7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2005 vintage (most likely) courtesy of footbalm. Pours crystal clear copper with thin white head. The aroma is muted pine and fir tree hoppiness and some malt sweetness way out in the background. The flavor has an initial burst of carbonation induced pine hop non bitterness. Pretty good for the age on this brew. The flavor also carries mildly roasted malt sweetness from beginning to end. I should compare this experience to a fresh sample at some point.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2008
at 21:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville. Dark chocolate brown pour with a medium head and decent lacing. Milky roasted malt aroma with some chocolate notes. Mocha like taste with slight tartness and bitterness. Something seems to be missing, but still very pleasant. Body is somewhere between thin and medium.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2008
at 20:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bomber from Wine Warehouse. Are they really comparing their beer to Gatorade? Wow Hazy orange color with a quickly disappearing head. Very spicy bubblegum aroma. Some slightly astringent notes. Yeasty wheat taste with very strong spice. Some citrus and banana as well. Very effervescent.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2008
at 18:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bomber from Wine Warehouse. Reddish-orange pour with a medium head. Bready aroma with hints of grass and skunk. Taste is sweet, bitter, bready. Fruity notes. Medium body.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2008
at 16:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville. A friend of mine complained of an extraordinarily rotten vegetal type note to this from the draft version (i had the Ivienna). We’ll see. Amber color with moderate head. Tart, fruity gummy bear nose. Odd. Same with the taste. Nothing rotten here, but it definitely does have notes of elementary school fruit cocktail (in other words, foul), along with piney hop notes. Fairly drinkable, but weird, and no reason to drink ever again.
Had this on cask a couple of weeks ago and it was awesome so I thought I would re-rate the base beer. Bomber from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville. Pours a hazy amber color with a medium sized creamy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of floral hops, caramel and a fruity finish. The taste is caramel malts, herbal and floral hops, fruity notes. Medium bodied. Still not great, but much better than before (which was 4/3/5/3/10/2.5).
Had this on cask a couple of weeks ago and it was awesome so I thought I would re-rate the base beer. Bomber from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville. Pours a hazy amber color with a medium sized creamy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of floral hops, caramel and a fruity finish. The taste is caramel malts, herbal and floral hops, fruity notes. Medium bodied. Still not great, but much better than before (which was 4/3/5/3/10/2.5).
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2008
at 01:04
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
on tap-pours a foamy off white head and gold color. Aroma is grain/light malt-with some sweetness/honey, continental-earthy hops. Taste is grain/light malt-with some sweetness/honey, continental-earthy/herbal hops. Finish is herbal. Mild carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2008
at 16:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
on tap-pours a rich light brown head and dark brown color with red tint. Aroma is dark fruit-cherry, rich dark malt, bread/earthy. Taste is dark fruit-cherry/prune, rich dark malt, bread, secondary earthy hops bite. OK/mild carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2008
at 16:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft at the brewery. Amber color with a small head and lots of bubbles. Fruity and grainy aroma. Bitter and toasty grainy taste. Notes of nuts and bananas.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jun 2008
at 20:48
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Deep caramel/copper coloured body with a nearly perfect tan head that tops the beer - ruby when held to a light, this beer looks great! Aroma of fresh hops, clean toasted malt, raisins, nuts and a bit of grass. Medium-bodied; Strong hops up front with a citrus and grassy taste, combined with malt near the end of the taste and a punch of nuts to finish it out. Aftertaste a bit more refined - some alcohol, a lot of nuts and pit fruits and a bit of bitter hops - very nice! Overall, a good beer, more of an Imperial IPA than an Imperial Brown, but very nice indeed! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased yesterday, 31-May-2008 at Kybecca in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2008
at 23:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rated May 2008. Courtesy of Degarth. You ROCK!! my friend. Pours deep clear copper with nice tan head. The aroma is nice and rich with caramel, sticky sweet malts, mildly roasted malts, mild pine hops and faint dark fruity esters. The taste has sweet sticky malts followed by a load of roasted to caramel malts and mild melded blunted pine hop bitterness. Very nice. Near the finish the dark fruity esters show up to create a pleasing bookend to the experience.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2008
at 17:25