5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Tap @ Second Street Santa Fe Railyard. Pours a light golden appearance with a small white head. Corn, straw, light veggie aroma. Moderate veggie, bitter herbal, grassy flavor. Pass.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2013
at 19:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Hazy golden brown color, thick creamy head. Aroma of peppery tropical fruit. Taste is equally peppery with a bit of summer fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2012
at 17:09
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Dark brown with no head. Earthy, spicy, caramel and dark sugars and some spicy hops on the nose, although perhaps the total package isn’t as complex as all that. Tastes like spices, diacetyl and harsh spicy astringency in the finish, all the while being not that distinctive. A little strong (boozy) in the finish as well. It is okay, but not really top notch.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2011
at 21:56
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Slightly hazy. Amber, it’s flat looking and a bit dull. Has a heavy caramel character. A simple beer, I guess somewhere between a sticke and a bock.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2011
at 21:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown and no head. Smells very chocolatey and fudgey. Creamy, fudgey character, with lots of sweet malts. . Good brew, drinks easy.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2011
at 21:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Deep gold. No head. Malty, slightly herbal aroma. Lots of malt, herbal saaz and appetizing bitterness. Good balance. Tasty. Not really a pilsner, but a good 14P svetly.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2011
at 21:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown. This was actually poured with a thin head - a nice change of pace. The aroma is chocolatey, maybe a bit of roast. On the palate, it has a more toasty, chocolatey accent. The mouthfeel is creamy, and there’s a bit of dryness from hops to balance the creamy malt sugars. Not perfect - there’s a bit of huskiness late - but it’s pretty nice.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2011
at 18:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown with no head...they never pour with any head...not even a little. Drives me nuts. The aroma is straightforward nutty-roasty. On the palate, it is simple and roasty with a mild nutty accent. The flavours are reaonably assertive, like a training wheels version of Sprecher Black Bavarian, but the body is closer to the likes of Stortebecker...not really a good thing. Ends up kind of in the middle, neither terribly characterful nor all that smooth.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2011
at 09:15
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Pale straw and hazy. Vague continental hop nose. Similar palate. Light fruit and some bubblegum. Hmmm...lots of QC issues on their German-style stuff lately.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2011
at 21:56
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Amber-brown colour. No head, but that’s normal at Second St. The aroma is mostly caramelly, maybe into toffeeish territory a bit. On the palate, some caramel and alcohol. Definitely some phenols (bubblegum) and esters that shouldn’t be there. Similar to the Altbier, lots of flaws.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2011
at 21:54