8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Growler with huge thanks to agent zigzag! Pours opaque black with a small brown head and decent lacing. Aroma is chocolate, roasty, vanilla, oak, a bit of ash, bourbon. Flavor is light to medium sweet, medium bitter, rich and roasty with vanilla prominent and bourbon taking more of an accent note. Medium plus body, creamy mouthfeel. Really a nice beer. It was a bit hot from that 11.5% ABV, but not off-putting by any means.
Tried
from Growler
on 30 Jun 2014
at 20:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler, thanks to agent zigzag! Pours deep clear ruby black with a small tan head and some lacing. Aroma is coffee, cocoa, mocha, deep roasted malts. Flavor is rich mocha, light sweet and light bitter, touch of vanilla for good measure. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel, low carbonation. A darn good beer that I bet is even better fresh off the tap.
Tried
from Growler
on 30 Jun 2014
at 19:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured up on tap at Wilderness where it has a clear copper to amber body that supports a thin light tan head. The aroma offers up smooth soft sweet earthy dates, some caramel like malts, smooth almost neutral sweetness and then an unmistakable honeycomb wax sensation. The taste is similar and I was expecting it to be much thicker and with more residual sugars but that’s not what I’m getting. It has smooth supple date earthy sweetness and thin caramel malt like notes rolling into a thin raspberry juice sensation mixed with honey sweetness and hints of wax near the finish. It isn’t at all thin but it is balanced in sweetness and faint tannic tartness and has a pleasing body. Even though it’s not over the top or bursting with flavor notes there’s still plenty going on here to make it a nice sipper. Fun beer er braggot er mead er something.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jun 2014
at 22:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours a black appearance with a brown head. Dark chocolate, toffee, vanilla, chalky aroma. A bit goopy. Somewhat roasty, caramel, fairly sweet, whiskey flavor, decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2014
at 16:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
CBC. Clear brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit, vanilla and bourbon. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. A bit boozy. 030514
Tried
on 17 Jun 2014
at 07:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
CBC. Unclear light orange with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, wheaty, citrus and fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 030514
Tried
on 15 Jun 2014
at 13:48
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draught @ CBC 2014 [ Blue Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2014, Sparta Hallen, Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark [ As Arizona Wilderness Chiricahua Common ].Unclear medium yellow color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy soured milk, cheese, souring wort. Bleh ! Flavour is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, fruity - citrus, yeasty, minerals, sour milk. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20140502]
Tried
on 14 Jun 2014
at 04:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Growler thanks to agentzigzag! Pours hazy butterscotch with a small off-white head that dissipates pretty quickly leaving decent lacing. Aroma is definitely spruce, a bit of citrus, forest floor. Flavor has a hint of initial sweetness, pine sap, light tartness going on as well, and tones of pine notes throughout, with a bit of lemon. Light plus bitter, but not particularly harsh. Medium body, creamy, low carbonation. Interesting for sure.
Tried
from Growler
on 13 Jun 2014
at 17:31
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Draught @ CBC 2014 [ Yellow Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2014, Sparta Hallen, Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark [ As Arizona Wilderness American Presidential Stout ].Clear dark brown color with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light heavy malty, roasted, earthy, light chocolate, light smoke. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter or warm with a long duration, chocolate, sweet malt. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20140502] 8-4-8-5-17 Draught @ CBC 2015 [ Yellow Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2015, Sparta Hallen, Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark [ As Arizona Wilderness American Presidential Stout ].Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee, strong coffee, dusty coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dusty coffee, strong coffee, coffee vegetables, sugary coffee, smoke hint. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20150501] 8-4-9-4-17 Draught @ CBC 2016 [ Blue Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016, Oksnehallen Vesterbro, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 Copenhagen, Denmark. [ As Arizona Wilderness American Presidential Stout BA ].Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, bread, cake. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, cake, roasted, chocolate, dark malt. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20160513] 8-4-8-4-16
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2014
at 12:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
3rd May 2014
CBC Session 4. Light haze on this deep amber beer, small pale cream coloured head. Palate is light and dry and a little crisp. Sweetish malts, but thin. The PVW is spicy but not overwhelming. Light touch of dried fruits leads to a light dry finish. Nice, but not so good it needs to be named twice.
CBC Session 4. Light haze on this deep amber beer, small pale cream coloured head. Palate is light and dry and a little crisp. Sweetish malts, but thin. The PVW is spicy but not overwhelming. Light touch of dried fruits leads to a light dry finish. Nice, but not so good it needs to be named twice.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2014
at 08:10