8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ ZZT 2016-1. Amber to brown colour with a small offwhite head. Smells sweet, malty, barleywine. Tastes lovely. Tastes caramal, malt, sweet, pretty nice. Medium body, soft carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2016
at 16:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Real, Wild & Woody Beer Festival, pours deep dark orangey brown with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lots of whiskey barrels upfront, followed by caramel and dark fruits. Flavour is huge on the caramel, followed by bourbon and vanilla. Tastes like a barley wine. Decadent stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2016
at 12:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at the 2nd Annual Garvie Christmas Tasting. Pours black with a thin beige head. Aromas of wood, whisky, chocolate. Taste is boozy and thin, faint chocolate. Thin finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2016
at 10:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle at home .. dark black ... thin tan lacing ... soft dark chocolate roast ... massive roast .. big bourbon .. dark chocolate nose .. dark roast malts .. rich chocolate .. massive malts .. big chocolate roast ... big bourbon ... dark roast ... dry woody roast
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2016
at 10:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
The beer is a deep brown amber. Opaque. Thin beige head. Fine bubbles. Big sweet toasted malt flavor. Lots of caramel, a little bit of molasses, treacle. Some vanilla. Medium barrel notes. Some nice Rye and Bourbon action. Unexpected lack of sweetness in the taste. Lots of oak. It’s kinda weird. The feel is rich and full, really nice, but it somehow lacks the accompanying sweetness. I’m not really sure how they did that. It’s all wood and barrel. Pretty good amount of rye. It just almost completely lacks that sweet backbone to hold up the other flavors. Very odd beer.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2016
at 01:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a medium size dark brown foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of vanilla and bourbon with some woody notes, residual sugar notes and chocolate notes is quite powerful. Taste is a complex mix of bourbon, wood, vanilla, sugar and chocolate notes with light fruity notes is not for the faint of heart. Body is full with nice creamy texture and good carbonation with some alcohol being clearly identifiable. Solid beer but maybe a tad unbalanced and a little bit too sweet for my taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2016
at 09:54
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
75cl bottle @ Finissons ces pétroles tasting, merci Antoine. Brune foncée, quasi noire, col fin café au lait. Arôme est pugnace offrant de belles effluves maltées, chocolaté à souhait, avec un super rendu Bourbon; entre boisé chêne US et vanillé. Palais est épais, complexe, très américain stout dans l’approche, chocolaté, malt caramel, et une douce note de vanille. Fin caramel avec en retrait, un côté plus cristal qui apporte une touche de fruité noir et finemetn épicé.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2016
at 11:29
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
A deep dark stout with a thin brown head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with loads of bourbon barrel notes, woody notes,licorice notes, dark fruits, molasses, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice bitter sweet chocolate with coffee grind, musty character, light bourbon barrel notes, woody notes, licorice, alcohol warmth, very nice and complex. Bottle at Matt’s.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2016
at 19:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught in Visalia. Hazy pale orange with full white head. Aroma and flavor hops are a tribute to American west coast brewing. Vibrant citrus and slight pine. Tasty.
Earlier Rating: 4/3/2014 Total Score: 3.8
On tap at Gourmet Haus. Strong grapefruit dominates nose with slight pine and solid cracker malt in support. Hazy gold with a full white head that lingers. Flavor is dominated by citrus with a pine background. Wheat cracker malt leads to a medium mouthfeel. slight alcohol warmth.
Earlier Rating: 4/3/2014 Total Score: 3.8
On tap at Gourmet Haus. Strong grapefruit dominates nose with slight pine and solid cracker malt in support. Hazy gold with a full white head that lingers. Flavor is dominated by citrus with a pine background. Wheat cracker malt leads to a medium mouthfeel. slight alcohol warmth.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2016
at 21:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is full of malt notes with lots of dark caramel, some light toffee notes and faint toasted bread. Moderate raisin notes with some lighter fig and prune. Medium light coffee notes with some light notes of dark fruit and nuts. Some light alcohol spice with a bit of oak and rye notes. Pours a hazy, moderate brown note with a light auburn hue on the edges with a small, tan head that slowly recedes to the edges where it lingers for a bit. No lacing and moderate length legs. Flavor has a moderate sweetness with some complex caramel notes as well as toffee and some lighter toasted bread notes. Moderate raisin with some prune and fig. Moderate bitterness accentuated by the coffee. Moderate coffee notes with some dark fruit and a bit of nut notes. Medium light alcohol spice. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a decent beer with a nice base profile, but the coffee notes are a bit light. Good caramel and fruit notes, but I as expecting more I guess.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2016
at 02:09