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2025 release. See the 2020 release notes here. I like this marginally more than the 2020 version, but it still feels relatively light, and quite thin especially when considering the style. The beer does deliver a bit more alcohol than the 2020...
A classic. Truly magnificent, mahogany reddish colored pour with some great, light tan head. Fantastic lace. Nose is the true malt bomb that it is expected to be. There's also a decent alcohol whiff too. The tastes reflect the nose, but also bring...
Bottled 6/1/23. A huge gusher which always makes me think about a possible infection, but I wonder if it was because this was opened at cellar temperature rather than being chilled. Anyway, once the beer had calmed down it was just fine. Chestnut...
16.9 oz bottle, Tavour purchase. Decent clarity on the dark copper body with decent head, some lacing and retention. About expected at 9.5%. Nose gives up plenty of the whisky barrel and some decent alcohol. Mouthfeel is light, which I like since...
It's impossible not to make a comparison between this beer and the 2018 Chardonnay version of this beer, especially when the other one was consumed and reviewed just a few days ago. The same base beer, and also in wine-barrels, I'd expect similar...
Corked and caged. Moderate pop on opening. Pour has the requisite chestnut brown and is pretty. Head is moderate, not especially well retained, doesn't give much lace, but at least gives a nice film on the surface of the beer. At 10.0 % and at this...
2020 re-release. This is an odd one for me. The idea of coriander being added to cut the sweetness of a typical Scotch Ale I suppose makes sense (if indeed that’s its purpose), but at the same time it seems to work against what the beer might be...
33 cl bottle, Finest Belgian Beers. 28.08.22 It’s a beautiful, deep chestnut red pour with a ton of great lace left by the rich, billowing white head. The initial nose offers wave after wave of deep, alcoholic malts, and the tastes reflects that...
22 oz bottle, $7.99. First in an apparent series of multiple anniversary brews (according to the label) The type of beer that Highland generally does very well so I enter with some confidence and it made me comfortable to take a punt on this. Pour...
Jailhouse's collaboration with O'Dempsey's and that makes me a little nervous because it brings together a brewer that I have been incredibly impressed with (Jailhouse), along with one that has done largely the opposite for me. Reddish, mahogany...
12 oz, single stubbie in the usual, Sprecher presentation. Beer courtesy of Kevin - many thanks. Pour provides a reddish, brown hue with some really nice head and lace. The head is pretty thick and produces a lot of sticky residue. Nose and tastes...
11.2 oz single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. recently in four packs in Atlanta. Clear bottle presentation with the blue accents makes a very attractive proposition. The color of this beer is truly a sight to behold. Beautiful clarity on the pour...
As per the SP series, a 22 oz bottle with gold foil. A dark copper body with a really disappointing lack of head a lace. Almost seems "flat" and this seriously detracts from the whole experience in terms of appearance and mouthfeel. Nose is a...
12 oz bottle into the Sam Adams perfect pint glass. Body is a ugly, clouded, Dubbel-like affair with very little discernible head, retention or lace. Nose has quite a lot of sweet peat, and then this is followed-up a LOT in the taste. Unfortunately...
12 oz bottle, Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. $2.49 for the single. Pour is a rich garnet body which looks good, but the head and lace are just woefully disappointing considering the style. I want a rich, dense head and (at least in part) because of...
Finally a review of #6 in the Side Project Series. 22 oz bottle that I think came from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. The usual presentation for the SP series, gold foiled, generic label etc. Good looking, dark garnet pour that form a nice, tight,...
Had this a few weeks ago on-tap at The Brick Store but this review is for the 12oz bottle that I bought as a single at Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a lot darker than I was anticipating. Getting toward black. Head and lace are ultimately,...
Additional notes: 11/12/22 (pictured) 330 mL bottle. Still relatively thin for the style IMO. There's still something that sits oddly in the combo for me, not quite hitting the mark and leaving me a little dissatisfied. All the notes below from 13...
DELIBERATELY added as a different beer to the cask, Johnnie Walker chip-soaked version, this beer was drunk on tap at Taco Mac, Douglasville, GA, USA. #2 in the Dank Tank series (The Creeper was #1). Regular keg version NOT the cask, flavored one....
Additional notes 12/18/22 (pictured): Still gushing 13 years later. A cleaner beer in terms of floaties than previously noted, and to me, now this drinks more like a Belgian version of an imperial brown ale rather than the original designation of...
12oz single from Total Wine, Kennesaw, GA, USA. May have been as high as $1.99 for the bottle. Notched as being best before Jan '09. Wee Heavy??? Significantly more of an orange/amber body than the style would normally suggest. Decent head and some...
12 oz bottle as a single from Green's on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. Lucky to get his one as a single. Greens has been doing a bit of this lately and I've been waiting on this particular beer for a LONG time (long before DR came to GA). FWIW I love...
