dirtymike (2018), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | May 12, 2005 Deep gold in color with a slight haze and a small white head. Aroma of alcohol,wood/oak,earthy hops, malty and bready. sliffy (2012), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | Feb 9, 2006 Dark amber pour. Aroma had the oak in full effect, with some rich floral notes from the hops. Flavor has some vanilla and sweetness to start with the hop notes coming later. Nice hop finish that does match the 90 quite closely. lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
| 1.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 4/5 | 2/10 | 2/5 | 4/20 | Mar 16, 2008 bottle from DrJay. Thanks!
Pours a nice murky amber with a small offwhite head. Smell is very malty with caramel tones, some oak, and a hint of alcohol. Cloying from the nose alone...
Taste is also incredibly overly sweet. Sugary syrupy sweetness and some oakiness with no balance whatsoever from hops. Not only a huge disappointment but one of the most undrinkable beers I’ve ever had. Perhaps this was extremely old??? decaturstevo (2010), decatur, Tennessee, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 | Feb 9, 2008 A deep clean amber pour. Rich sweet maltiness and hops on the nose. Really sweet flavor with a light bitter finish. Palate is about as full as you could hope for a palate to be carbonation is good a very solid beer. A beer I liked very much and had for a long time. Not as hoppy as I would like a IIPA but I’d had this beer almost a year. sebletitje (2000), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Jan 1, 2009 courtsey of markwise.
pours orange - copper.
Aroma has lots of malts and grains.
Taste is malty and smooth, very sugary with notes of honey, fruity and light wood.
Finish is thick with the hops being in the background. beerbill (1989), Laurel, New York, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Mar 24, 2008 12 oz. bottle. Pours a moslty clear copper with a moderate off-white head that lasted until mid-glass and left some patchy lace. I was surprised at how light and frankly indistinct the aroma was. Thankfully, the beer was more flavorful than the aroma would suggest with some oak and caramel up front followed up with some nice fruity hops. Definite warming from the alcohol at the finish, especially as the beer neared room temperature. An interesting beer albeit overpriced for a four-pack. travita (1970), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Nov 25, 2009 Clear, amber in color, and has a decent beige colored head. Nice aroma of hops, pine, caramel, fruits, sweetness, vanilla, and toffee. The taste is some bitterness, fruits, sweet, alcohol, some wood, and good. MIBRomeo (1966), Wisconsin, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Oct 14, 2007 Cloudy off wheaty color thick khaki colored head w/ great lace. Oak & hop aroma fill the nostrills some sweet other ripe fruit definate wine like qualities & hints of brown sugar. Well coated pal. Sweet flavor lots of caramel w/ an oddly dry grassy finish some dark fruits hints of plum. Good stuff.
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