3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
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!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
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.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
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.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
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.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle courtesy of jtclockwork. Pours dark brown with a white head. Smells of chocolate, earthy, spicy. Tastes of earthy malt, spice, some fruity notes.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
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.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bomber shared with friends no of whom which enjoyed, sad to say no love for the home state. Pours a brune body with a yellow off white head. Ashy dusty malt character, some light toasted malts, caramel tones, a bit dry and mineral like. Pencil shavings a hint of lead, lagered notes, a hint of burnt malt. I think i’ll stick to their IPA.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Clear maroon color. Aroma of toast and caramel. Taste is similar, biutter finish, light body.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
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.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
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!
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