7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Stone Escondido, pours a cloudy maroon with a medium beige head. Aroma is huge on the dank, herbal and resinous hops upfront, with very minor notice of the berries. Flavour is along the same lines, with lots of dank resinous hops, and just enough bready caramel malt to back. No real hint of the berries. Despite this, it's an excellent IIPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2017
at 13:19
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Clear gold with a yellow-white head. Pine, orange, pineapple scent. Sweet citrus, grain malt, pine flavour. Very nice....a LOT of flavour......juicy and a wonderfully balanced bitterness to sweet ratio......
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2017
at 19:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty smooth chocolate and berry flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and berry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2017
at 23:46
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Orange, pineapple, caramel malt, and orange peel aroma. Golden yellow with moderate white head. Moderately sweet orange, pineapple, light caramel malt, and moderately bitter pine/grapefruit peel flavor. Great body and balance. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2017
at 21:56
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Great balance like tightrope walkers. Black pour with great head and lacing. Creamy consistency. Sharp dark chocolate. Light bitter finish. Tap.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jan 2017
at 19:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head with good retention recedes leaving spidery sheets. Chocolate covered berry aromas. Thin with dark chocolate and espresso upfront turning to mild blueberry before the lasting charred espresso finish.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2017
at 19:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Salud. Almost black color, brown head. Aroma of earthy and fruity coffee. Taste is earthy roast, light body. Berries are subtle.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jan 2017
at 11:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
650 ml Bottle. Pitch black color, thin lasting tan head. Aroma is chocolate, weak berries, faint roast.
Berry juice hints with a weak roasted malt backbone. Not quite a full body. There is a lot of bitterness in the finish that comes off as pine or bitter chocolate. ABV is mostly hidden. Yeah, it is drinkable but was expecting a bit more from this. Overall, average at best.
Berry juice hints with a weak roasted malt backbone. Not quite a full body. There is a lot of bitterness in the finish that comes off as pine or bitter chocolate. ABV is mostly hidden. Yeah, it is drinkable but was expecting a bit more from this. Overall, average at best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2017
at 20:27
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle. Pours a bright brassy golden color topped by a small rocky white head with nice clinging lace. Perfumy hop aroma is redolent of peach and pineapple. Flavor is a mirror of the nose, with notes of dank citrus and warming alcohol. Complex tropical fruit throughout. There is an underlying caramel malt backbone as well. Another fine IPA effort from Stone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2017
at 22:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
10 oz pour on draft at Evening Star. Poured a black color with a small tan head. Aroma was chocolate, raspberry, berries. Chocolate. Chocolate, light coffee, malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Dec 2016
at 21:13