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Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Can, 2025 vintage. Rich roasted malt aroma with notes of dark chocolate, coconut, coffee, vanilla, bourbon and oak. Pours inky black with a thin mocha brown head that has little retention and some lacing. Starts with rich roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate and vanilla flavors as well as having a rich, full body and slick, viscous mouthfeel. Finishes impeccably smooth with coconut, bourbon and oak flavors as well as a nice warming booziness at the very end. Delightful.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Caramel malt aroma with notes of grainy malt, lemon, vanilla, lemongrass and spicy Belgian yeast. Pours cloudy golden-caramel colored with a finger of tan head that has excellent retention and good lacing. Starts with caramel malt, grainy malt and lemongrass flavors. Finishes smooth and a bit dry with spicy Belgian yeast, lemony citrus and vanilla flavors. A little different from traditional tripels but tasty.
BodyByDuff has a new beer style achievement
Level 1 for Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey ticks with a total of 5 ticks of this master style.
Pumpkin Patch Ale from Rogue Ales & Spirits was the one that did it!
3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Pint can. Ginger aroma with notes of pumpkin, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, vanilla, nutmeg and orange peel. Pours orange copper colored with a thin off white head that has some retention and a thin ring of lacing. Starts with cinnamon, pumpkin, clove and nutmeg flavors. Finishes smooth with ginger, cardamom, vanilla and orange peel flavors. Very nice pumpkin.
BodyByDuff has a new beer style achievement
Level 2 for IPA - West Coast ticks with a total of 10 ticks of this sub style.
Anomalism: Citra from ISM Brewing was the one that did it!
3 weeks ago
BodyByDuff (214) reviewed Anomalism: Citra from ISM Brewing 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pint can. Lemon citrus aroma with notes of dank grapefruit, mango, orange, grassy hops, tangerine and floral hops. Pours clear golden colored with a finger of white head that has good retention and decent lacing. Starts with juicy mango, lemon, grassy hops and orange flavors. Finishes quite dry with dank grapefruit, tangerine and floral hop flavors. Good IPA with a nice depth of flavor.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500ml bottle, 2025 vintage, thanks Craig & Sarah! Cinnamon aroma with notes of molasses, fig, nutmeg, clove, brandy and oak. Pours dark brown with half a finger of tan head that has some retention and a ring of lacing. Starts with fig, molasses, clove and cinnamon flavors as well as having a rich, full body and smooth mouthfeel. Finishes quite smooth but a bit dry with nutmeg, brandy and oak flavors. Very festive barleywine!
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
500ml bottle, 2025 vintage. Rich roasted malt with notes of dark chocolate, caramel, toasted marshmallow, vanilla and oak. Pours deep brown with a thin mocha brown head that has very little retention and no lacing. Starts with rich roasted malt, toasted marshmallow and caramel flavors as well as having a rich, full body and decadently smooth mouthfeel. Finishes incredibly smooth with dark chocolate, oak and vanilla flavors that linger on the palate nicely as the warming booziness hits the belly. So damn good…especially on this frigid night.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pint can. Caramel malt aroma with notes of toasted malt, nutty malt, cocoa, bready malt and clove. Pours dark caramel colored with half a finger of tan head that has excellent retention and good lacing. Starts with rich caramel, toasted malt and bready malt flavors. Finishes smooth with nutty malt, cocoa and clove flavors. Decent dunkel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pint can. Dank marijuana aroma with notes of biscuity malt, blueberry, marmalade, grapefruit and pine resiny hops. Pours clear pale golden colored with a large white head that has excellent retention and some soapy lacing. Starts with biscuity malt, blueberry and marmalade flavors. Finishes very dry with dank marijuana, grapefruit and pine resiny hop flavors. Decent.