6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle courtesy of Butters on 08/12/2008. Very clear copper amber body with a medium creamy off-white head. Big earthy and floral hop aroma with a big malty background and some citrus hints. More floral and light citrus flavor, smooth caramel background. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2009
at 18:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle courtesy of Butters on 08/12/2008. Clear dark black body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy light brown head. Smoke and chocolate aroma, some light molassas. Gentle smoke flavor, more smooth sweet chocolate, hints of caramel and molassas. Medium body with moderately low carbonation and a very smooth smoked chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2009
at 18:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, courtesy of Butters, partially to make up for the Tequiza previously forced upon me on 08/12/2008. Clear copper amber body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet smoked malt aroma with hints of ham and salt. Smoked malt flavor, some faint caramel. Medium body with moderate carbonation with a very smooth gentle smokey finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2009
at 18:12
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown with beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, coffee and chocolate notes. Plenty of chocolate in the flavour and to follow it up comes roasted malt and delicious coffee notes. Delicious!
Tried
on 22 Dec 2008
at 11:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. I am not sure what the elephant is doing in the Rockies. Anyhow, pours copper with little head. Aromas have a very heavy pineapple edge to them. Flavor is crisp pine and citrus hops over a caramel malt body. This is very nice stuff and I dont see how it is rated so low.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2008
at 21:34
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Retro Red pours a lovely ruby with a little bit of a beige head. Aromas are nothing like I would have guessed... they are kind of earthy (nuts, red wine, peat, toffee), with little hops presence. I am not sure what I expected, just that this was not it. The nutty malt presence comes through heavily in the flavor. This is pretty good, but is just another amber. I have no idea what they are talking about with their \"our hoppiest Specialty Ale.\" Hops are hard to find apart from a bit of an herbal edge to the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2008
at 21:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a hazy dark amber, with a sticky, thick lace - a lot of hazelnut in the aroma, along with vanilla, hints of wood, and even a little bit of spiced rum character - fairly sweet, but tempered but moderate hop bitterness - a lot of nutty character, hints of chocolate, coffee, toffee, toasted grains - lightly bitter and spicy in the finish - this is pretty good - a somewhat underrated brew, in a severely underrated style.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2008
at 21:02
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at David Copperfield Pub New York 20-11-08. Pours dark brown with an off white head. Some light cocoa dusting on nose with a bit of roastyness going on also. The taste is not a million miles from Youngs Chocolate Stout but not as good, the chocolate is weaker. I’m not so impressed its thin watery yes there is coffee and chocolate but not enough to keep me interested. A5 A3 F5 P3 OV10 2.6
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Dec 2008
at 12:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a minimal tan head. Heavy aromas of dark chocolate and charcoal get my hopes pretty high. Flavor is really interesting. It has a great cast, in order of dominance, smokey charcoal, dark chocolate, vanilla and coffee. That said, they do not come across as particularly full. It is like they are all holding back a little or something. It is not like it is watery, just like the flavors are a little washed out. Good, and if the thinness issue was not there this would be great. Still, for a stout with a 5.3% abv, this is really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2008
at 21:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. Black colour. The flavour is sweet and nice, roasted and creamy. Hint of creamy coffee and vanilla. Not much chocolate IMO. But nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2008
at 07:26