8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is smooth vanilla and toasted malty bourbon to dense malty. Smooth vanilla and toasted caramelish malty. Smooth and vanilla bourbon into a smooth finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2012
at 12:31
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ FOneFan. Very dark brown with tiny beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, vanilla and bourbon. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, medium sweet, vanilla and oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2012
at 12:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, caramel, dried fruit, chocolate and a little bourbon. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 310312
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2012
at 12:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are vanilla, fruits, alcohol, malt and wood. Full bodied. Not much stout left.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2012
at 12:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 2011 bottle from JoePeesie set on the counter for a bit and poured into a cigar city snifter. Pours black with dark brown highlights and small light brown head. Little lacing, medium body, sticky texture, and sweet bourbon/roasted malt aroma. Taste is roasted malt, bourbon, oak, some vanilla, and light bitter finish. This is good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2012
at 17:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle oddly not rated until now. Deep what looks to be unfiltered burgundy-brown. Thin, steady, creamy white head. Smooth, mellow chocolate aroma. Full and official, a really nice chocolate edged Porter. Middle of the road, but true to style, really well balanced. Thick specialty malt tones, on the lighter side of full-bodied. Solid offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2012
at 04:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Dan’s house, courtesy of camons. Thanks René! Cloudy brown appearance with a light brown head that dissipates pretty quickly. Roasted, burnt coffee grounds, slightly boozy whiskey, caramel, rich vanilla aroma. A bit boozy, burnt coffee, thick oaky, vanilla, toffee, somewhat acidic flavor with some fruity undertones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2012
at 19:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Alchemy. Hazy orange tan, with a big foamy off-white head. A pretty respectable offering, big fruity yeast esters, but surprisingly mellow and drinkable. Nice Styrian(?) hop balance gives it an authentic flavor. Semi lacking in terms of effervescence. Pleasantly clean and well attenuated, not a sticky mess at all. A pretty tasty beer, above average for a stateside example.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2012
at 18:08
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ home, courtesy of the always generous kbutler1. This barley wine pours a reddish maroon appearance with a small tan head. Here we have a very rich, thick caramel, bourbon aroma with a shit load of dark fruit like plums, tons of toffee, vanilla, and lots of rich aroma that’s delicioso. The flavor is quite rich and fairly boozy, but nice. There’s a ton of dark fruit- plums, figs, dark grapes, dates- in the flavor along with a ton of vanilla, oak, sweet booze, and toffee. There’s a fuck load of flavors going but you have to deal with the plethora of booze. I’ll take it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2012
at 23:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ Timbers, Denver. Pours black with a offwhite head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, bourbon, light oak, vanilla. Taste is roasted malt, expresso, coffee, both dark and milk chocolate, vanilla, oak, bourbon, dark fruit. Medium body, soft carbonation. Very nice BA stout, just lacks a bit of body and complexity to be really great. 100312
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2012
at 22:58