6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle, courtesy of kappldav123. Pours dark brown with a small amber glare with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, caramelish and mild hoppy. Roasted caramel and toffee, mild fruity note. Lasting caramelish and subdued bitterness into a roasted malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2010
at 10:20
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Black with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with hard roasted malt, vanilla, coffee and dark chocolate. Flavour had coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, espresso and sweet english liquerice. Finished sweet. Lovely.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2010
at 10:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, soy sauce, and wood. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt as well as medium notes of hops, soy sauce, and wood, leading to a dry roasted finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2010
at 10:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Orange with a white head. Very heavy citrus aroma with some deep sweet malts, too. Flavor is of strong hops, citrus, bright fruit, light floral, and sweet caramel malts. A real solid west-coast IPA.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2010
at 18:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Wood and toffee aroma, with soy sauce accents. Black pour, thin tan head. Full bodied, alcohol noticeable. Date flavor, somewhat bourbony. Charred oak and bark finish. Not very dynamic. Good beer, but overshadowed by the wealth of better imperial stouts that are available. The elevated bottle price makes it doubly disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2010
at 17:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Fleeting tan head over a black pour. Complex aroma, chocolate, vanilla, roast malts. Sweet start, roast malt bitterness in the finish.
Tried
on 10 May 2010
at 12:23
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a crystal clear, light honey-orange with a modest, slightly off-white head. Pretty hoppy aroma, quite piney, mild florals, only small hints of caramel. Not very sweet, there’s an emphasis on earthy bitterness. Light to medium in body with rather flat carbonation. Finishes dry with some stickiness. Fine, clean and lingering hops. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2010
at 07:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a dark but clear amber-ruby-brown with a very faint, white head. Easily detected malts in the aroma, some caramel, some florals. Holds a somewhat nutty flavor, mild chocolate notes, a bit of honey. Leaves an odd sensation on the teeth, like a coating of some sort. There’s also some earthy bitterness in the finish. Overall, it’s not bad, but didn’t strike me as particularly great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2010
at 06:34
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Weak wood nose. Ruby brown, thin yellow head. Wood ringed with cherries, mild nutty finish. Sessionable average brown ale. Not as unique as you might expect.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2010
at 16:08
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottles. Pours pitch black. Big, thick beige head. Pungent aroma of dark chocolate, roasted coffee, and some bourbon. Flavor is deep: Rich, burnt malt gives strong coffee and chocolate notes. Also some vanilla and overripe dark fruits. Roasty, tobacco finish. Huge body, oily, thick, smooth. Really great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2010
at 06:45