A rater of beers since ~2002, first in spiral notebooks, then on Ratebeer (RIP) from 2009-2024.
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poisoneddwarf has a new beer style achievement
Level 5 for Strong Ale ticks with a total of 50 ticks of this master style.
Orange & Cacao Cuvee from Fremont Brewing Company was the one that did it!
2 months ago
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can. Aroma is orange, licorice, dark chocolate, woody, cigar ash, alcohol. Pours motor oil black with a half finger tan head with decent retention. Taste is cinnamon forward, with cocoa, orange, licorice, and faint bourbon notes following. Bittersweet. Nice chocolate orange character.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 29 Jun 2026
at 23:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz can. Aroma is nutty, chocolaty, vanilla, pouch tobacco. Pours inky black with a one finger beige head with decent retention. Taste is moderately bittersweet with flavors of nuts, chocolate and marshmallow.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 25 Jun 2026
at 23:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
12 oz can. Aroma is chalky, grassy. Pours hazy golden with a two finger soapy off-white head with great retention. Taste has some light hoppy bitterness around the edges with subdued malt sweetness alongside. Crisp, clean, and refreshing. What every basic pale lager should aspire to.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 25 Jun 2026
at 23:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
12 oz can from my brother. Aroma is doughy, floral, metallic (fleeting), coconut, caramel, roasted grain. Pours nearly clear golden with a half finger bone-white head that settles into a ring fairly quickly. Taste is sweet and peppery, finishing dry. I drank one of these straight out of the can last weekend and I wasn’t impressed at all. It seemed like your typical boring golden ale. Drinking it out of a glass really opens it up, revealing some previously hidden nuances.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jun 2026
at 23:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12.7 oz, 2026 bottle. Aroma is toffee, woody, bourbon, cashew brittle, vanilla, anise, dried dark fruit. Taste is moderately sweet and quite bitter for style, with warming alcohol, stopping short of boozy, with flavors like the aroma descriptors. A lovely sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Bruery
on 23 Jun 2026
at 23:33
poisoneddwarf
added a new beer
Musket
by
The Bruery
2 months ago
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
16 oz can. Aroma is floral, peppery, crackery. Pours hazy golden with a one finger bone-white head with decent retention. Taste is mostly sweet with some background bitterness. Flavors of jasmine and tea.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 22 Jun 2026
at 23:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can from Barney’s in Pinehurst, ID. Aroma is cantaloupe, guava, biscuity malt, tangerine. Pours hazy golden with a one finger bone-white head with decent retention. Taste has a moderate pithy bitterness with juicy and piney hop flavors.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2026
at 21:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
16 oz can. Aroma is berries, vaguely floral. Pours lightly hazy golden with a half finger bone-white head that reduces to a ring fairly quickly. Taste has a lovely firm hoppy bitterness backed by light bready malt sweetness. Huckleberry flavor is there, but pretty light. Really crushable.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 17 Jun 2026
at 23:54