6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Marked as Lompoc Special Draft. Pours with a light, off-white head over a hazy deep amber body. Aroma of sarsaparilla, toffee and chocolate fudge. Taste is a bit smokey with chocolate, leather and a bit of bitterness in the finish. Watery mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2009
at 11:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a small, off-white head over a hazed amber body. Good lace left behind. Aroma is herbal, and nutty with very light hops. Light lemony citrus with a bit of honey rounding out. Taste is floral hops, some nutshells, and caramel malts balancing. Hops seem a bit faded for the 100IBU claim. Effervescent with a water like consistency.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2009
at 11:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled at Toronado 2009 Barleywine Festival. Pours deep amber with copper edges and tan head. The aroma is a mix of figs, prunes and dates to go along with aged chewy malts and faint wood. Good nose yet a bit modest in strength. Very nice taste that will yield increased goodness with more age. I get musty dusty dates, yams, figs and prunes. Before midway the barrel notes rise up with bourbon, vanilla and oak adding to the complexity. Well balanced flavors that demand additional quaffings. I could sip this all day/night.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2009
at 22:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Liquid Solutions. Pours reddish copper with a think tan head. So much citrus/floral hop that the roast malt is nearly hidden. Medium body with creamy carbonation. The flavor is lush hop. Floral, citrus, maybe a touch of resin, and there’s roast malt underneath. A slight hop burn in the finish. This is a really good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2009
at 19:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Toffee color with a dark cream colored head. Rich malt aroma with light darker malts. Caramel, piney/lt grapefruit flavor with light darker malts. medium-plus bodied. Caramel lingers with light pine/grapefruit and light darker malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2009
at 17:25
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bomber from Liquid Solutions. Labeled as Lompoc Special Draft. 6.9%. Dark brown color with ruby notes. Thick light tan head. Aroma of strongly roasted caramel. Just a tinge of hoppiness. Medium plus body with creamy carbonation. Smooth malty roast, with a little smokiness, and some hop resin. It gets even better into the finish. Mouthsmacking.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2009
at 22:28
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle-pours a foamy to rich tan head that laces and dark copper color. Aroma is nice sweet pine/citrus-grapefruit. Taste is very dry, quite bitter pine/resin/citrus-grapefruit hops, puckering. A palate killer that was mostly raw hops at the beginning. Half way through the pint, it still had its raw edge but was quite enjoyable, although the balance scale seemed 6 parts hops 1 part malt. Great beer. Although no way a session beer. Thanks to skourtis for this trade with jwc215 & me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2009
at 09:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught. Poured dark brown/red with a thick off white head. Aroma of malt, caramel and old sugar. Malty and caramelly flavour with some coffee notes. Lingering unsweetened coffee finish. Sip this and savour
Tried
on 18 Jan 2009
at 19:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draught. Poured Pale gold with slim foamy white head. Little lacing. Aroma of malt, grass and a little apple. Slim malty flavour, could use just a wee bit more body/ Thin finish with more fruit.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2009
at 19:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Saraveza. Poured black with thin fast dissipating head. No lacing. Faint aroma of malt and coffee. Flavour of malt, with coffee, chocolate and roast notes. Full lasting malt finish. with more coffee notes. A worthy porter
Tried
on 10 Jan 2009
at 17:16