5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Served on draft at the Sterling location on 4/30/11. Pours a dark brown color with a thin head. Poor head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts and rich coffee notes. The taste is coffee, roasted malts, faintly sweet notes and an ashy/coffee ground finish. Thin-medium bodied. Almost a good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 22:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4oz pour at the Lupulin Reunuless at RFD DC. Pours an oily, opaque black with a creamy, beige head. Aromas of caramel, coffee liqueur, smoke, toasted malts, licorice, yeast. Flavor of wood pulp, malty, caramel, coffee, apples. Full bodied, boozy finish. Very unique, leeched a lot of good barrel flavors.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2011
at 18:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Listed as Midnight Rider Black IPA. 4oz pour at the Lupulin Reunuless at RFD DC. Pours an opaque black with a creamy beige head. Aroma is very approachable, fruity, hoppy, pepper, limes, oranges. Flavor is light, hops, pine, lightly sweet, some caramel. Medium bodied, lightly sweet finish. Flavor is restrained but still drinkable.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2011
at 18:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the Merrifield location. Poured a dark ruby color, relatively translucent, white head, medium sized, dissipates quickly. Aroma was sweet malts, a bit plain. Flavor was sweet malts, caramel notes, a bit smokey, bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Feb 2011
at 21:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
3.3% at the Merrifield location (2/24/11). Woah. Just woah. This beer was fantastic. I was incredibly skeptical before consuming this particular one because of it’s low ABV. It’s lower then their "light" beer after all. Well, I bit. The beer was a nice ruby brown color with a small bubbly white head that became wispy. Aroma was malty, thinner, but malty. Flavor was a bit nutty with notes of sweet malts. Perhaps one of the best session beers I have ever had.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2011
at 21:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Merrifield, VA location. Black/very dark brown color with a tan head. Aroma was coffee, roasted and toasted malts. Flavor was roasted malts, bitter coffee, touch of dark chocolate. Every refreshing and enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jan 2011
at 00:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Merrifield, VA location. Poured a relatively clear dark brown color with a medium sized white head. Aroma is roasted malts, touch of coca, earthy hops. Flavor is a great nutty one with notes of earthy hops, roasted malts. This was the highlight of the evening.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jan 2011
at 00:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Merrifield, VA location. Served a bit cooler than I would have liked, as it warmed the flavors came out a bit more. Poured a medium-golden yellow color with a white head. Belgian yeast, citrus lemons, touch of candy sugar, spices. Alcohol well masked.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jan 2011
at 00:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Growler shared by Ryan (thanks!) at the RBSG Grand Tasting. Poured slightly hazy dark amber with a near white yellow brown head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was dark grains with a bit of caramel and grassy notes. Flavor had some more smoke combining with some roasted malts and grassy notes.
Tried
from Growler
on 27 Jul 2010
at 15:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled thanks to Ryan at the 2010 RBSG Grand Tasting. Poured a clear gold with a thin white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was a bit of pine and grass hops with some caramel and grain notes. Flavor balanced perfectly with some pine hops in the start which became grassy and melded nicely with the light caramel and grain notes.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2010
at 14:59