7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Very fresh growler from the brewery. Pours a very lightly hazed straw yellow color with a medium sized creamy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is grainy and slightly acrid with strong grassy hops. Taste is bitter grassy hops, grain and a fruity finish including bubblegum, red apple, plum. Strong bitterness. Assertive carbonation. Light-medium bodied. Good for the style.
Tried
from Growler
on 08 Sep 2009
at 21:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Served on draft at the brewpub. Pours a clear amber-copper color with a medium head. Decent head retention and lacing. Fresh hoppy aroma with floral and citrus notes along with a strong caramel note. Taste is bitter and hoppy with resinous and citrus notes along with some nutty notes. Very refreshing. Light body.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Aug 2009
at 23:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Served on draft at the brewpub. Pours a clear golden color with a large frothy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Fruity aroma with notes of green apple and caramel along with an herbal, spicy hop finish. Taste is spicy, peppery hops along with notes of apple, grain, caramel, peach and other light fruit notes. Light bodied and freshing. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Aug 2009
at 18:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewpub on 07/31/2010. Somewhat hazy brown body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet citrus hop aroma with a caramel background. Sweet citrus and resiny hop flavor with dark malt and caramel. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 7/4/7/3/13 - 3.4 Bottle from growler courtesy of dkachur on 07/05/2009. Clear dark brown body with ruby highlights and a medium frothy off-white head. Sweet nutty malt aroma with a bit of floral and citrus hops. Sweet citrus and floral hop flavor with a bit of nuttiness. Medium body with moderately low carbonation. 7/4/7/3/13 - 3.4
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2009
at 11:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Growler courtesy of dkachur on 07/03/2009. Dark black body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet roast and chocolate aroma with some wood. Sweet smoke, roast and chocolate flavor. Medium body with moderately low carbonation.
Tried
from Growler
on 04 Aug 2009
at 11:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the Virginia Beer Festival at Capital Ale House - Midlothian on 07/03/2009. Hazy golden body with a small white head. Fruity and spicy belgian aroma with some candi sugar. Very sweet spice and light fruity flavor. Medium light body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2009
at 11:15
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at the brewpub on 07/31/2010. Hazy pale golden body with a medium creamy white head. Sweet spice, citrus and wheat aroma. Sweet grain flavor with wheat at spice. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation. 6/2/6/2/12 - 2.8 On tap at the brewpub on 08/23/2009. Hazy pale yellow (white) body with a medium foamy white head. Citrus and spice aroma with some light wheat. Big spice flavor with orange zest and coriander on a wheat background. Light body with moderate carbonation. 6/1/6/3/12 - 2.8 On tap at the Virginia Beer Festival at Capital Ale House - Midlothian on 07/03/2009. Cloudy orangish yellow body with a large white head. Banana and citrus aroma. Grainy wheat and banana flavor. Medium light body with moderate carbonation. 6/2/5/2/10 - 2.5
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2009
at 11:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Served on draft at the brewpub. Pours a very dark brown color, nearly opaque. Medium brown head with good head retention and decent lacing. Aroma is bitter coffee, chocolate, roasted malts and a hoppy finish. Taste is big fresh and bitter coffee notes, strong hoppy finish and faint hops. The coffee is very, very dominant. Thin bodied and very slightly watery.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2009
at 19:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very fresh growler from the brewpub. Pours a hazy brown color with a red-orange tinge. Medium head with good head retention and lacing. Aroma is slightly roasted malts with berry like fruit notes, light tobacco, caramel and toast and very faint nuttiness. Taste is roasted malts, nuts, caramel and something lightly milky. Mildly hoppy finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Growler
on 23 Jul 2009
at 21:05
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Served on draft at the brewery. Pours a dark brown color with a medium head. Average head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla and oak. Taste is roasted malts, wood/oak, apple, cherry, vanilla, chocolate and very faint maple. Soft carbonation, alchohol well hidden, medium-full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2009
at 21:01