6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle - pours dark brown tan head - nose and taste of coffee, milk sugar, lactose, cocoa - med body
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2015
at 14:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, at The Ginger Man, NYC. With lemon verbena and black peppercorn. An unclear one, golden in color and with a small, off-white head leaving lacing. Oranges and some sourish notes in the aroma, with pale malts in the back. Not much trace of the pepper in the aroma, but it has a nice peppery touch in the flavor. Oranges, citrusy soourness notes and pale malts in the flavor. Decent bitterness too. Medium body, rather soft on the carbonation. An interesting experiment, but the base beer is too ordinary and the additions too gentle I think. 150624
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2015
at 12:09
6/10
Tried
on 24 Jul 2015
at 19:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask with lemon verbena & black peppercorns @ The Ginger Man, New York, NY
Pours hazy golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, yeast and citrus. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long caramel, yeasty and slightly malty finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft to flat.
Pours hazy golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, yeast and citrus. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long caramel, yeasty and slightly malty finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft to flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jun 2015
at 21:44
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Alewife. Clear dark orange with a greenish tint, small off-white frothy head, mango aroma mixed with hops, low carbonation, grassy hops flavor dominated sweetish taste, longish finish. The influence of mango does not extend to the taste.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2015
at 16:35
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from Signal Variety, Plaistow NH. Aroma is caramel/fruity malt and yeasty dough. Appearance is cloudy (tons of large floaties) dark amber with 1 finger width foamy head with poor retention and no lacing... I understand sediment kind of goes hand-in-hand with Belgian style beers but this wasn’t just confined to the bottom 1/4 of the bottle. Taste is caramel/fruity sugary sweetness and some other flavor--is this the Maca root?--it tastes a lot like their pale ale. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin, slick texture and soft carbonation. Finish is sweet and abrupt. It has a cool label and the maca root/Andean origin is unique. But, the appearance is off-putting and the other qualities seem a little off. Was a discounted purchase so perhaps age has something to do with it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2015
at 18:59
2.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Bottle from Signal Variety, Plaistow NH. Aroma is caramel malt and yeast--seems a bit unfinished like it is still in its wert phase. Appearance is vile. Within the first 1/3 pour you get a bunch of dark sediment and the last 1/4 pour spews copious amounts of chunks of dark particles. Felt the need to strain it. Is this Maca Root? Don’t know but don’t think this style should have a bunch of sediment, regardless. Color is cloudy orange brown (like apple cider), finger-width foamy off-white head with decent retention and mild soapy lacing. Taste is not good. Slightly sweet caramel malts but something basically just tastes off. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with soft-to-average carbonation and dry mix of sweet and bitter finish. Got a deal on this beer so perhaps it went over but looked on the bottle and the six-pack container and couldn’t find any born-on date. Wouldn’t touch again but would allow for the fact that it might be past its time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2015
at 18:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled at Tap NY 2015, 4/25/15
This is a pretty good one with a great aroma. I'd love to see others try this combination out, because it seems like it could make for a really great beer.. Here, it is pretty nice, but other than the aroma, it isn't excellent.
9/3/7/4/15
Draft at d.b.a., 5/16/15
Didn't enjoy this as much here as I did at Tap. The pint gets more gingery and buttery as you drink it.
7/3/6/3/13
Averaged the two here.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2015
at 08:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ NYC Craft Beer Festival. Inky black with small beige foamy head, coffee aroma, low carbonation, strong coffee taste, thin body, long bitter finish. Not as sweet as expected.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2015
at 15:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A hazed golden stout with a thick creamy mocha nitro head. In aroma, sweet white chocolate with light vanilla notes, white grapeskins, alcohol warmth, interesting. In mouth, a sweet fruity vanilla fudge, with light coconut oil, white chocolate, coffee grind, interesting at best but cloying. On tap at Alewife Lic.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2015
at 13:34