7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF 2023 - Day 1. Pours clear yellow-gold with a bubbly white head. Medium sweet flavour with plump citrus notes, bready pale malts. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Citrusy finish. Sound.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Aug 2023
at 12:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From a 12 oz can from Bill in Santa Fe. Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Aromas of orange and pineapple. Flavors are bitter pine and citrus.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2023
at 22:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a 12 oz can. Pours black with a tan head. Aromas are caramel and chocolate. Flavors are sweet toffee with a bit of roast bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2023
at 00:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Deep amber with a frothy, white head that lingers. Quite fruity aroma for a barley wine .. presumably the „west coast style“. A mix of tropical fruits, apples, and caramel. Taste is mildly sweet up front, full of licorice and brown sugar. Finishes with nectarines and peppermint, but also a bit of booze. Full-bodied, mild carbonation. Warming at the end. Nice.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2023
at 18:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Black with a light brown head. Roasted grain aroma with a touch of milk chocolate. Taste is roasted bitter the whole way through. The highlight is the body—creamy, silky perfection with good chewiness. Nice!
Tried
on 25 Dec 2022
at 02:45
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
This 16 oz can was purchased at the Santa Fe Total Wine back in the heat of the summer. So now on the coldest evening so far of the season I am ready to have a sampling. Once again I can say Second Street is great with the graphics, a fine label. And the bottom of the can says Danger Kitty along with 03/22/22, enough said. I think a snifter is in order, my Buffalo Bayou glass will suffice. The pour is unequivocally black with a steadfast top of light brown foam. I lift the glass to smell a strong amount of chocolate, vanilla and wheat bread. As good as the scent is, well, the taste is better. Dark chocolate, strawberries, vanilla, a bit of coffee roastiness, chocolate malt, some caramel, grain and earth. Unexpectedly good. Between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, the breweries in New Mexico turn out some surprising beers.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Nov 2022
at 02:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
At Total Wine in Santa Fe I was able to purchase this 12 oz can fairly recently. Stamped on the bottom is a pkg date of 5/30/22. I'm using my New Belgium tulip glass to catch this pour, a fairly clear, medium yellow body followed up by a slowly descending head of fully white foam. Though not exactly a big fan of IPAs, this beer has a nice scent of yellow fruit, grass, some pininess, and meadow. The drink is even better, I am a bit surprised. Tropical fruit, peaches, white bread, malt and a substantial hops presence, nice in this day and time. Noticeably bitter and a bit dry. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2022
at 22:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Gold with a frothy, white head. Subdued cardboard and caramel aroma with a hint of fruitiness. Taste is bitter, herbal, with a bit of resin. Medium-bodied, moderate carbonation, good chewiness. Pretty good except for the underwhelming aroma, which probably didn’t get any better with 5 months in the cellar.
Tried
on 26 May 2022
at 16:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can thanks to Drake! I should have had these two barleywines back to back, but this got buried in the back of the fridge. Lovely amber with a hint of haze and half an inch of beige head. Caramel, raisin, light pine, orange rind nose. Oh now that's nice. Raisin, caramel, pine, orange peel, peach-ish, hint of ass-end spice. Nice work.
Tried
from Can
on 13 May 2022
at 22:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can thanks to Drake! My first NM brew! Hazy orange with a soft beige head. Nose is odd for a barleywine - I guess I've never had a west coast barleywine. Green hops, tomato, pine, dark fruit. Flavor is nice: dark fruit, caramel, pine, resin.
Tried
from Can
on 04 May 2022
at 21:17