5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap. Pours very hazy straw, tiny head, minimal lacing. Aroma is oddly smoky, vegetal, melon. Flavor is full of watermelon along with a bit a wheat, cucumber. Light body, low carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2017
at 19:00
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Tap. Pours quite hazy straw yellow, small white head, some lacing. Aroma is juicy and dank, Grapefruit, mango, light pine. Flavors is light sweet, light bitter. Medium body, soft mouthfeel. Really good!
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2017
at 18:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy straw yellow small white head, minimal lacing. Aroma is heavy coconut and light papaya. Flavors follows, light tart, definitionally tropical, loads of toasted coconut. Melon light body, low carbonation. Holy hell, this works!
Tried
on 21 Jul 2017
at 18:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A milky yellow ipa with a thin white head. In aroma, superb mix of cereals, resinous and piney hops, loads of citrus pulp, orange pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity biscuit malt with loads of orange pulp, light tropical fruits, citrusy goodness, resinous and piney hops, very nice and refreshing. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Apr 2017
at 12:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A reddish brown ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, nice caramel malt with loads of chocolate malt, grassy hops, light treacle, pleasant and nutty. In mouth, a nice caramel malt with loads of roasted malt, chocolate notes, light coffee, nice and smooth. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Apr 2017
at 12:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A hazed golden ale with a thick frothy lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with loads of citrusy floral hops, light tropical fruits, cream, nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with loads of citrusy resinous floral hops, white grapefruit, light mineral notes, very nice and fragrant. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Apr 2017
at 12:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a light amber color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated fairly quick. Some light stringy lace.
The aroma had some bready and woody notes up front. Mild tart to sour citrus/vinous/earthy leather and then a crisp brett sourness.
The flavor takes all of the previously mentioned aromas to converge and end up having a light clean caramel and vanilla sweetness to amplify the taste. All of it seems to come into the aftertaste and roll into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair balance between sessionable and sipping ability. Vinous grip seems to agitate a fair harshness on my tongue.
Overall, pretty damn good sour ale that I would like to have again. Might be personal palate, but I seem to like the sour ales that bring forth the subtle vanilla sweetness to round it all out.
The aroma had some bready and woody notes up front. Mild tart to sour citrus/vinous/earthy leather and then a crisp brett sourness.
The flavor takes all of the previously mentioned aromas to converge and end up having a light clean caramel and vanilla sweetness to amplify the taste. All of it seems to come into the aftertaste and roll into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair balance between sessionable and sipping ability. Vinous grip seems to agitate a fair harshness on my tongue.
Overall, pretty damn good sour ale that I would like to have again. Might be personal palate, but I seem to like the sour ales that bring forth the subtle vanilla sweetness to round it all out.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2017
at 20:55
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Poured into a snifter, the appearance was a dark brown close to black in color with a thin white to off white foamy little head. No lace.
The aroma had some marshmallow, chocolate and graham cracker. Warms into some roasted malt, cream and vanilla.
The flavor leans towards a sturdy sweetness converging into some roast and sliding into the aftertaste nicely. All of those previously mentioned aromas really take hold into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body, perhaps just a bit above close to being full. Great sipper for Winter. Some carbonation was felt. ABV felt fine.
Overall, extremely nice imperial stout brewed to show us that Vermont can make absolutely phenomenal stouts.
The aroma had some marshmallow, chocolate and graham cracker. Warms into some roasted malt, cream and vanilla.
The flavor leans towards a sturdy sweetness converging into some roast and sliding into the aftertaste nicely. All of those previously mentioned aromas really take hold into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body, perhaps just a bit above close to being full. Great sipper for Winter. Some carbonation was felt. ABV felt fine.
Overall, extremely nice imperial stout brewed to show us that Vermont can make absolutely phenomenal stouts.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Mar 2017
at 20:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Reviewed from notes.
Poured into a snifter, the appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a finger’s worth of eggshell white foamy head. Sliding lace.
The aroma had a lusciously sweet milk chocolate opening up into some dark chocolate tones. Nice level roastiness. Subtle coffee bean ebb and flow.
The flavor yields to the sweetness nicely. Roastiness is slightly there, but now some vanilla bean seems to be coming out. Sly cocoa bean to vanilla bean aftertaste leading into a quick malty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fair sipping quality about it. Nice carbonation. ABV felt just a tad under, but still some booziness could be noticed.
Overall, pretty good imperial stout. I wouldn’t mind trying this when they first released it. Surprised to see the carbonation held up.
Poured into a snifter, the appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a finger’s worth of eggshell white foamy head. Sliding lace.
The aroma had a lusciously sweet milk chocolate opening up into some dark chocolate tones. Nice level roastiness. Subtle coffee bean ebb and flow.
The flavor yields to the sweetness nicely. Roastiness is slightly there, but now some vanilla bean seems to be coming out. Sly cocoa bean to vanilla bean aftertaste leading into a quick malty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fair sipping quality about it. Nice carbonation. ABV felt just a tad under, but still some booziness could be noticed.
Overall, pretty good imperial stout. I wouldn’t mind trying this when they first released it. Surprised to see the carbonation held up.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2017
at 20:01
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was basically the same as Janus I.
The aroma was pretty much spot on as well, but with a tad less bleu’ cheese in this one.
The flavor seemed a bit more funkier with stronger vinous (red wine). Super long vinous aftertaste strolling into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a trying sessionability about it. Honestly, I really wanted to sip it because of the strong vinous quality to this. ABV felt fine.
Overall, first one was better than this one. Sorry, not so much for this guy, scale back on the wine and this could be way better.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was basically the same as Janus I.
The aroma was pretty much spot on as well, but with a tad less bleu’ cheese in this one.
The flavor seemed a bit more funkier with stronger vinous (red wine). Super long vinous aftertaste strolling into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a trying sessionability about it. Honestly, I really wanted to sip it because of the strong vinous quality to this. ABV felt fine.
Overall, first one was better than this one. Sorry, not so much for this guy, scale back on the wine and this could be way better.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2017
at 19:14