7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500mL bottle, pours a hazy bright golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of sweet bready malt, a hint of caramel, and resinous/piney hops. Flavour is very hoppy, with lots of bitter piney hops, bitter citrus peel, with a crisp bready malt base. There's a fair bit of alcohol noticeable here, but it melds well with the malt and hops. Hop-wine is indeed a good descriptor. Good but not the most complex barley wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2022
at 05:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle picked up in a mixed pack of grocery store strays. Tasty early in the day brew, as it has lots of fresh fruit flavor, amd drinks light and easy. Aroma wouldn't be obviously raspberry in a blind. Jammy raspberries over a soft grain. Lingering raspberry toast palate. Tasty brew when in the mood to fruit the beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2022
at 20:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Shared bottle at tasting. Deep brown with minimal tan head. Aroma of alcohol. Taste is heavy alcohol, burned sugar, medicinal notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2022
at 19:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Deep brown color with a finger of tan head. Nose is smoke forward, but not over-the-top. Some dark roast espresso. Flavor is smooth, lightly sweet with lots of earthy smoky bits. The 7% is well hidden, silky and smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2022
at 23:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz from a six pack. Aroma is floral, peppery, lemony. Pours slightly hazy golden with a large cream white head with excellent retention. Taste has a mild to moderate herbal bitterness with floral, slightly lemony flavors.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2022
at 06:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz from a six pack. Aroma has notes of chalky candy, grain, citrus peel, bread, B.O., sex. Pours hazy golden with a one+ finger bone white head with good retention. Taste has a moderate to high pithy bitterness with flavors like the aroma. Alcohol is very noticeable.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2022
at 04:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12 oz from a six pack. Aroma has notes of coffee, bell pepper, vanilla. Pours hazy golden with a bone white head that falls into a ring quickly. Taste has coffee flavors with a lightly bitter hoppy edge.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2022
at 05:22
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle from Mid Columbia. Pours a toffee colored brown with a big beige head that quickly fades. Aroma is sweet, somewhat muted. Didn't get good vibes with the flavor either; it's sweet and muddled with an odd spice/earthy thing. No graham cracker whatsoever, if that is indeed what they were going for here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2022
at 15:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tall 19.2 can from Mid-Columbia. Pours a hazy yellow with a large white head. Big aroma is sweet citrus and tropical fruit. Sets the tone for juicy. Sweet and fruity, citrus and tropical fruit. Nice modest bitters to finish. Juicy and tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2022
at 17:54
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from Tavour. Pours clear, dark coppery brown with a tan head that lasted mere seconds. Aroma of smooth roasty/dry toffee malt with vanllla and wood notes. Some dark fruits. Approaching full bodied. Flavor of dark toffee, dark fruits, vanilla, non-musty wood, heat. It's not dry, but quite far from sticky. There's a bitterness equivalent from heat and something else. I will not say there's burnt malt. There just isn't. It's very like a malty port wine in some ways. Excruciatingly delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2022
at 00:14