7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. Nose is chocolate, light citrus, and a hint of smoke with the.malt being prominent. Black with a medium tan head. Flavor is chocolate, coffee, and light bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2013
at 17:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark copper coloured body with a hint of a deep amber and orange glow with a two centimetre thick tan head. Aroma of alcohol, pine, resin, earth, caramel, malt and a decent amount of grapefruit. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy, herbal, piney and resinous hop flavours with a little woodsy and herbal notes more than the others near the end. Aftertaste shows a good blend of malt and hops, some alcohol and a very dry, herbal taste at the end, all with some caramel sweetness, but this is all about the hops. Overall,a good and rather earthy, floral and bitter IPA with a lot of caramel malt noticeable. Cool to try and a different take on the style, especially being in Southern California, I was surprised and happy to see a non-Southern California IPA! I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from City Liqour House in San Diego, California on 08-June-2013 for US$5.99 sampled at home in Washington on the other side of this great land on 07-October-2013.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2013
at 21:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at Naja’s Place. Almost black, bright tan head. Aroma of coffee grounds, pine, burnt espresso. Taste is rich and roasty, moderately bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Aug 2013
at 21:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber beer with a white head. Tart and light strawberry aroma. Sour, light acetic flavor with light lemon. Medium bodied. Sour and light acetic notes linger with light mineral and light fruitiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2013
at 09:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from CraftShack. Pours very hazy amber with an off-beige transient, foamy head. Aroma is sort of tart, with mild cooked cherry. Med body. Flavor is tart. Not harsh or sour, but tart. Cherries are very low key. Nice drink. It’s coming on a bit sour with time. There’s a little caramel - which seems inappropriate for the style. Nice mouth effect with each quaff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2013
at 16:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Craft Shack. Pours translucent light orange amber with a slight beige head. Aroma is mixed pine/caramel. Full bodied. Flavor is caramel, pine/resin and citrus and fruit. It has a bitchin hop burn. Yet it’s not harsh like the NW monsters. Which I prefer, but to everything there is a season. Season, not saison. It’s good ale!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2013
at 18:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - Resin, earthy and celery. Clearish orange with a rich head. Wierd celery and bitterness, some soap and pine. Finish is long and not great. A miss for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2013
at 19:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Bine & Vine. Pours very dark brown/black with a slight, transient tan head. Aroma is sort of smoky treacle. Full bodied. No smoke, but lots of treacle. Lots of near burnt malt. It’s quite smooth, nearly silky. No heat. The treacle level may account for the disparities in ratings. Finishes treacle, but not incredibly sweet. Either the scorched malt or the hop? is adding enough bitter to arguably balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2013
at 21:08
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Pours with a hazed peach hued color with a fizzy white head that fades. Aromas are of sourdough bread, lactic acid, relatively strong butyric acid (vomit), pie cherries and baked bread. The vomit smell is a bit overwhelming for me. Flavors are of lactic acid, grainy, toasty, lots of apple esters, mild lemon, lighter butyric acid. Really not my thing: sour mash gone wrong. Cherries, a bit harsh, lightly vegital. To be honest, this is really not good. Lively carbonation, medium dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2013
at 22:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bine and Vine. Pours dishwater gold with a slight white head. Lemon sour aroma. Med minus body. Flavor is lemon/sour, but sort in a soda pop way. Think it needs less sugar. Still, it’s in the range of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2013
at 17:27