zebracakes (1214), Washington DC, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Sep 27, 2009 Bomber. Pours amber, off white head. Aroma is malt, tangy fruit, hops. Flavor is tangy, hoppy, malty. Nice blend. I’d definitely drink this again. bblack99 (202), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Sep 24, 2009 In Reno for the weekend, picked this up at Florian’s in Truckee. Reddish amber pour from a bomber, with a nicely-packed bubbly off-white head.
Aroma is distinct, with red apple (as opposed to the usual green) and caramel/toffee.
Served slightly warm, the alcohol is present and warms your cheeks. Flavor pulls in the heavy caramel and toffee along with piney hops, but the apple aroma doesn’t come through on the tongue.
A bit too sweet, a bit sticky/resiny, but a nice malt richness. This is a nice beer to start off my Tour de California (or at least Cali beers I couldn’t find in Missouri) Paulp (20), New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Sep 23, 2009 Poured reddish/amber with tiny white head. aroma of fruit and citrus/pine hops, with a sweet hoppy finish, delightful. cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Sep 22, 2009 Cask at GBBF 2009 ... amber copper ... yeasty lemon hop nose ... pine grapefruit ... big huge bright hop ... rich and tatsy illinismitty (1795), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Sep 20, 2009 Bottle as YourDarkLord’s tasting. Pours red amber with a light beige head. Aroma of fruity esters. Lighter side of medium bodied with average carbonation. Flavor of caramel, brown sugar, berry, and tea. Slightly above average sweetness. Hops have faded out of this, but surprisingly this is still an enjoyable brew (no isovaleric notes) punkrkr27 (616), Berkley, Michigan, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Sep 18, 2009 Updated: Sep 24, 2009Opaque ruby-copper pour with a small dense white head. Sweet dark fruit and caramelized brown sugar aroma with orange peel, cherry, and pine. Lots of caramel flavor with notes of red apples, orange peel and sharp pine. Little pepperiness on the finish. A bit on the cloying side. Sticky medium body with moderate carbonation and some notable alcohol on the finish. Note: After trying to drink a glass of this for about a half an hour it became so cloying that I couldn’t finish it. Knocked my rating for flavor from 7 down to 4 because of this. MrRoss (617), Delta, British Columbia, Canada
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | Sep 18, 2009 From Larry’s Liquors in Pt Roberts, WA. Bet YOU haven’t been there! A good looking beer, with a nice hazy copper body and a creamy ivory head. Aroma was a pleasing meld of malt and spices, beneath a blanket of bitter hop. Rich on the palate, almost overly so and wasn’t the finish the same. Totally enjoyable. Gmoney (253), ManchVegas, New Hampshire, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Sep 17, 2009 22 oz bottle..clear deep amber pour,dense off white head,decent lacing.aroma of sweet caramel malt and pine.malty sweet and a little fruity.decent resinous hop bitterness,medium bodied,finish is dry.
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