3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 hopscotch (8215) - Vero Beach, Florida, USA - JUL 10, 2010
Bottle… Clear, very dark lager with a mid-sized, creamy, beige head. Good retention. Copper when held up to bright light. Roasty bouquet with cocoa and an undertone of chili peppers. Medium to full-bodied with a lightly oily mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Tastes roasty and lightly sweet with an aspect of cocoa. Moderately crisp, roasty finish. Thanks to jtclockwork for shipping me this bottle!
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20 Travlr (7984) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - JAN 8, 2012
Bottle. Clear maroon color. Aroma of toast and caramel. Taste is similar, biutter finish, light body.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 hopdog (7652) - Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA - APR 19, 2010
22oz bottle. Poured a dark brown color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of chocolate, lighter roastiness, nuts, and a little earthy. Tastes of chocolate, lighter roastiness, and some caramel. Sweet finish.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20 BeerandBlues2 (7418) - Hanover, Maryland, USA - JAN 7, 2012
Bottle. Pours brown with a small, fizzy off-white head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is light malt, chocolate and nutty with dates and a clean lager character. Flavor is malt and spicy hops, clean lager character and a dry finish. Light body and warmth with medium carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 CaptainCougar (7093) - Columbia, Maryland, USA - OCT 7, 2010
Bottle: Pours a transparent dark mahogany amber with a spotty-lacing off-white head. Has a lightly sweet toasty dark caramel malty nose with some mild roastiness. Starts with decent fullness and a semi-sweet toasted dark maltiness with some earthy noble hop bitterness before a smooth bittersweet finish with a hint of lingering milk chocolate. A pretty true to style and drinkable dark lager.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 DocLock (6789) - Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA - APR 27, 2010
Bottle from Capone’s. Pours clear burnt sienna toward ruby with 2-finger off-white head. Nose is Munich malty, prunes, brown sugar. Tastes somewhat sweet, with dark malt, cacao, and prune notes. Not bad; not too complex, but fairly rich. A decent beer from CH, and I’m glad to see them bottling bigger beers now.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Drake (6497) - Ivy, Virginia, USA - JAN 16, 2010
22 ounce bottle courtesy of jcwattsrugger. Thanks! Pours a dark reddish brown color, clear, with a thin head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma of lightly roasted malts, sunflower, chocolate. Taste is chocolate, bitter leafy hops, nutty notes. Medium bodied.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Cletus (6177) - Connecticut, USA - JUN 20, 2010
Bottle courtesy of jtclockwork. Pours dark brown with a white head. Smells of chocolate, earthy, spicy. Tastes of earthy malt, spice, some fruity notes.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Ibrew2or3 (5777) - Tempe, Arizona, USA - APR 29, 2010
Courtesy of jcwattsrugger. Pours mahogany with tan head. The aroma is dark roastiness, a bit of rauch malts and some caramelly malt sweetness. The taste is similar with dark malts heading toward a hint of burnt malts. By midway a pleasing level of rauch surfaces to keep it interesting. It ends with mild caramel to malty sweetness, a thin layer of chocolate and a sense of lager-y yeastiness. It leaves behind some dark malt roastiness. Loved it!
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 GT2 (5659) - Riverslime, California, USA - JAN 9, 2012
651mL thanks to ygtbsm94. Pours tepid, clear deep amber. Weak beige head. Lemon, herbal tea nose. Taste is celery, metallic, herbal, dry earthy bitterness. Heavy mineral character. Strange...relatively inoffensive.
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