7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Beautiful IPA on all fronts. Pours a light orange with a fluffy white head. The aroma lunges from several feet away. Huge floral and citrus hop nose. Flavor is rich and bitter, with some fruity sweetness. Medium carbonation, resiny, with a bitter and slightly sticky finish. Superb.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2010
at 18:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the bottle at the 2010 February Circle City Tasting. Poured near black, but definitely a dark brown with a dark grayish brown head. Aroma had notes of coffee, tobacco and a bit of whiskey. Flavor was full of coffee and sweet dark grains with a bit of underlying alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2010
at 11:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ J.C.G US Tasting Pt.2. Pours pitch black with a small creamy lasting head and lacings. Nose is roast, vanilla and coconut. Flavor is pretty dominated by the barrel aging. Some coffee, vanilla and coconut going on. Sticky and oily. Warmth. One dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2010
at 12:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black with a small tan head. Big chocolate aroma with coconuts from the bourbon oak, and a fruity hint of apples. Rich chocolate flavour with oak and bourbon. The alcohol feels a little raw and aggressive
Tried
on 12 Feb 2010
at 13:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled at the Boise tasting 1/16/10
Appearance: Pours black with a nice large dark brown head
Aroma: Molasses, chocolate, dark fruits, bourbon
Taste: Dark chocolates, bourbon, dark fruits
A nice complexity of flavors
Appearance: Pours black with a nice large dark brown head
Aroma: Molasses, chocolate, dark fruits, bourbon
Taste: Dark chocolates, bourbon, dark fruits
A nice complexity of flavors
Tried
on 18 Jan 2010
at 17:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours with a sort of brownish-amber (light mahogany?) clear body and a off-white head. Aroma of caramel, toast, light berry, some hop, nutshells, chocolate and rose petals. Flavor is malty and floral through out. Bitter finish, sort of soapy too. Medium bodied. Not as amazing as some of FW regular beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2010
at 23:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Blackish beer with a tan head. Bourbon and rich malt aroma with light roast. Malt and vanilla flavor with bourbon, light roast, and caramel. Fuller bodied. Vanilla lingers with light roast, malt, and caramel. A bit strong on the vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2010
at 09:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Courtesy of kiefdog. Pours very dark with thin tan head. The aroma is modest with notes of roasted malts, caramel malts and sweet malts. The taste begins roasty and sweet with tasty rich dark chocolate. It gets somewhat burnt too by midway with the addition of a thin layer of caramel malts hanging on into the after taste. Nice brew.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2009
at 09:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
courtesy of kiefdog pours black, tan/mocha head. aroma, of caramel, chocolate malts, grainy, coffee, light barrel, vanilla sweetness. flavor, malty with hints of bitter hops, caramel and chocolate, some dark fruits with possible tobacco/smoked malts coupled with some roasted / coffee. Light vanilla, coupled with the bourbon though it retains some light bitterness. Tasty brew.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2009
at 18:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22oz bottle @Pauls Gathering Thanks rciesla-pours a disappearing light brown head and black color. Aroma is dark berries, oak, dark malt. Taste is dark malt-toffee/peat, oak, dark fruit, earthy hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2009
at 13:42