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CLW

Epping, NH, United States 🇺🇸 Member
Have always loved porters and stouts. In recent years I have grown to really enjoy European and American lagers.

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6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 5 Overall 6
4 oz draft at the brewery. Pitch black color. Aroma has soft dark fruit, prune, raisins. Flavor is very similar. Alcohol is not noticeable. Yet, I was hoping for a lot more body for the style. Pretty thin.
Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2026 at 01:16

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
4 oz draft at the brewery. Brown in color, zero head. Aroma shows mild oats, weak chocolate. The flavor would indicate it is lighter then 5.3%. It shows almost zero malt backbone. Thin would be a compliment. This has oats? Wish it would taste more like it smelled. This needs a lot of work.
Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2026 at 01:13

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
4 oz draft at the brewery. Aroma is mild lemongrass and light wheat. Flavor follows with maybe a hint of black pepper. Weak yeast esters. Light body. Pretty much as expected.
Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2026 at 01:10

CLW added a new beer Bulrush by Taylor Brooke Brewery
3 months ago


7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
4 oz draft. Aroma is soft citrus with mango. The flavor displays decent fruit character for such old school hop varieties. Flavor of mango, peach, with very soft floral bitterness. Balanced well.
Tried from Draft at Black Pond Brews on 15 Mar 2026 at 00:55

CLW has a new beer style achievement

Level 23 for Lager ticks with a total of 1300 ticks of this master style.
Backroad Lager from Black Pond Brews was the one that did it!
3 months ago


7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
4 oz draft. Aroma is soft roast, yeast. Flavor is mild chocolate hints and mild earthy malts. Body is about normal for the style. It is important to not have huge expectations when drinking mid level brews.
Tried from Draft at Black Pond Brews on 15 Mar 2026 at 00:48

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
4 oz draft. Aroma is nothing but bold passionfruit. The flavor starts out sweet and then it turns mildly tart in the finish. Just a touch of salt here. Well, it certainly doesn’t lack passionfruit.
Tried from Draft at Black Pond Brews on 15 Mar 2026 at 00:31

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
4 oz draft. Aroma is very soft raspberries. Nothing more. Flavor does have the chocolate and raspberry characteristics. Not overly sweet. Body is ok for the gravity. Just ok.
Tried from Draft at Black Pond Brews on 15 Mar 2026 at 00:28

CLW updated a beer: Triple Black Magic brewed by Black Pond Brews
3 months ago