6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy golden with a lasting off-white head. Hoppy aroma of pine and citrus with some grainy malt getting in the way. Dry and citrus hoppy flavour with a good bitterness
Tried
on 01 Oct 2010
at 07:44
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cloudy amber with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of malt and hay, with a note of unfermented wort. Sweet and grainy malt flavour with a touch of biscuit
Tried
on 01 Oct 2010
at 07:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle. Left by mowz after our impromptu beer tasting. Pours a nice deep brown with red highlights, some fizzy foam that settles to a thin layer of whitish bubbles. Smell brings lots of coffee to mind, more likely because I remember my only other Central Waters beer, the Peruvian Morning. Augh! ’Scuse me, I just sniffed some right up my nose. Okay. Taste brings in some of that chocolate they talk about above, but quite bitter, with the coffee notes included. In fact, a bit of "stale stout" sourness. This is much more of a stout than a porter, I think. But the malt is a bit sticky for a 5.5% beer, and the hops start to kick in halfway down. Some Centennial and Cascade if I’m not mistaken. And it’s likely I am mistaken, but oh well. Pretty solid, perhaps overly bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2010
at 19:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Bodega Brew Pub in La Crosse. The beer is a deep murly brown color with a medium light tan head that dissipates steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of strong coffee along with chocolate. Medium, creamy body with flavors of roasted coffee, dark chocolate and a hint of hops. The finish is roasty with a lingering coffee aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2010
at 12:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Ruby brown body, clear. Frothy, tan head that rapidly diminishes. Interesting aroma of mild coffee and dark chocolate. Hints of burnt toast and floral hops. Undercurrent of funky earthiness. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter and lightly acidic. It finishes moderately sweet, moderately bitter and lightly acidic. Medium body with a watery texture that turns creamy in the finish. Lively carbonation. This is a beer that makes a good first impression with its pleasing sweet chocolate taste. But the sweetness sticks around way past its welcome and by ounce number four, I am thinking cloying. It’s unpleasant riding on top of its smoky/burnt/alcohol taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2010
at 13:35
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of CaptainCougar - thanks! Very dark maroon, medium brown head that settles quickly. Subtle chocolate syrup aroma with a bit of vanilla. Taste is bitter dark chocolate. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2010
at 18:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a deep black color stout with a large light brown color head with good retention and some very good lacing. Aroma of dry coffee and black chocolate with a dry malt base. Taste is a mix between some nondescript roasted malt notes with bland dry coffee notes and some black chocolate. Body is too light for style with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. A bit of a disappointment with a body that is too thin and no complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2010
at 20:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to thirdeye11! Poured dark brown with a slight red hue and a near white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had a hint of bourbon with slightly tart cherries with just a bit of roasted malt. Roasted malt was present but mainly cherry slightly tart throughout the beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2010
at 18:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, 2010. Pours ruby brown with a small creamy white head and lacings. Nose is cocoa and coffee roast. Flavor adds coffee beans and vanilla. Smooth palate. Dry roasted end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2010
at 03:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle purchased at the Four Firkins in St Louis Park, Minnesota. Bottled on May notched on the label. Pour is a slightly hazed copper golden orange with a nicely formed 2 inch light tan head. Nice lacing etches the tulip. Aroma is pine on the pour, opening up to some nice resin a biscuit sweet malt. Some honey and floral sweetness mixed in. Nice nose, not hugely fresh, but nicely balanced. Taste is pine resin up front, followed close by the caramel biscuit, though less sweet than the nose. I don’t get the honey floral in the taste either. The taste is more towards the hops, but this beer still achieves a nice balance. Palate is medium top thin bodied, lower than average carbonation and a dry, mineral, bitter finish. The bitterness lingers pretty long. Nice IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2010
at 06:33