7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the 15th annual MBGSF. Pours a cloudy deep gold w with an orange hue and a tan head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a nice tartness with a bit of stone fruits and a backing grain. Flavor has a good amount of acid and sourness that works nicely with the underling barrel note.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Aug 2012
at 10:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the 15th annual MBGSF. Pours a hazy amber orange with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has light fruit with a decent amount of tartness with a bit of yeast and a barrel backing. Flavor is slightly bitter upfront with hops but is mainly lightly tart with a bit of a barrel and grain backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Aug 2012
at 10:35
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the 15th annual MBGSF. Pours a hazy amber with an orange hue and a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of light tart fruit on the nose with a note of oak and backing grassiness. Flavor is tart up front with a hint of grass and chocolate backed by a light oak note.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2012
at 18:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the 15th annual MBGSF. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice bourbon note with a good amount of coffee and roasted malts backed by chocolate. Flavor has a lot of bourbon and vanilla up front with a bit of coconut. Mellows in to more of bitter dark chocolate and coffee note with a hint of oak in the finish. Smooth.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2012
at 18:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the 15th annual MBGSF. Pours a clear ruby amber with a tan head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a nice tart red fruit note with lots of raspberries and a bit of underlying plum and barrel. Flavor begins slightly tart and grows in sourness with raspberries and finishes with a nice barrel note. Quite drinkable considering abv.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2012
at 18:31
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled from the tap at the 15th annual MBGSF. Pours a clear amber with a tan head that dissipates completely. Aroma is full of green peppers with a bit of underlying sour cherry and some earthy barrel notes. Flavor has the same raw green pepper note up front that mellows to allow sour cherry and dark grains to come out. Pepper note was of putting for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2012
at 18:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled from the tap at the 15th annual MBGSF. Pours a hazy pale gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a nice light tart lemon and peach note to it with a nice funky backing and a bit of barrel coming through in the finish. Flavor begins slightly tart with lemon and peach with lemon remaining mixing a funky grain note and a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2012
at 18:22
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at HopCat, Grand Rapids. Cloudy medium orange-brown body, thin ring of beige carbonation. Leafy, strong hoppy nose with notes of biscuit and toffee. Leafy, nutty body with light fruitiness and a bitter finish. Quite good.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2012
at 17:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Like many of the other raters, I found this atypical to the style. This was my first in a flight that included a belgian ale and I thought the bartender had mixed up the pour order. Fruity, spicy; lively, crisp; a very interesting pilsener. I was convinced to try it because of Ratebeerians’ ratings and I was not disappointed.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2012
at 18:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampler at the Livery. Medium to dark brown with aromas of figs, brown sugar and chocolate. Flavor is an interesting mix of dubbel and trippel flavors. Lovely beer.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2012
at 18:28