Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2010. A pitch black beer with no head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt, leading to a dry roasted finish. The body is light.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours deep mahogany into a shaker. Tan head with good retention recedes to skim surface leaving spot lacing. Toasted pumpernickel and roasted cocoa aromas. Thin with roasted espresso and chocolate front to back. Dry, dusty cocoa finish.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Ragnar from The Tap Brewing Company (MA) 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A deep dark porter with a very thin moka head. Loads of bitter chocolate, coffee grinds, rather raw and a bit off. In mouth, a smooth porter with good bitterness, yet smooth, light vanilla, nice. On tap at Boston Beer Summit, April 16 2011.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Der Antrunk ist nur kurz hopfig, dahinter deutlich wässrig, bevor die intensive Bitterkeit zuschlägt und den Hopfen weit in Abseits drängt. Kurz darauf regiert plötzlich die Wässrigkeit, trotz den Bitternoten ist und bleibt das Bier nun wässrig. Nur noch wenig hopfig, nicht fruchtig, holzig-bitter. Ein IPA, das erstaunlich wenig Hopfenaroman aufweist. 7/8/8/7/8/8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler pours courtesy of jcwattsrugger. Pours pure gold with off white head. The aroma is a mix of lemon, apple, spice and apricot all sort of blending together. The taste has spicy yeast notes along with un-ripe apricot, apples and a slice or two of pear. Pretty nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled from the tap at NotB. Poured near black with a grayish brown head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had notes of chocolate, earthy grains and earthy roasted malts with a wood backing. Flavor had roasted malts with a nice complementing chocolate note and a bit of barrel in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at NotB. Poured a slightly hazy yellowish gold with a white head that dissipated completely. Aroma had notes of grains and earthiness with a bit of backing grassy hop and barrel. Flavor started with grain and bread with a growing pine/ grass hop and just a bit of underlying barrel. Nothing special.
maniac (11822) reviewed Snowbound from The Tap Brewing Company (MA) 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from the brewpub on 11/12/2010. Clear dark brown body with a small creamy tan head. Sweet chocolate and light yeasty aroma. Sweet chocolate, caramel, and light yeasty flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
From tap at Lord Hobo. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is dry estery, much like a hefeweizen. Dry estery/yeasty, slight plastic touch. Yeasty and estery finish. Thin body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
growler-pours a light tan head with hazy brown color. Aroma is tart dark fruit, dark malt-some roast. Taste is tart dark fruit-vinuous/slight sour, acidic, dark malt-some roast.