7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle from alldaydrinker; nose of flowery hops and somesweet light fruitiness; rusty copper with a big, glass-lacing, straw head; flavor has hop bitterness, mixed with semi-sweet caramel; interesting and well balanced, if you like IPAs that way!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2007
at 21:57
3.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at Roland’s Iron Landing in Pittsburgh. Off fermented fruity aroma and taste that is strangely attractive. Barely any carbonation. Ubiquitous pale yellow american lager appearance. Comes on like a good personality pale lager.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Aug 2007
at 23:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
This beer came in my beer club - I am not familiar with the brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very dark brown color with a medium sized fluffy tan head. The aroma was roasty with a light floral hop undertone. The flavor was bitter and roasty with a moderate floral hop element. The finish was longish, bitter and hoppy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2007
at 20:17
3.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
This beer came in my beer club - I am not familiar with the brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a medium amber color with a large yellow-white head. The aroma was sour, tangy and a bit rotten with a trace of sulfur. The flavor was sour, bitter and lightly nutty. There is a hint of rotten vegetables.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2007
at 20:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A wonderful dark brown head that is thick as all hell and like that one beer that advertised that you can stick a pencil in it, I am sure that a pencil would stand in this beer. Dark as all night of course and it smells like a wonderful candy shop in the early morning when everything is being taken out of the oven. The beer is thick as anything of course. Alcohol taste is contained under the panoply of flavor. Hits you in the face with the coffee and the chocolate. Not quite sweet, but certainly not bitter. Rich and big if anything. Thoroughly drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2007
at 19:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at Arlington Cinema ’N’ Drafthouse. Waitress wasn’t sure if they had this or Backdraft, and as what I drank was not a brown ale, it has to be this. Typical, but honestly good beer. Nice flavor, but not quite what I’d expect from a wheat, more amber/golden like.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2007
at 22:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Yet another beer I’ve had a bunch of times and neglected to rate until now - this has quickly become one of my favorite oatmeal stouts - nearly black pour with an impressive, frothy tan head - very burnt, roasty, nearly woody aroma, with background notes of bakers chocolate, tobacco and coffee - fairly bitter and roasty, with dry cocoa flavors - a bit of milk/cream sweetness and some oats balance the bitterness, and give it a silky mouthfeel - finishes with espresso and tobacco notes, and subtle blueberry - rich and complex.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2007
at 19:23
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at the River City Beer and Seafood Festival. Clear golden body with a medium frothy white head. Sweet caramel and light honey aroma. Sweet caramel flavor with a grassy bitter ending.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2007
at 10:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a Growler: it poured a big tan froffy head and had an amber brown colour that looked almost unfiltered. The smell was a splendid fruity IPA smell. When i drank it, it tingled in my mouth, but went down smoothly never the less. Bitter and hoppy, but the right amount of each.
Tried
from Growler
on 31 May 2007
at 11:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Fluffy, thickish head with an amber-brown colour to it. Some carbonation hangs around initially. Smell is pretty standard and not too noticeable. Taste is a combination of the malts and the hops and the hops are certainly not hidden. A modicum of rosatinss also hangs about.
Tried
on 28 May 2007
at 16:49