7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle from Tavour. Dark amber pour, small bubbly head. Aroma is caramel , brown sugar and plenty of booze. Taste is sweet, molasses, whiskey, malty, caramel. Very, very strong with a syrupy feel. Definite sipper
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 23 May 2026
at 01:20
8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from Tavour. Pours rather opaque dark brown with a slight, transient tan smear/head. Aroma is quite malty in a dark German way. Full in body. It's not dry. It's somewhat bitter along with heat to balance the malt. The flavor is like a toffee with some floral/grass notes. It's very subtle, and I seem to lack parsing ability here. It's just really, really good ale.
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 05 May 2026
at 00:34
Tried
on 01 May 2026
at 14:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 9
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours clear amber gold, medium off white head, decent lacing. Aroma is dusty, perfume, caramel, floral notes. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2026
at 03:29
Tried
on 30 Apr 2026
at 14:12
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from tavour: pours verydark brown with beige head. Aroma is dark chocolate, light toast. Fairly light. Low bitterness. Not too sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2026
at 03:44
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12.7 oz bottle. Aroma is packed with coffee, some nuttiness, wet stone. Pours dark brown to black with a thin collapsing beige head. Taste is bittersweet and roasty with a shit-ton of coffee flavor, some faint dried fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 15 Mar 2026
at 05:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
33 cL bottle. Pours a hazy, orange color, with a big, foamy, tan head. The aroma is orange peel, grains of paradise, caramel, cloves, and mild juniper. Sweet and citrusy, with a mild, zesty bitterness. Light to medium body, grainy, and chewy. Bright, tasty, and on-style.
Tried
from Bottle
at
River North Brewery
on 13 Mar 2026
at 22:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the brewery - this is around the time of year I really start jonesing for some barleywine - and for some reasons in Colorado, the shit just doesn’t show up until March for some reason - not a single fucking barleywine in my local bottle shops - not even Bigfoot - so when I saw this at the brewery today I was like, fuck it; I’m desperate - even though I know River North, despite their prowess at high abv beers, can never seem to get barleywine right - anyway, this one pours turbid amber - minimal lace - some earthy malt and wheat - but of brined cherry - some oxidation and sherry notes - light oak and whiskey - finish is a little hot - lingering spicy oak - a little rough around the edges, but one of their better attempts.
Tried
from Bottle
at
River North Brewery
on 23 Feb 2026
at 02:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up from the brewery - clear amber - no head / doesn’t present as a weizenbock at all - nose is wood, whiskey, caramelized sugars - flavor is surprisingly dry - some of the spice you’d expect from the style, lots of oak, touches of whiskey, and faint wheat and caramel - touches of dark fruit - finish is spicy, dry, oaky - would have guessed Belgian dark strong before weizenbock - crude, but not totally unenjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
at
River North Brewery
on 23 Feb 2026
at 00:16