8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Mikerphone, pours black with a medium brown head. Aroma is extremely intense and yet refined, with a real nice barrel expression: plenty of wood, light vanillin, some fermented out dark sugars. Flavour is rich, intense and elegant, with a ridiculously complex barrel expression of wood, toasted oak, light vanillin, and dark sugars. The residual sugar is on the low side, which works beautifully for me, so this is mostly a function of the barrels. Wonderful.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2024
at 03:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle pour at Mikerphone, pours an opaque muddled tomato juice colour with a tiny head. Aroma is buggy, with lots of wild yeast and oak barrels upfront that then gives way to the mixed berries and whatnot. Flavour is buggy and barrel-forward, with acidic currants and cranberries, and then more conventional cherries. The acidity is high but the bugginess and barrel character are wonderful. Excellent BA fruited American wild.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2024
at 03:42
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Mikerphone, pours a cloudy dark amber brown with a small white head. Aroma has plenty of granola, apples, and light cinnamon, and a touch of oak. Flavour is sweet and sour, with lots of granola, sweet apple sauce, and a touch of cinnamon. Too sweet for me but there�s a nice complexity here.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2024
at 03:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Mikerphone, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is full of intense espresso, almost an espresso liqueur-like character, with molasses underneath. Flavour is very rich, bringing out espresso on steroids. Rather syrupy palate, almost too much such that it�s not that balanced. Alright extreme beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2024
at 03:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Mikerphone, pours a cloudy bright yellow with a small white head. Aroma has some hopburn, allium-tinged hops, and some dankness. Flavour is much the same, with pithy tropical fruit juice, allium, light hopburn, and some bitterness. A bit rough and too much allium from the Citra, but decently made for the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2024
at 03:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Mikerphone, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of piney hops, some resinous hops, and gently sweet malt. Flavour is well-balanced, with lots of piney hops, resinous hops, and just enough sweet malt to back. Potently hoppy but a balanced gem. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2024
at 03:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Mikerphone, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lots of roasted malt, potent hops, and light earthiness. Flavour is balanced well, with a nice roasted malt character, balanced with bittering hops and gentle earthiness. Dry, good balance and bittered. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2024
at 03:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Mikerphone, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out resinous hops, light pine, and stone fruitiness. Flavour is nicely bitter, with piney hops, stone fruit, some melon, and biscuity malt to back. A bit too fruity and lacking the more classic pine expression but it�s well-made.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2024
at 03:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Mikerphone, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out light smokiness and soft wheat. Flavour is dry, with soft wheat, a nice subtle campfire smokiness, and light citrusy tartness. Nice smokiness and just enough tartness. Nicely structured. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Dec 2024
at 03:18
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Junction Road store. As soon as I open the can I got a whiff of vanilla. From the glass I also get cherries and cranberries in a mix that doesn't quite work. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, mainly mildly tart with a bit of fruity sweet and actually more dry than sweet. Again the flavors don't work together that well. I think I can finish it but not sure.
Tried
from Can
from
Steve's Liquor Store
on 01 Dec 2024
at 21:30