7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours deep clear amber into a tulip. Off-white soapy head with good retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Dark caramel, resin and pepper aromas. Thick with dark caramel upfront turning to bitter earth and sweet toasted marshmallow before the lasting bitter pith finish.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2015
at 21:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Cage broke, which was a pain. Cork was self ejecting, which I fortunately caught in time. After all that, it was NOT a gusher though. Pours crystal clear golden orange, large white head, dissipates fairly slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is dusty, very dusty, Brett and hay. Flavor is medium tart, very dry, lemon and light funk. Light body, high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2015
at 00:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Bert’s Medium golden color with a huge bubbly creamy off white head that persists forever. Aromas of mineral water, light sulfur, orange marmalade, muted hops, and bready caramel. The flavor is somewhat earthy and resinous with a sweet dirty caramel maltiness. Medium body and carbonation. Rather unimpressive somewhat muddled beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2015
at 18:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Bert’s Pours a clear deep golden color with a huge frothy off white head that persists forever. Minerally caramel with hints of dark fruit and a touch of oxidation. The flavor is rich toffee and caramel with a hint of sulfur and yeasty flavors. Medium body moderate to high carbonation. Not horrible, but lacking when compared to English versions. Maybe I’m actually missing the diacetyl.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2015
at 18:02
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Bert’s Deep reddish brown color with a small bubbled medium sized off white head that leaves some respectable lace on the sides. Rich bready caramel maltiness with a hint of smoke and juicy pitted fruits. Sweet and fruity with light caramel maltiness and a hint of smoke and light aluminum foil. This recipe needs a bit of work, might be an ale yeast? Felt like more caramel malt sweetness than Munich and the fruitiness is totally out of place for the style. Not as rich as it should be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2014
at 19:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Bert’s Solid black color with a stinky off white head that leaves a fair amount of stickies to the edges. Aromas of caramel chocolate and light roast with hints of vanilla and nondescript fruitiness. The flavor follows the aroma quite well. Decent porter, would have liked a bit more creaminess and chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2014
at 15:55
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared by nmann08 at DC Pre-Thanksgiving tasting. Thanks! Poured a hazy yellow color with only a small fizzy head. Aroma was lemon notes, rind, sweet sugary notes. Funky flavor here, lemon, medicinal, wet hay. Didn’t hate it, but wasn’t really as enjoyable as it could have been. The nicest thing I can say is that they hit the right abv for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2014
at 15:32
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
From a 75 cl bottle at the DC Pre-Turkey Day Tasting, Novemeber 9, 2014. Weird tart nose. Some lemon flavors with a thin watery mouthfeel. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2014
at 14:17
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle at the RateBeer DC Tasting shared by nmann08. Yellow color with no head. Aromas of lemon starburst, pungent notes. Tastes of lemons, butterscotch. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2014
at 22:04
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2
Not sure what kind of animal manure this is but this is rough. Smells like old feet and crap. Pours blonde. Funky cheese finish. Bottle thanks to nmann.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2014
at 12:13