Updated Review 08/09 Between the first and the second review I have visited French Broad in Asheville! This second experience seems much better in the appearance depratment and although a touch acidic, it tastes and drinks much better than my...
750 mL, heavy glass bottle capped and finished with that thick, high gauge silver foil. $13.99 from Marty's on my March 2008 trip to Boston. Poured into the Terrapin 22oz snifter. Head was disappointing, but based on the ABV not all that...
On tap at The Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA. Small (perhaps 10 oz) pour with a jet black body and a quite large (for the serving), dense mocha head. It's worth while saying at the outset that I am not especially keen on the Bourbon aged brews. I...
$12.99 from Jax, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA, USA. Corked & Caged 750mL bottle. Decent pop on opening. March 2008 bottling, apparently 650 cases were bottled. In the Duvel tulip is produces a thin, creamy surface head. No lace on the glass. Nose...
500 mL bottle purchased on a recent jaunt up the East Coast. Pour reveals an amber colored body, but it lacks the depth of color that I was expecting. Head is also a little thin and fades quickly with only the tiniest wisp of lace. Some large...
Updated Review 03/11 OK, lots of confusion here. I bought the original bottle in NC when at the time, we were getting both the IPA and the Porter from Meantime in GA. I though that perhaps it would eventually get to GA, but it never did. Fast...
12oz single from Mac's Midtown, Atlanta, GA, USA. Part of the $7.99 mixed sixer. I've learned to enjoy Saranac beers as a simple, easy to drink and decent value brews with some good variety. As such, I was looking forward to this. Unfortunately it...
Thanks go out to fellow BA nlmartin for this beer as part of Secret Santa 2007. 1L, swing-top, impressive bottle. Shared on Christmas Day with the family. I am generally not a huge fan Bourbon based beers simply because I often find that the...
Picked this up on a recent trip to Charlotte, SC at the Home Economist. $4.29 I think. 22oz bomber. Good looking pour as expected, with a rich, tea colored body, nice initial head and some good carbonation. Head and lace are minimal. Obviously a...
A different beer to this (at least in theory); http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/4336/23218. That beer was brewed by a different owner. This used to be brewed a the brewpub every year for the Heritage golf classic in April. Sampled on draft at a...
500 mL bottle, very cloudy orange pour with a light and bubbly head. Little lacing. Acidic, citrus notes in the nose with some apples. Tastes are quite acidic and almost cider like. Sweetness comes through after the initial surge to yield a kind of...
Deep brown color with some head but this fades very quickly. A film forms on the surface. No lacing. Wonderful rich malts in the nose. The tastes have some great caramel sweetness with a hint of smoke and then a very nice tart cranberry fruit...
Additional notes 10/16/24 The usual, magnificent brown garnet pour - so clear, so deeply hued. This is such an incredibly, intensely flavored beer. Massive caramel, alcohol is prominent, and there's a surprising combination of ashy, charcoal...
Very strange. Has all the characteristics of a very nice malty Scotch Ale but it rapidly goes off in a very odd direction. Its problems all stem from the over developed hops. Dark garnet color with not much head. Good deep color, no lacing. Lovely...
22oz bomber, $4.99 Green's on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. If I had to describe this beer in simple terms, I would describe it as an alcoholic brown ale. Deep garnet pour with a nice initial head but this fades pretty quickly. No lacing. Very rich...
Thanks to BigLove for this as part of BCG BIF. Wow! Incredibly surprised and delighted by this. I was expecting a fairly bland beer from what I usually consider to be a pedestrian brewery, but instead I got a full-on taste assault, and delicious...
Very nice. Amazing dark brown, ruby red highlighted beer, with a thick and bubbly head and some significant, sticky, persistent lacing. Chocolate, smoky malts appear in the nose, and are intensified in the initial tastes. Alcohol begins to...
Very ordinary, and somewhat disappointing. Drab, brown pour with little life showing. A curious mixture of unbalanced malt and alcohol was apparent with very little else to endear it to me. Mouthfeel was too thin for my liking and the combination...
Additional notes 03/10/24 (pictured) Years since I've had this but it's as strong as ever. Firmly within style, and lovely depth, but also offering an outstanding drinkability given the ABV. If you haven't had this in while (like I hadn't), it's...
Additional notes 08/04/24 (pictured) $5.99 for the 33cl bottle from Columbus, OH. Even now, 19 years on, this still feels a little light in the mouth for the style for me. The color is still as attractive as ever, This does make the beer drinkable...
Very nice. This is a very attractive beer, with an absolutely crystal clear pour in the dark red body. Good carbonation, some creamy spotty head and some significant sticky lacing all add to the substantial and pleasing appearance. Roasted malts in...