7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at GABF. Orange hued body with a small just barely off-white head. Aromas are bready with light caramel and toast. A bit of esters with some spicy, woodsy, green hop character. Flavors are bready, toasty, light caramel with some woodsy hop notes. Bitter balance (slight), medium carbonation. Good
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2011
at 14:54
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
On tap at GABF. Pours with a bit black body and a large deep brown head. Aromas are chocolate, rich, alcohol, light smoke, anise and tar. Flavors are a bit smokey, rich, thick, chocolate, anise, caramel, bready and a touch vinous. Rich with a light caramelization or melanoidin character. Medium bubbles, mouth-coatingly viscous. Well made. I really enjoyed this one!
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2011
at 14:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at GABF. Pours with a pitch black hue and a lasting tan head that leaves some good lace. Aromas of smoke (mild), roast, chocolate, light esters (raisins) and some vanilla. Flavors are roasty, milk chocolate, cocoa nibs (lightly earthy), some leather and light smoke. Decently bitter. Medium to full bodied, viscous, medium-dry for the style. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2011
at 14:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at GABF. Multiple samples. Pours with a pretty clear yellow body with a retentive white head. Soft pils/bready malt aroma, lightly grainy. Some spicy and herbal noble hop aromas. A touch grassy. Very clean fermentation wise. Flavors are quite dry with a nice malt bready character and a spicy hop finish. Dry, crisp and medium bitter. Well done pilsner!
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2011
at 14:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap, multiple samples and GABF. Pours a clear bright yellow to light orange hue with a medium sized white head. Aromas are extremely dank with an over ripe fruit aroma that I associate with CTZ. Dank, fruity pungent and herbaceous. Flavors have some dry hop grassiness to them. Very dry, fruity dank, overripe (CTZ) character. Very light malt character but a pleasant bitter balance overall (no harsh bitterness, only harshness is the light grassy character). Very dry (good), medium bubbles. Very tasty!
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2011
at 14:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee, light chocolate - vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, coffe, chocolate - vanilla. chili spicy finish, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110805]
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2011
at 23:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask@GBBF2011. Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, liquorice, some mild toasted notes as well as nice vanillaish notes. Flavour s quite much the same along with quite strong chocolate. Big chocolate and ashy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2011
at 22:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From cask. Pours dark to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and dark chocolate. Sweet, vanilla and dark roasted malty. Smooth and easy. Ends sweet and lingering vanilla dark caramelish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2011
at 14:41
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Rating #1000. Cask at GBBF, 2011. Black pour with a tan head. Smoke, vanilla and caramel aromas. Chocolate, coffee, rum raisin ice cream and milk chocolate flavours. Full on sweet, warming finish. Lovely!
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2011
at 13:07
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
on tap-pours a white head and gold/orange color. Aroma is peach/tropical/some pine, some light/medium malt. Taste is peach/tropical/some pine/spice/perfumy hops with some bite, secondary backbone of sweet light/medium malt. OK effervescence.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2011
at 07:16