 loweredsixth (942), Fresno, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 22, 2002 Beautiful bold red brown color with a small creamy head. The Aroma is nice and sweet with caramel, chocolate, and malty goodness. The flavor packs a punch...a heavy full flavor of malt sweetness, alcohol, and a slight bitterness. This is a large beer, worthy of serious contemplation. An easy dry, crisp finish rounds out this very enjoyable drinking experience.
rich42 (128), USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 19, 2002 lagunitas is starting to make a habit of brewing lager beers with ale yeasts. this mock bock tastes surpringly like the real thing though. dark reddish brown, lots of complex chocolatey malt flavors. hopped well enough for good balance. robust and thick all around. some alchohol on the finish - but still very easy drinking. das ist ser gut! (or something like that)
joet (1709), Fulton, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 17, 2002 Looks very appetizing in the glass -- good color, foam and aroma. Easy drinking for a winter warmer. More like an American Brown ale or me and that’s a good thing. This is rich and very well balanced letting allowing you to really check out the malt complexity -- nice raw cocoa and pleasant grainy carmel flavors and dry enough to make this a session ale despite the delicious helping of alcohol. Yes!
Nuffield (2728), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 1, 2002 I wasn’t persuaded by this beer. Pours attractively with a fluffy head, though quickly gone for me. I was pleased with the roasted maltiness that came out as it warmed, but the particular hopping here left me with a harsh, almost artificial bitterness that overwhelmed the interesting veins of flavor that I could find.
gbzia (195), Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 20, 2002 Very fresh... pulled off the bottling line in late September. A nice sample of the style, wish I had another!
Murphy (1759), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 16, 2002 This is a great winter brew. Very well rounded and tasty, mildly sweet and not too hoppy. Excellent.
Gusler (2655), Tucson, Arizona, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 13, 2002 The pour a clear deep ruby red, with hints of brown. Head is exorbitant, beige, frothy, long lasting, the lace is in tnick sheets that cling to the glass. Nose is malt, caramel, sweet, fresh ground barley. Front is sweet, the top light, the finish is lightly carbonated, sparingly dry, potently hopped. There is also a alcohol bitterness in the aftertaste. Another winner in my opinion from a magnificent brewery. Ranks #349 on my current 1000 beer master list.
Zach Diesel (907), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 10, 2002 very thin at first then an explosion of roasted hoppiness on the roof of my mouth, pretty damn good for getting it at 7-11
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