7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Craft back in April. Sketchy rating, I had had a few. Aroma is soy sauce, roast malt, bit of light coffee. Taste is chocolatey, roasty malt, bit of cream. Tasty and nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep hazy golden and copper coloured body with a peach-like glow, all with almost no head at all. Aroma of grass, coriander seed, a lot of wheat and light citrus notes as well - strong throughout, but leaving a hole in the terms of the scent and the style. Light to Medium-bodied; Super dry flavours at first with the big medicinal bite and a dash of hay, grass, light funk and a dash of odd fruit notes. Aftertaste then ensues and for most folks, the best part of the evening is during the front portion and insted of hearing about the funk and complexities of the breweries. Overall, a deep and horribly bittered and pungent note of grain and light spices that definitely show this as either a Belgian Style IPA or a deeper normal IPA. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine In Fairfax, Virginia on 1-September-2019 for US$2,49 sampled at home in Washington on 07-September-2019, while enjoying a Michigan beer after watching Michigan [University of] play football earlier in the day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 06:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned in 7/2019. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger fairly dense/creamy/rocky khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big juicy, lightly tart/tangy red/black raspberries, fruit skin/seeds, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, wood, herbal, grass, pepper and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of raspberries, dark/roast/black/bready malts, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big juicy, lightly tart/tangy red/black raspberries, fruit skin/seeds, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, wood, herbal, grass, pepper and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, woody, grassy, peppery, roast, charred bitterness; and light fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy red/black raspberries, fruit skin/seeds, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, wood, herbal, grass, pepper and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of raspberries, dark/roast/black/bready malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a fantastic roast/hop bitter/sweet, and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium-plus carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, fairly sticky/chalky, and lightly acidic/tangy/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 9%. Overall this is an outstanding fruited imperial black ale. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of raspberries, dark/roast/black/bready malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the mellowly bitter/tart/tangy/drying finish. Fantastic soft feel for the style; not overly bitter/charred, or overdone on fruit. Awesome balance of juicy/jammy raspberries and rich malt complexity; with great earthy hop presence/balance. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and really impressive base style example.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Aug 2019
at 17:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2019. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has bitter coffee, roasted malts and dark grains with a hint of bitter chocolate. Flavor has dark grains, roasted malts and a growing bitter coffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2019
at 00:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark brown color. Roast, smoke and a hint of chocolate in the aroma. Toffee flavor with beechwood smoke, notes of caramel and milk chocolate. Sweetness is carefully matched by the smoke. Not too much alcohol. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Almost black, opague. Malt and licorice in the aroma. Full bodied. malty sweet flavor. Licorice hides the milk chocolate notes. Dangerously drinkable and delicious beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. brown color, cloudy. Malt, toffee and cappucino in the aroma. Malty sweet sugary flavor with toffee, caramel, hints of yeast. Coffee. Thinnish, not the thick maltiness of German doppelbocks. Just a hint of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from callmemickey, thanks! Reddish amber color. Grapefruit, oily hops and melon in the aroma. Full bodied, slightly alcoholic even. Malty sweet flavor with oily hops and loads of tropical and citrus fruit. Long aftertaste with red fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Black and opague. Dark head. Chocolate milk and hints of bacon and smoke in the aroma. Chocolate milk in the flavor. Hints of roast and smoke, but these are hidden by the chocolate. Nice, but weird.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ Beer. Temple. Golden color, ripe tropical fruit in the slightly herbal aroma. Soft herbal hopbitter flavor with ripe fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:05