberry with grains and a bit of wheat. Clean and crisp. Easily the best from the three Sea Dog fruit beers I sampled - Thanks Indiana_Red.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2007
at 18:55
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle shared from Indiana_Red: Pale yellow pour with a small white head. Nose is lots of apricot and citrus, hints of wheat. Pleasant aroma really. Taste is muddled fruit, malty, wheat... a bit soapy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2007
at 18:52
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle: Massive blueberry aroma - like blueberry syrup. Clear golden pour and a small white head. Taste is like watery lager beer with some blueberry. Smells nice though. Thanks Indiana_Red.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2007
at 18:48