7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2019 bottle. Slightly hazy reddish-mahogany color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily to an outer ring. Strings of lace. Aroma of oak, cherry, yeast and malt. Medium body with flavors of tart cherry, oak, spice and doughy malt. The finish is tart and oaky with a lingering spiced cherry aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2020
at 18:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a a clear dull red with an off white head that dissipate to the edges. Aroma has sour cherry with an earthy oak and a bit of bread underlying. Flavor has slightly acidic sour cherry with an earthy oak and a bit of bread backing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2020
at 01:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a clear orange gold with a finger of white foam that dissipates. Nice floral hop aromas with bright strawberry, peppercorn and light pine as it warms. More strawberry on the palate with light coconut, pine and dry earthy hop flavors. Good crisp carbonation with a dry berry note that finishes with light peppercorn and pine. Really nice IPA.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 29 Apr 2020
at 01:26
2.9/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a dirty diswater brownish gray with no head. Clearly oxidized unfortunately. Flat nose with no aromatics...maybe some doughy yeast notes. Watery and thin palate, no carbonation. Nondescript fruit. Watery finish with no flavor. Birds Fly South have some canning issues from time to time that they should probably get sorted.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 28 Apr 2020
at 02:03
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a pitch black with almost no head. Big bourbon focused, wood-forward nose with cacao nib, smoked chipotle and dark chocolate aromas as it warms. More cacao nib, smoked pepper and bourbon on the palate with more wood and oak...light toasted vanilla underneath. Light blackberry, raisin and prune notes underneath as well. Lingering booze, smoked pepper and fruit notes on the finish. ABV hidden surprisingly well, with the chili spice taking a backseat...the chipotle notes work honestly. Very good.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 25 Apr 2020
at 03:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can at home. Dark pour with not the biggest of heads. Nose is roast and light coffee syrup. Tastes of char, coffee, grass, prunes. Creamy palate slightly thin.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Apr 2020
at 04:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Came blasting out of the can like I'd just won the World Series, so we're not off to a great start. Once the carbonation settled down: Seems to have some Belgian notes for a dry Irish stout, but I could be thrown off by the ebullient carbonation. Unsweetened chocolate meets roast, with a ester-lined background throwing up mild clove and vanilla, backed up by hints of cherry and smoke. Not bad, but not sure why a can that's been in my fridge for days opened like I just removed it from an industrial paint shaker.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Apr 2020
at 01:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours a hazy yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has dank citrus with a bit of grass, light papaya and sweet grains backing. Flavor is similar with sweet grains, dank citrus, light papaya and some grass in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Mar 2020
at 16:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a clear bright straw yellow with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of oak with some dry wine notes and a nice light barnyard funk supporting. Flavor has a bit of sweet grain with dry wine, a good amount of barnyard and some oak in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2020
at 20:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a pitch, oily black with a finger of brown foam that lingers. Big fudge brownie batter aromas with dark chocolate, cacao nib, maple syrup, bourbon and vanilla oak aromas. Decadent nose, but in that classic stout sense...not a pastry stout. Full bodied on the palate with a well-rounded mouthfeel. Salted caramel, umami, dark chocolate and more brownie flavors. Lingering bourbon, salted brownie and maple on the finish. Really nice, balanced in your face BBA stout.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 18 Mar 2020
at 00:56