6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cloudy amber beer with a lasting off-white head. Weak aroma, dominated by bready munich malt, with a little sweet candy-like fruit. Malty sweet flavour, some bitterness. Creamy full body, bordering on thick mouthfeel. The world’s first California Common Doppelbock?
Tried
from Can
on 21 Apr 2008
at 15:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark amber. Aroma and taste are sweet caramel, vinous, alcohol and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2008
at 11:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black with huge light brown head. Aroma has roasted malt, liquerice and coffe notes. Somewhat sweet flavor with notes of solid roasted malt, coffee and liquerice. Ends slightly bitter. Good but complexity could be so much better.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2008
at 15:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate hoppy and malty aroma. Oily palate. Moderate bitter finish. Average finish. Week barley wine but nice beer still.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2008
at 14:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Copper/orange with a bubbly lasting head. Aroma is heavy sweet - malty caramel/sweetness & a bit of hops. Slight vinous feel. Sweet & sticky. ABV well hidden. Very easy drinkable barley wine. Not too complex !
Tried
on 30 Mar 2008
at 03:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear dark amber with huge off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with caramel and hoppy notes. Sweet fruity flavor with caramel and hoppy notes. Rather vinious. Ends bitter.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2008
at 10:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown color. As far as it can get from a Barley Wine, it has a very strong caramel character, with a powerful bitterness and some alcohol warmth.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Mar 2008
at 04:12
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of BelJohansen. Clear, dark amber golden with a dense, lacing beige head. Some light aroma hops in the nose with a whiff of burned caramel. Good full body with a solid base of caramel malt. A somewhat unrefined bitterness in the finish. If some better and more distinct aroma hops were used this could have some potential. 140308
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2008
at 16:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cL bottle. Pours reddish, slight hazy and with a dense light tan head. Hoppy fruity aroma. Flavour is light spiced and fruity hoppy. Mild caramel malt base and a growing bitterness and nice lingering fruity note. Ends with a solid lingering caramel malt and light fruity note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2008
at 16:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Smallish offwhite head. Hazy amber body with carbonation. Catty fruity hop aroma with caramel malt notes and some yeast. Acidic smoky roasty taste with tobacco notes. Dry fruity hoppy catty aftertaste with some sweetness. A bit light, and tastes as if it’s not entirely fresh. (0.5l bottle from gr0ve.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2008
at 06:22