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a: yeast | caramelised sugars | rich wheat
f: strong coriander seed | noticeable full oranges | bready end
t: refreshing | curacao | some pit fruits at finish
o: enjoyable for Summer Season | enough of a departure from [normal] Oberon | fruity but stronger and more flavourful [than the 'original']
12 ounce bottle | Kroger Marketplace: Southgate/Detroit, Michigan | 12-November-2023 | US$10,99/six pack | best by: 22-April-2024 (whoops!) | sampled: 28-August-2025
jgb9348 has a new beer style achievement
Level 4 for Brown Ale - Imperial ticks with a total of 25 ticks of this sub style.
Coffee Okie from Prairie Artisan Ales was the one that did it!
10 months ago
a: tobacco | toasted grains | pitted fruits
f: brewed coffee (duh!) | caramelised sugars | warming end
t: rich malts | strong nuts | honey finish
o: great age (mellow!) | no pungency | still complex & robust
twelve ounce stubby bottle | Mac's Beer & Wine: Atlanta (Midtown), Georgia | 26-May-2018 | US$9,99 | no bottling date | sampled: 16-August-2025 (more than SEVEN years after purchase)
a: vanilla | brewed coffee | earthy malts
f: rustic | chocolate | pitted fruits at end
t: smooth malts | bitter | icing sugar finish
o: balanced | nutty throughout | enjoyable - even in Summer!
16 ounce can | Wall-To-Wall Wine & Spirits: Omaha (West), Nebraska | 22-August-2024 | US$2,49 | no can date | sampled: 15-August-2025, right before heading back to Omaha, yet again!
a: bananas | sour guava | rich sugars
f: tart berries | lactobilly funk
t: smooth wheat | tropically | tastes closer to 6-7 per cent alcohol
o: mellowed a lot with short aging | still very fruity & tropically | nice & crisp - good for summer and early fall (September 11th)
12 ounce bottle | Wegman's (grocery): Lake Manassas/Gainesville, Virginia | 19-June-2022 | US$2,33 (part of a mixed six pack) | 'VIN 2022' | tagline: '22034' (Julian?) | sampled: 11-September-2025, exactly twenty-four years after the attacks, sampled a few blocks South of the Pentagon at my house here in Arlington, Virginia
a: must | pitted fruits | deep wheat
f: rich sugars | stone fruits | light alcohol warmth
t: rich malt | easy caramel | rustic finish
o: super balanced | aged incredibly well | easy-going, but basement-y
75 cL bottle | Habersham Beverage Warehouse: Savannah (Abercorn Street), Georgia | 04-May-2018 | US$8,49 | BOD: July 2017 | sampled: 30 & 31 August 2025 (more than seven years after purchase!)
jgb9348
updated a beer:
AntiMatter (Ghost 1140)
brewed by Adroit Theory Brewing Company
10 months ago
jgb9348
updated a beer:
Gaze of the Basilisk
brewed by Cosmic Eye Brewing
10 months ago
a: bread | rye | rustic
f: deep malts | nutty | caramelised sugars
t: soapy | peanuts | grapefruity finish
o: clean-drinking | earthy | soapy end
12 ounce can | Hy-Vee (grocery): Lincoln, Nebraska | 24-August-2021 | US$1,67 | no can date | sampled: 26-October-2024