3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-whit ehead. Has a fruity malty caramel dark fruit aroma. Sweetish malty caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty caramel and dark fruit finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Date: July 24, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: clear dark burgandy red, frothy tan head, bits of lace
Aroma: sweet rich caramel aroma, light earthyness
Flavor: rich deep caramel flavor, candy sweetness is well tempered by a light earthyness, light bitter finish
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle. Medium beige head atop crystal clear dark brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, bittersweet chocolate, raisin, some roast. Taste is sweet, chococaramel, raisin/prune, light earthy. Some booziness. Medium-full body, some stickiness, low carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
@Tap&Grind-on tap-pours amber with a thin light tan head. Aroma is sweet medium malt, medium/dark fruit-cherry. Taste follows.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours dark and ruddy with a slight creamy beige head. Aroma is pretty roasted malt with treacle and some darkish fruit. Med body. Flavor is roast malt with chocolate and nut notes, with something like dates and molasses. It’s not dry, but it’s not sugary, and it’s very tasty.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Poured hazy brown color with an average off-white frothy head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Good caramel toasted malt toffee aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture and soft carbonation. Good balanced sweet toasted malt flavor with a moderate smooth sweet finish of moderate duration. Good doppelbock.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber poured a clear reddish amber with a lasting amber head. Aromas of cocoa, carmel, molasses, light eartyhiness and a hint of fruittiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of cocoa, carmel, molasses and a hint of fruittiness with a smooth lingering cocoa finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours clear brown with a medium, frothy tan head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is caramel, toffee, and toast malt with dates and plums, light earthy hops. Flavor is sweet malt, dried fruit, light hops and bitterness, toast and nutty notes with a sweet finish. Medium body and carbonation.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle marked July 3, 2012. Pours with a clear bronze hued body with red highlights and a medium tan head that lasts. Aromas are nutty, soil, chocolate, anise, marzipan, leather, vanilla. A decent amount of ester like notes for a lager. Flavors are nutty, vegital, marzipan, caramel, DMS, ansie and toffee. Medium bitter, clean. Lacking traditional melanoidins. Raisiny, medium carbonation, slightly warming.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz bottle: Pours a clear dark mahogany with a stringy-lacing beige head. Has a lightly sweet toasty malty nose with some nutty notes and biscuity malts with a touch of burnt sugar. Starts with decent fullness and lots of effervescent carbonation with a light grainy sweetness and some earthy cocoa notes before a drier bittersweet finish. Could be a little fuller with a touch more complexity.
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