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8.5/10 by rich 
A-Deep mahogany, with slight red tint, and fairly clear. Normal foam head, tan with medium retention. Not much lacing. S-Lot's on variation on the aroma's. This is the third bottle I've had and I'm getting slightly different notes each time. Caramelized malt, brown sugar, and fruit seems standard. Then depending on the tasting session I've also picked up alcohol, spiciness, cherries, molasses, and bready. T-Taste match to aromas. Well balanced, with a slight show of the alcohol. Malt comes thr...read more
Overall Rating: 8.5/10 by 1 dude 100%
The Saint Louis Brewery - Schlafly
8.5/10 by scot
Poured somewhat cloudy with a good inch of off-white foam from my usual vigorous pour. Retention was okay at best. Lacing, eh, none. Aroma is big on fruits and spice. Quite nice ;) Some dark fruits with banana. Once of the main spices is clove. Taste follows. A bit of sweetness up front then come the fruits and spice. Acrid could be mildly be attached to the flavor as I almost sense a touch of tart, but it might be me wishing I had another sour beer. Banana and clove are nicely mixed. ...read more
Overall Rating: 8.5/10 by 1 dude 100%
8.6/10 by scot
Pours slightly cloudy with minimal, pristine white foam. Retention is a 40-yard dash with no lacing. Aroma is spice, coriander, wheat, and Belgian yeast. No orange that I noticed. Crisp. Taste is light but with a nice coriander, lemon, and wheat flavor. Belgian yeast is there but ever so slightly. Spicey hops finish off the beer with really no hop bite at all. Light on the body but has a nice prickly carbonation to make it feel bigger. Refreshing to say the least. I had a Mother Earth ...read more
Overall Rating: 8.6/10 by 1 dude 100%
7.6/10 by scot
Note: Bottled on 2010-05-10 A vigorous pour gives a cloudy liquid with two plus inches of off white, thick, frothy foam. Retention isn't bad but the foam doesn't become thicker as it recedes. Lacing is sticky, thin but quite good. Aroma has a big citrus hop scent. Caramel, bread, earth, and spice are other aromas found in the beer. Taste is subdued sweet up front with an ending that builds. Bread, earth, and another blast of citrus comes in big. Some spice hop adds to the citrus in the f...read more
Overall Rating: 7.6/10 by 1 dude 100%
Single Batch Series - Dark Wheat Project
8.1/10 by scot
Poured opaque (although I wasn't in the greatest lighting) with a solid tan, inch thick foam from an aggressive pour. Retention is good leaving behind some thick, sticky foam. Aroma is definite wheat with some good, big malts to back it up. Roasted, toffee, and even burnt molasses come through. Dark fruits stimulate the nostrils: figs and prunes. Taste is very sweet. A little sweeter than expected. Dark malt drowns out the wheat flavor but it still comes through along with roasted and bur...read more
Overall Rating: 8.1/10 by 1 dude 100%
7.8/10 by scot
A vigorous pour yields a cloudy liquid with a huge off-white, frothy foam. Retention is quite good and becomes meringue as it recedes. Surprisingly little lacing. Aroma is on the hoppy side with citrus hops dominating - clean though, not grapefruit, maybe pleasant orange. Everything else is muted and difficult for me to make out. Some caramel is definite. Taste has a similar hop profile with bitterness building through to the end. Lasting bitterness is there but minor and just enough to l...read more
Overall Rating: 7.8/10 by 1 dude 100%
9.2/10 by scot
Note: my 500th review. Pours clear with ample mocha colored foam. Retention is quite good with lacing leaving behind some nice webs. Aroma is big on the coffee and such a pleasant coffee scent. Malts are the back bone to the beer: roasted, coffee, dark chocolate, and even some bread. Taste follows the aroma to a 't.' The coffee is more of the old fashioned from Grandma's kitchen and that's the type I really like. A medium bodied beer with ample carbonation to round out the quality taste. ...read more
Overall Rating: 9.1/10 by 2 dudes 100%
9.3/10 by scot
Poured clear around the edges as the rest was opaque. Foam was deep tan, frothy, and about two inches thick. Retention is okay but the foam becomes thick and richer as it dissipates. Aroma is of roasted malt, definitely the spotlight. Toffee and coffee are in there but the roasted malt just keeps bringing me back for another quaff of the goodness. Taste is really good. Roasted, toffee, coffee, and chocolate all play their roll to varying degrees. Enough hops to balance all the sugars bu...read more
Overall Rating: 9.3/10 by 1 dude 100%
6.6/10 by scot 
Pours clear with a nice tan foam that fills half a pint glass with a vigorous pour. Retention is quite nice with really no lacing at all. Aroma is toasted and caramel malt. No real hops to speak of. The sweetness of the beer is rather large on the nose almost giving me the sense of honey in the beer. Taste doesn't have much of a hop presence either but the malt bill is once again sweet. There is a nice toasted flavor but that is overwhelmed by the big hit of sweetness that lasts throughout...read more
Overall Rating: 6.6/10 by 1 dude 0%
7.6/10 by scot
Pours clear with a huge amount of white, fluffy foam. Retention is quite good with lacing beginning before the glass even tips: sticky and web like. Aroma of sweet caramel and toasted malt with honey fill the nose quickly. The hop profile is fruity and somewhat tropical: lemon, orange, etc. Some pine resin is there too. Taste is caramel malt all the way through, including honey, that leaves a sweetness, almost cloying in the finish, thick, and syrupy. Toasted malt is there too while the fr...read more
Overall Rating: 7.6/10 by 1 dude 100%
8.8/10 by scot
Pours clear with a two inch, tan, thick foam. Retention is above average becoming thicker as it recedes. Lacing, at times, was thick and sticky. Aroma is of clove and pepper spice, maybe even some banana? Definite traces of Belgian yeast. Some dark fruits come in the middle an add complexity. Prunes and raisins. Some boozy alcohol burn too. Cherry? At least a medium body with a quite a bit of tingly carbonation to help round out the beer. The unpluggs strike again. Another good beer c...read more
Overall Rating: 8.8/10 by 1 dude 100%
8.7/10 by scot
Poured clear into my pint glass. Huge frothy, white foam covered the beer. Retention as lasting. Lacing is sheeting but quick to fall back. Aroma has some tart citric acid. Subdued oak gives a nice level of complexity. Vinegar and apples round out the profile. Apples are more tart and green. Taste almost made me pucker from the tartness level. The oak comes through again in the middle and it is a really pleasant oakiness. Green apple is main flavor, sweet is htere to balance the tart, ...read more
Overall Rating: 8.7/10 by 1 dude 100%
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