Subsidiaries
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery. Pours a dark brown with a red tint. Thin white head. Poor head retention. Aroma of toffee, raisin, mild chocolate. The taste is tart fruit, toffee, chocolate, raisin, mild roast. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, mild booze. Nicely balanced.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2014
at 19:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the brewery. I had this after the Java Stout and I could barely tell the difference. Pours dark down with little head. Smells of coffee and chocolates. Maybe some leaves. Tastes similar. OK, but again just wasn’t wowed.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2014
at 06:34
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the brewery. Pours dark brown with a dusting of a head. Aroma of coffee and some chocolates. Taste is roasted coffee beans, earth, maybe some chocolates. It’s fine, but I wasn’t wowed.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2014
at 06:32
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at Boylan Heights, Charlottesville. Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of dry and fresh blueberries, roasted malts, dark chocolate, mild oats. The taste is roasted malt, dark chocolate, oats, dry blueberry finish. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2014
at 20:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy amber with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of dank, grassy, floral, melon and pine hops, sawdust, pale malt. The taste is herbal, resin, pine, dank hops and an almost salty note. Medium bodied, moderate lingering bitterness, moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2014
at 19:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at the brewery. Pours a hazy copper with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of yeast, bread, spice, brown sugar, burnt sugar, toffee, mild dark fruits. The taste is toffee, molasses, bread, toasted malt, burnt sugar, herbal and spicy hops, smoke. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness. Nice beer.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2014
at 19:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Harrisonburg location, 11/15/14. Pours a hazy dark brown with a large frothy off-white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, cocoa, mild smoke. The taste is roasted malt, sweet chocolate, dark chocolate, cocoa, mild bitter coffee, smoke and pepper. Medium bodied, low carbonation, faint lingering smoke. Almost too sweet but manages to be balanced.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2014
at 20:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Harrisonburg location, 11/15/14. Pours a clear copper with a thin white head. Fair head retention. Aroma of vanilla, graham crackers, toasted malts, mild apples. The taste is toasted malt, caramel, spice, apple, cinnamon, vanilla. Medium bodied, lingering spice, low carbonation, Spot on with the concept.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2014
at 20:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle #309 shared at the 21st Richmond Gathering, 11/1/14. Pours a slightly hazy copper with a medium frothy off-white head. Decent. Aroma of herbal, floral, woody hops, caramel, sawdust. The taste is citrus, tropical, floral, herbal hops, a bit of mint, caramel. Medium bodied, decent balance, mild lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2014
at 19:27
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Sedona Charlottesville, 10/14/14. Pours near black with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of rich chocolate, roasted malts, whiskey, oats, mild coffee. The taste is chocolate, roasted malts, oats, whiskey, mild cherries, coconut and green apple. Medium bodied, low carbonation, mild heat.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2014
at 17:41