Subsidiaries
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Thanks to Darkover for the trade. Apparently wheat doesn’t grow too well in urban areas. Hazy yellow-gold color with a thin white head and scant lacing. The aroma is faintly wheaty with a touch of malt. Light-bodied with a slick mouthfeel. Tastes like a cross between a Wheat and an Adjunct Lager. Mild wheat, hops and corn are the prevalent flavors. The finish is crisp and lightly hoppy and fruity. Not bad really, it just doesn’t need to be this bland.
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2005
at 20:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Much better than I anticipated. Of course hops dominate aroma, taste and aftertaste, with a nice bitterness to go with. Much more full and developed than I remembered from last time.
Tried
on 15 May 2005
at 22:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a nice orange color with no head. Aroma is of citrus hops. Flavor is a bit weak but you get the hops and malts in there. A fine pale ale but still lacking somthing. Overall very ok.
Tried
on 13 May 2005
at 22:08
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
This is the first beer that I have tried from this brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a cloudy chestnut color with a medium sized soapy tan head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma is sweet caramel, date and plum. The flavor is very sweet with sugary caramel, molasses, date, raisin and wood. Long finish with lingering date and caramel. Fairly full bodied. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2005
at 10:08
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Good for an American wheat. Light wheat aroma and light wheat taste. There is pleasant citrus, and it is a little sweet. I would prefer a hefe, but this lighter beer with the citrus is an ok substitute.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2005
at 18:12
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
A hazy amber beer with a small white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel and peach as well as light hints of alcohol. The flavor is malty with light notes of oranges and straw, while the body is thin.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2005
at 04:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very tasty with a fruity and hoppy aroma. A fresh and nice balanced IPA. My kind of beer.
Re-rating. 355 ml bottle @ Melkebaren, Sandnes. Almost clear amber body with a medium sized white head. Nice aroma of grapefruit, peaches and caramel. Flavor is refreshing fruity, bitter and caramel malt. Quite straight forward IPA, and should not offend anyone, still really nice. Medium body and decent bitter aftertaste.
Re-rating. 355 ml bottle @ Melkebaren, Sandnes. Almost clear amber body with a medium sized white head. Nice aroma of grapefruit, peaches and caramel. Flavor is refreshing fruity, bitter and caramel malt. Quite straight forward IPA, and should not offend anyone, still really nice. Medium body and decent bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2005
at 03:09
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Re-rate based on 3 July 2006 bottling. badnewsbeers shared this more recent vintage with me, and I was blown away. Thicker with a more complex flavor profile than the previous vintage I tried, offering huge prunes, plum, and soy, with big charred roasted malts and more subtle oak and bourbon notes than I remember from the original bottling. The 2006 vintage still has the hot alcohol finish, but everything else seems bolder and better crafted. Outstanding.
Previous review: Deep opaque charcoal brown/black body, thin/medium ochre head. Strong oak and vanilla aroma with chocolate, soy, and roasted malts in the background. Flavor started out with dominant oak/vanilla, but there was enough roast and chocolate backing the barrel flavors to provide crucial balance. Coffee and a touch of soy rounded out the flavor profile. Pretty full-bodied and a bit sticky with a burnt aftertaste as well as alcohol notes. Very good. Thanks JCW! (Numbers: 8-4-8-4-16).
Previous review: Deep opaque charcoal brown/black body, thin/medium ochre head. Strong oak and vanilla aroma with chocolate, soy, and roasted malts in the background. Flavor started out with dominant oak/vanilla, but there was enough roast and chocolate backing the barrel flavors to provide crucial balance. Coffee and a touch of soy rounded out the flavor profile. Pretty full-bodied and a bit sticky with a burnt aftertaste as well as alcohol notes. Very good. Thanks JCW! (Numbers: 8-4-8-4-16).
Tried
on 14 Mar 2005
at 20:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Orange hazy amber ale with a light white head. Smooth hops and orange notes in aroma. Sweet malt and good hops with a good citrus bite. Sweet caramel finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2005
at 21:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Medium head, dark orange colour. Malty nose with powerful hop aroma. Dry malty, hoppy body, with both hops and malts lingering long into the aftertaste. Absolutely lovely!
Tried
on 18 Feb 2005
at 15:13