3.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Slightly hazy deep amber/ruby/brown tinted body with a thin tan head. Aroma of and odd mix of malt, caramel, vinegar, cherries and a little strawberries - odd, for sure. Medium-bodied; Funky malty flavour at first with a little fruitiness but mostly a dry malty and caramel flavour. Aftertaste shows pretty much all malt notes, a touch of earth and pungent hay with a little vinegar and sweetness. Overall, not such a good beer in any respect, but especially to the style - not a good beer at all. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from BevMo in Walnut Creek, California on 19-March-2011 sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 02-April-2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2011
at 11:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a tan head. Grapefruit and pine aroma with light earth. Pine and herbal flavor with grapefruit. Medium bodied. OK bitterness. Pine and earth lingers with herbaceousness, light medicinal notes, and light citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2011
at 14:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Ruby-bronze beer with a tan head. Sweet malt and light tart aroma with light fruit. Tart and sweet flavor with malt, oak, and light acetic notes. Medium bodied. Sweet malt and fruit lingers with tartness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2011
at 14:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Blackish beer with a brown head. Chocolate and roast aroma. Roast and chocolate flavor with coffee. Medium-plus bodied. Roast and chocolate linger with light coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2011
at 10:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream colored head. Big grapefruit and summer fruit aroma with light pine. Grapefruit and aspirin flavor with summer fruits and caramel. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Pine and summer fruit lingers with grapefruit and caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2011
at 10:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Copper beer with a tan head. Malt and earth aroma with toffee and light fruitiness. Sweet malt and red fruit flavor with toffee and light smoke. Medium bodied. Sweet malt lingers with red fruit, earth, and toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2011
at 17:13
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at Max’s tasting. Pours reddish brown. Nose of plum, malt and dog food. Taste of apple vinegar, cranberry and malt. Odd.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2011
at 23:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Bevmo in Greenbrae, CA. Pours black with a medium thin tan head that dissipates steadily. Partial rings of lacing. Aroma of roasted coffee and chocolate. Medium body that is sort of dry, sort of creamy. Flavors of mocha, grainy malt and a bit of hops. The finish is roasty with a moderately bitter coffee aftertaste. I was expecting something sweeter and more chocolatey but overall this is pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2011
at 12:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of soy sauce and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of soy sauce, roasted malt, and wood.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2011
at 15:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
25 oz (?) bottle from the Natomas BevMo. Hazy peach color with a four finger frothy off-white head that rings randomly. A floral cat piss aroma. Whoo-hoo! Med + body. Lots of floral and citrus hop. Light caramel backbone. Enough hop to burn, but it’s more Angleterre floral than NW harsh. But it does burn. This is either a crude endeavor or a marvelously subtle use of a 10 lb. hammer to kill a mosquito, or one heck of a well planned and executed brew. And it finishes so hoppy that how it got here does not matter. Brilliant f---- ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2011
at 19:58