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Golden Note Preserves: Laroda Plum from Casey Brewing & Blending (Glenwood Springs, United States 🇺🇸)
1 year ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
10 ounce at the taproom - hazy plum color - nose is deep sweet plum with underlying lacto tanginess and oak - mildly sweet at first, with rich plum, but dries out fast and has a lovely mix of lacto tartness and underlying acetobacter character (but not overly sharp) - long, deeply oaky finish, with a light bit of saltiness - tasty!
Tried from Draft on 02 Jul 2025 at 21:42
notalush (7406) reviewed
Don (2023) from Hair of the Dog Brewing Company (Portland, United States 🇺🇸)
1 year ago
8.5/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
16.9 ounce screw top bottle purchased from the HotD website - consumed about 1/3 of the bottle and am saving the rest for another day - lightly hazy ruby - deep nose of treacle, raisins, fig, port, Madeira, cherry, oak, light butterscotch - bottled still, but the heft still makes a substantial mouthfeel - sweet and port-like, but with earthy and oxidized sherry notes - subtantial depth from the spirits barrrels - brined cherry, treacle, chocolate, raisin, fig, oak, charred sugars - hints of earthy peat in the finish, which is long and warming - so much depth - an amazing sipper that satisfies similarly to sipping a good whiskey - thanks to the screw top bottle, I’ll have to savor this a few ounces at a time for as long as I can.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2025 at 03:46
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Here Be Monsters - Rhum Agricole Barrel w/Coconut, Almond, and Vanilla from Cerebral Brewing (Denver, United States 🇺🇸)
1 year ago
8.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
8 ounce at the Congress Park location - viscous black pour - headless - rich nose of rum, oak, fudge, cinnamon, vanilla, underlying umami - thick, chewy mouthfeel - expected level of sweetness, but not cloying - lots of chocolate, espresso, vanilla, oak, cinnamon, rum, caramelized sugars, light umami underneath cuts the sweetness - long, deeply complex charred maltiness throughout the finish, bordering on smokiness - it’s dang good.
Tried from Draft at Cerebral Brewing on 27 Jun 2025 at 19:24
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Glints of Gold from Cerebral Brewing (Denver, United States 🇺🇸)
1 year ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
10 ounce at the Congress Park location - hazy gold with very light soapy lace - lightly carbonated - a nice mellow lacto tartness throughout, with underlying buggy funk, white grape, deep oak, pineapple - light, subtle, and balanced - a good sour ale for summer.
Tried from Draft at Cerebral Brewing on 27 Jun 2025 at 19:05

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notalush (7406) reviewed
Reality Distortion from Cerebral Brewing (Denver, United States 🇺🇸)
1 year ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
10 ounce at the Aurora Arts location - clear light gold - clean, bright, and light - lightly sweet malt base that knows to get out of the way for the hops - even so, hops are not as assertive and bitter as they need to be in this style - they’re there, mildly dank, lightly citric and peppery - but they have no “pop,” and that light malt character still comes in to swallow them up in the finish - I think I’ve had enough of these to definitely say this brewery is not good at making West Coast IPA.
Tried from Draft at Cerebral Brewing - Aurora Arts on 26 Jun 2025 at 20:28
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False Start from Cerebral Brewing (Denver, United States 🇺🇸)
1 year ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
10 ounce at the Aurora Arts location - hazy dark gold - nose of sweetened lime juice, light buggy funk, Chardonnay, oak - flavor is lightly sweet up front (with that abv, not a surprise), but gets tangy and then moderately sour/acidic late - mostly lactic tartness - notes of lime, peach, white wine, moderate oak - tart finish with lingering oak - it’s good, but not their best effort in this department.
Tried from Draft at Cerebral Brewing - Aurora Arts on 26 Jun 2025 at 20:10