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| | | Shongweni Robsons East Coast Ale | 2.6 | berkshirejohn  | | | 340ml bottle from Bacchanalia, Cambridge. Poured hazy amber with a trace of white head, heavy sediment and light carbonation; sweet, grainy aroma; smooth with a malty flavour and a soapy texture; the finish is crisp and biscuity, with perhaps a hint of wet cardboard about it. THis is much less impressive than the West Coast Ale. | | | | Noboribetsu (Oni-densetsu) Sweet Chocolate Stout | 3.6 | KyotoLefty | | | Bottle from Yamaoka. 2010 version.
Pitch black with a tall, bubbly tan head. Roasty, creamy aroma, with wood, a bit of dried fruit. Sweet flavor, creamy and rich, with bittersweet chocolate and café au lait, but not overly sweet and well balanced by woody, roasted malts. There is also a slightly tangy, sour edge. Strong bitter finish clears the palate up nicely. This is rich, smooth, and tasty, with good balance. Nice stuff. | | | | Southern Tier Choklat | 3.9 | beernbourbon | | | Bottle. Pour is black with a thin tan head. Aroma is semi-sweet chocolate chips and a touch of roasted malt. Really not much else; but it really is a pure aroma. Flavor is semi-sweet chocolate milkshake with notes of roasted malt, faint coffee, and a touch of vanilla. It’s not terribly complex, but it is certainly unique. 11% is nowhere to be found. I have not had anything else quite like it and I like it. Could not drink it everyday. | | | | Mikkeller Single Hop Simcoe IPA | 3.4 | GeneralGao | | | Bottle. Sampled this side-by-side with the Nugget Single Hop. Poured a clear medium orange color. The head was off white with good retention and lacing. The aroma was of grapefruit with whiffs of sweat, pine, and pale malt. Light to medium bodied and delicately sweet with moderate to high bitterness. I tasted hop flavors mostly with a hint of malt. Grapefruit peel, pine, a bit of toffee. Not too dissimilar from the Nugget version. | | | | Hitachino Nest Amber Ale Valentine Label | 3.7 | KyotoLefty | | | Bottle from Yamaoka. 2010 version.
Sweet, malty, caramel aroma is stronger than in the original. Dark brown with orange tints and a medium, tan, fine head. Malty, rich, caramel flavor with a bit of chocolate as well. Hops less intense than in the original. Rather chewy. Nice bitter-roasty finish with just enough hops. Nice bitter finish last a long while. Definitely on the sweeter, maltier side, but still well balanced and nice. | | | | Granite City Brother Benedicts Mai Bock | 2.8 | arminjewell | | | Pours orange with white head, aroma is sweet with malty character. Taste is a bit thin, with some caramel and chocolate and sweet at the end. | | | | Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron | 4.1 | WISEGUY572 | | | If it weren’t cheating I would copy the text from Unstrop’s review and say "yeah ... me too ..." Nose of dark roasts, malt, chocolate, coffee. Brown to almost black, pretty much opaque, tiny tan head, lacing but less than I would have expected from the body, more than I would have expected from the head. Taste of burnt malts, chocolate, coffee, alcohol, and wood. Yeah, Palo Santo provides serious wood. And alcohol. Like so much from DFH, this one is an alcohol slam, and like so much from DFH the alcohol is hidden. Drink a second one at your peril! | | | | Chatoe Rogue Dirtoir Black Lager | 4.4 | Ughsmash | | | Bomber. Just about the darkest, thickest pour I’ve seen with a dense head that nearly matched it. The aroma picked up burnt black patent, chocolate, and charred, smoky notes accented by toasty barley and fresh earthy hoppage.. balance was perfect. The flavor held serve.. burnt black patent and chocolate again, this time joined by coffee grounds.. dry black pepper, pine, and earthy bitterness around.. vanilla and smoky notes rounded it out through the finish. Light-medium bodied, dry, and roasty on the palate.. well-balanced with a memorable finish. Absolutely excellent beer that could’ve passed for a porter. | | | | Yards Brawler | 3.1 | dkachur | | | 12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market, Charlottesville, VA. Pours a slightly hazy purplish brown color with a thin head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma of chocolate, caramel and nuts. Taste is very similar, but with some bitter hop notes and faint fruits as well. Thin-medium bodied. Decent. | | | | Sierra Nevada Hoptimum | 3.8 | ratman197 | | | On tap at Bistro DIPA Fest poured a clear gold with a small lingering ivory head. Aromas of biscuit, skunk bud, earthiness and pine. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of biscuit, earthiness, pine and skunk bud with a smooth dry lingering bitter finish. | | | | Sierra Nevada Glissade Golden Bock | 3.3 | topherh | | | Pours golden with a white head. Aroma of grainy malt , citrus notes, and floral hops. Flavor is lightly malt then a spicy dose of hops. | | | | Wolters Pilsener Premium | 3.2 | Dickinsonbeer | | | 11.2 oz bottle. I think this came from costco in a case? Pours a nice very light golden clear straw with a fluffy white head (poured somewhat hard) head fades a bit though - but leaves ok lace. Aroma is crackery and light pilsner malt, some fresh cut hay/straw, light grassy and herbal hops. Flavor is light doughy pils malt, cracker and light stale biscuit- earthy hops, grass notes, herbs, light mineral- and very light white wine character- moderate bitter- very light astringent. A bit too weak overall, and typically under hopped. Still pretty fresh though, so it is easy drinking. | | | | 13th Century Grut Bier | 3.3 | afireinside96 | | | The 500ml bottle poured a pale gold into my weizen glass. A small white head formed initially but was gone in less than a minute. The smell is very herbal: sage, ginger, basil, and rosemary. Should make a nice chicken marinade. The flavor is not at all like the aroma. Very tart up front followed by some juniper, birch bark, wheat, cardamom, and several other flavors that I have never encountered before. The carbonation level is quite high, creating a slight stinging sensation and scrubbing the palate clean. Quite interesting but I am not sure that I would want to drink it again. | | | | Samuel Adams Noble Pils | 3.3 | thornecb | | | Pours pale yellow into a shaker. Bright white head recedes to skim surface. Sweet citrus and caramel malt aromas. Crisp with upfront caramel turning to a bitter pepper finish. | | | | Bud Light | 0.8 | Gethinbeer | | | Suspiciously clear appearance. Light yellow, urine yellwo colour with a thin white lace which dissipates fully. Citrus aroma with chemical, metallic notes. Extremely thin in flavour. Thin texture, close to water. Honey flavour with chemicals. It wets the palette from the coal dust. Crap. | | More » |
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…and a nice herbal hoppy presence in the aroma. Soft hay and grains greet the tongue, followed by a touch of honeybread and earthy hops right along side it; finish is a bit on the hoppy side. Clean, crisp, but still full of flavor; both malt and hops are strong,… -- badbeer of Rothaus Pils Tannen Zäpfle |
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