6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
12oz bottle via trade with KSurkin. Pours a thick, opaque black with one ring of white head. Nose is nice, a little worrisome, tar, pine, not pinetar, some burnt malt extract, caramel, licorice, molasses, orange peel, pine sap. Flavor is actually slightly sour. Infected? I’m not totally sure, but it’s possible. Flavors of red wine vinegar, molasses, some grapfeuit, some lemon, a flat white grape flavor, some grass. Medium bodied, spritzy, sour finish. Admittedly, my wife likes sours and porters and loved this. To me, this seemed infected at best, poorly executed at worst.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2012
at 17:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle, picked up from Grape and Gourmet. Poured a mostly amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma was earthy malts, some light hops. Flavor was a bit subdued, earthy notes pretty much top to bottom with this one. Drinkable, but not as enjoyable as I had hoped.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2012
at 22:47
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask at DoG St. pub in Williamsburg VA. Weak aroma. Hazy amber, hasn’t dropped bright quite yet. Very soft carbonation, but young not flat Flavor is overripe lemon. Finishes with lemon zest and a touch of dandelion?Alcohol slightly noticeable on the back end. I’m not a fan of the regular Green Can, so this is certainly an improvement.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2012
at 18:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Fruity caramel malt aroma. Honey gold with a small off-white head. Citrus peel hops, fruity peach/apricot, and sweet bready malt flavor. Medium body, low carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2012
at 14:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Chocolate caramel malt and resinous citrus peel aroma. Dark chestnut brown with moderate tan head. Sweet chocolate/caramel malt and mildly bitter pine/orange peel hops flavor. Nice blending. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2012
at 15:12
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Lactic barley malt aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Slightly sweet barley malt and lightly bitter hay hops flavor. Not bad - a standard golden ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2012
at 17:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Apricot malt and light citrus peel aroma. Golden yellow color with small head. Sweet apricot/orange malt and moderately bitter lemongrass flavor. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2012
at 19:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle I picked up while down in Virginia Beach. Poured a clear amber color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was light citrus hops, sweet malt notes. Medium hop notes, malts. Flavor was pretty refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2012
at 09:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Picked up a bottle when I was down in Virginia Beach. Poured a nice golden color with a medium sized fluffy white head, good carbonation in there. Nice looking. Aroma was biscuit, malts, not a lot else in there. IBU was so low I wasn’t expecting much of a hop presence, and I was right - little to none. Really fresh, surprisingly I’m enjoying this one a lot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2012
at 16:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the first Tap Into Virginia Cask Fest, Capital Ale House Downtown, 4/21/12. Pours a murky brown color with a thin creamy tan head. Fair head retention. Aroma of roasted coffee and roasted malts. The taste is resin hops, coffee, vanilla, roasted malts. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2012
at 21:45