8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured up at Flanny’s Arizona on Tap Festival with a dark mahogany colored body that supports a nice looking dark tan head of foam that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The aroma offers up nice bacony smoke, a mild dark roasted maltiness, a dash of chocolate malts and then some malt sweetness and mild vanilla sweetness. The taste is full and rich and deep with flavor coming from malts, some dark roasted malts, smooth smoky dry bacon on some alderwood and sprinkled with shards of dark chocolate. It picks up additional notes of spicy black licorice, slivers of vanilla like sweetness and some vague bitter hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2013
at 21:43
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
32oz swing top growler pours with a dark mahogany colored body that supports a nice looking dark tan head of foam that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The aroma offers up nice bacony smoke, a mild dark roasted maltiness, a dash of chocolate malts and then some malt sweetness. Nice. The taste is full and rich and deep with flavor coming from malts, some dark roasted malts, smooth smoky dry bacon on some alderwood and sprinkled with shards of dark chocolate. It picks up additional notes of spicy black licorice and some vague bitter hops. If you’re in the mood for a smoked porter this rich example will do the trick. Nice stuff indeed.
Tried
from Growler
on 26 Oct 2013
at 14:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled at GABF. Pours an inky black with some tan head. Nose of milk chocolate, nuts, malt, molasses. Smells like a melting Snickers. Tastes like a Snickers; chocolate, peanut, malt, caramel. Sweet finish. Good, but definitely a gimmick.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2013
at 09:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
GABF 2013. Pours a hazy yellow orange appearance with an eggshell head. Nice coffee in the nose though it’s extremely disjointed with the grapefruit/citrus fruity hoppy notes. Flavor is a similarly strange dichotomy of earthy, roasted coffee and citrusy/lemon/grapefruity notes. Kind of a chill beer but also has multiple personalities.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2013
at 23:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
GABF 2013. Pours a reddish brown appearance with a tan head. Really nice dark fruity, grape/plum/raisin, candy sugar aroma. Slightly sweet flavor but held in check. Banana, chocolate, caramel, apple flavor. Really a nice dubbel that I would love to try again.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2013
at 23:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
GABF 2013. Pours a fairly clear orangish brown appearance with a brown head. Aroma was full of peanut shells and milk chocolate which I guess could be construed as a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. A touch thin body. Creamy chocolate, caramel, a touch salty, slightly roasty, a touch smoky, peanut butter flavor. Kind of a fun beer to drink - I got a ton of samples - but I wasn’t overly impressed. The Fate booth certainly wasn’t overly busy Thursday night (it was one of my first stops), but they were out of this beer later Thursday and most of (or all of) Friday. Glad to finally have tried it, but it doesn’t blow my mind like some of the local ratings would have led me to believe.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2013
at 23:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft. Pours cloudy yellow with white head. Nose and taste of hops, paw fruit, juicy citrus, malt and tropical fruit. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2013
at 15:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at GABF. Pours black with tan head. Nose and taste of roasted peanuts, vanilla bean, honey, roast chocolate and light milk sugar. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2013
at 23:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at GABF. Pours cloudy yellow with white head. Nose and taste of hops, caramel malt, coffee and citrus. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2013
at 08:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
The growler pours with a clear amber body that supports a light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up caramel malts, mild Belgian yeasty spices and then prunes mixed with a faint ripe cherry note. The taste delivers molasses, prunes and a modest degree of Belgian yeasty spices. Around the edges I get a light amount of spicy black strap molasses drizzled onto graham crackers.
Tried
from Growler
on 08 Oct 2013
at 19:01