7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled at EBF on Saturday Afternoon. Poured a solid black color with a moderate tan head. Smells of coffee mostly, but I think there’s a stout under there as well. Taste is again heavy on the coffee but complimented by the usual suspects of caramel and chocolate. Thick body with a light carbonation level and a roasty almost chalky mouthfeel. Nice coffee with a side of stout.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2012
at 18:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at Rattle ’N’ Hum, as part of a flight of beers, on January 29, 2012Clear golden color, white head. Very hoppy, caramel, sweet taste. Sweet aftertaste. Medium a bit spritzy mouthfeel, high bitterness. Hoppy, green, malty, sweet, caramel scent.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2012
at 07:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle pours a nice deep brown that’s nuanced by garnet hues supporting a tan head. The mild aroma is a mix of roasted malts, chocolate malts and a pleasing firm level of clumpy wet earthiness. The taste is similar with a tasty mix of roasted malts, chocolate malts, some milk chocolate bar and a yummy earthiness. There seems to be something meandering around the earthiness but I can’t put words to it. Maybe it is the hemp or maybe I’m over analyzing. Along the edges of the flavor are thin rings of spicy hops. Overall the aroma is a bit timid buy everything else is spot on good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2011
at 20:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is black with a small tan head. Aroma is chocolate, oak with a nice roast. Flavor is heavy on the chocolate with some coffee and slight vanilla. Alcohol is there in the end but nothing too hot. This was a very solid and rich beer.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2011
at 19:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Good beer NYC. An amber coloured pour with a small white head on top. Hoppy, floral aroma. Tastes hoppy, malty, fruity, bitter, crisp. A quality California IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Oct 2011
at 12:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pour is a dark red with a large tan head. Aroma is sweet caramel malts and nicely hopped. Flavor is a decent earthy malt up front and some hops make an appeariance. Decent amber ale and probably even better fresh.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2011
at 16:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber,small beige head.Piney hop nose. Medium piney hop profile, big malt backbone. Medium strength lasting hop finish.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2011
at 13:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at the Yard House in Vegas. The beer is a clear amber-orange color with a thin white head that recedes quickly. Short strings of lacing. Citrus hops aroma with some bready malt in the background. Medium body with flavors of hops, grapefruit and sweet malt. The finish is hoppy with a citrus aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2011
at 21:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Whole Foods Market, DC sixer ($7): Pours a transparent brown color with a very quickly dissipating head that leaves a touch of lacing. Aroma is kind of nutty and metallic (which I know should be reserved for a taste). Taste is malty at the front. A modicum of grassy hops are present in the finish and continue into the aftertaste. I eat plenty of hemp seed in my granola and whatever else, and I couldn’t really line up that hemp taste with anything here. I guess I have to try another hemp beer to see if I can pick up the pattern. A bit too sweet I think, but a perfectly acceptable session beer, although not great in my opinion.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2011
at 19:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head recedes to mottle surface. Chocolate, espresso and oak aromas. Effervescent, yet thick with hot chocolate and deep espresso.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2011
at 20:13