6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse. One of those uber-common beers I’ve somehow never tried. Until now! Pours a slightly hazy pale golden color with a medium sized creamy off-white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of pale, grainy malts and herbal hops. The taste is pine, citrus and herbal hops with pale malts. Light toast. Thin-medium bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2012
at 16:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Nice rich, hazy amber and copper coloured body with a thin, half a centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of rich squash, light nutmeg and allspice with canella, yeast and alcohol notes. Medium-bodied; Malty squash flavour at first with almost no immediate flavour that shows some light allspice and nutmeg shortly after and a little herbal notes coupled with some alcohol and a touch of yeast. Aftertaste is a bit more complex with a little caramel and a bunch more squash, but not as robust as I’d expect with the nose and the feeling of body. Overall, a nice lightish spiced squash-based beer, but a bit underwhelming compared to some of their other offerings - still always nice to try a seasonal around this time. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Red White & Bleu in Falls Church, Virginia on 23-November-2012 for US$2.99 sampled at home in Washington on 26-November-2012.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Nov 2012
at 22:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle, cheers Sean for hauling this from PA. My Halloween 2012 beer. BB 12/2012. Ambrée, col beige léger disparaissant vite. Arôme malté sur un léger biscuité, qcq épices typiques pour la saison, pointe de citrouille. Palais montre d’office ce profile de citrouille qui reste plus dans le côté plante sans le côté souvent faux trop sucré que l’on peut s’imaginer. Effervescence moyenne, note de noix de muscade, épice citrouille, girofle et coriandre? Pointe de houblon fleuri et un malté léger pour une pointe pâle/cara. En effet, une bière dont l’usage de la citrouille peut porte à interrogation. Dans ce cas ci, sympa à boire pour l’occasion ou la saison mais pas vraiment une bière de tous les jours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2012
at 13:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a 12 oz bottle at a tasting. Pours dark gold with a feint white head. Caramel in the nose. Tart apple flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2012
at 14:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Location: 12 oz bottle from State Line, 10/8/12
Aroma: The nose is herbs and spice (ginger, cinnamon, etc), with some yeasty notes
Appearance: A completely clear orange pour with a small white head (that disappears) and no lace
Flavor: The odd herbal portion that is so prevalent in the nose pretty much goes away in the flavor, as does the ginger, and the taste has a lot more pumpkin-type spices (cinnamon, allspice, etc). It is also fairly sweet for the style with a light spice hop bitterness. The flavor works much better then the nose.
Palate: The body is fairly light and a bit watery, it has a lightly fizzy carbonation, and a fairly short finish
Overall Impression: I wasn't really all that impressed with this one. Oddly, the flavor was completely different then the nose, and probably my favorite part of the beer, but overall, I just didn't feel like this one worked that well. Really though, this issue is that this one was all over the map.
Aroma: The nose is herbs and spice (ginger, cinnamon, etc), with some yeasty notes
Appearance: A completely clear orange pour with a small white head (that disappears) and no lace
Flavor: The odd herbal portion that is so prevalent in the nose pretty much goes away in the flavor, as does the ginger, and the taste has a lot more pumpkin-type spices (cinnamon, allspice, etc). It is also fairly sweet for the style with a light spice hop bitterness. The flavor works much better then the nose.
Palate: The body is fairly light and a bit watery, it has a lightly fizzy carbonation, and a fairly short finish
Overall Impression: I wasn't really all that impressed with this one. Oddly, the flavor was completely different then the nose, and probably my favorite part of the beer, but overall, I just didn't feel like this one worked that well. Really though, this issue is that this one was all over the map.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2012
at 15:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Deep dark brown coloured body with a super thick, five centimetre tall light brown head. Aroma of nuts, earth, caramel and a bit of funk - cardboard, too. Light to Medium-bodied; Very earthy, roasty malt flavours with a caramelised sugar flavour, some light peat, and even a bit of metal noticeable. Aftertaste is quite strong with deeply roasted malt, some nuts, burnt sugars and a lot of bitterness at the end. Overall, a strong and relatively robust porter with some good complexity and nice depth. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Liqours in Washington, DC on 28-October-2011 for US$2.29 sampled at home in Washington on 07-October-2012.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2012
at 00:05
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared with Mike and a guy from Charlotte. Cloudy golden volor, white head. Aroma of vanulla, lemon, white bread. Taste is full bodied vanilla and lemonbread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2012
at 16:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home - 13/05/12 thanks to Dave L. Mid amber colouration with a decent off-white head. Not the best nose on an IPA by a long way, slightly muted hops, a touch of citrus and some honey notes. Hops are at the fore of the taste allied to a little pine, citrus fruit and medium sweet malts. Medium bodied and slightly over carbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2012
at 02:13
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Served on draft at Beer Run. Pours a hazy amber color with a large creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of green apple, wood, rum and a lightly sour note. The taste is caramel, toffee, rum and apples. Medium bodied, low carbonation. Weird beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2012
at 15:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
16oz pour is a clear dark orange with some creamy white head. Nose is malt, crackers, biscuit, orange, bread. Flavor is sweet, malty, bread, cracker, standard. Medium bodied, dry finish.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2012
at 15:21