Subsidiaries
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750 ml bottle from Trader Joe’s Bakersfield. Nose is clove, candi sugar, nutmeg, and allspice. Hazy, very dark brown with a big, heavy lacing, tan head. Flavor is lightly sweet and caramelly with background bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2020
at 21:04
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
DEFINITE ginger and molasses smell right under the cap! Pours a sort of Belgian spiced ale brown with some carbonation, but that dwindles away. But I had to notch back the Aroma for some kind of solventy nose, and more cookie spice than apple. Then I realized the solvent was just WAY too much nutmeg. Taste gets the apple okay, but then there's WAY too much nutmeg again. Some cider around the edges, and yes, some molasses. But just not enough to make me feel like I haven't dumped too much nutmeg into something and eaten it.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2020
at 06:19
7/10
Tried
on 15 Dec 2020
at 02:31
2.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Bottle from Trader Joe's. Lacks the depth of a stout. More like a spiced ale or a thin winter warmer. I do like the spice mix, but it's totally missing that stout character. Cinnamon, ginger, cookie. Very thin caramel. Update: nearly undrinkable the second time I had this. I don't know what went wrong with this particular beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2020
at 18:30
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
12oz bottle. Bought a six pack, d'oh. Just a touch too thin. Spices are actually pleasant for the most part, but it's missing a thicker body that could help pull this pumpkin beer off. Clove, cinnamon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2020
at 07:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
$1.09 bottle from TJ's-CHO. Clear medium brown with a small beige head. Caramel, brown leaf, light smoke, brown grass aroma. Brown grass and leaf, caramel, dark fruit, roasted malt. Worth just over a buck.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2020
at 22:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
$1.34 bottle from TJ-CHO. Extremely clear medium brown with a small beige head. Ginger, caramel, brown leaf, cinnamon, cookie nose. Black tea, ginger, sugar cookie, caramel. Quite sugary sweet, not stout-like at all... this should be called a brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2020
at 21:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. Dark brown beer with a big tan head. Yeast and spice aroma with light caramel. Yeast and dark fruit flavor with light spice and caramel. Medium bodied. Dark fruit and yeast linger with caramel and light spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2020
at 21:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber-brown beer with a tan head. Caramel and toasted malt aroma. Caramela nd roast flavor with dark fruit. Medium bodied. Caramel and roast linger with dark fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2020
at 17:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head with excellent retention tophats before slightly receding. Nutmeg and cinnamon aromas. Sharp with sweet licorice, chocolate, nutmeg and cinnamon front to back. Lasting earthy anise finish.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2020
at 22:12