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Bold coppery triple-hopped (Cascade-Centennial-Tomahawk) India Pale Ale with pushy 9.2% alcohol flow stays strong as honeyed nectar sweetness and sticky spruce malting complement tenacious piney resin bittering. Curvaceous grapefruit-orange rind souring and expansive floral-backed juniper snip likewise counteract tropical pineapple-honeydew-passion fruit tang thereafter. Rosemary, thyme, and wildflower linger below woodsy trail.

Rating: 5

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Chocolate-y sweet black-bodied stout with sour coffee-espresso overtones, judicious mocha creaminess, and nutty bottom. Ripe prune, golden raisin, and black licorice illusions complement strong mocha malt pungency. Arguably the finest Imperial available.

Rating: 4

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Explosive carbonation, festooned creaminess, and frisky piney hop bittering outline organic grain facade of billowy flush-headed golden body. Elegant sweet yeast essence absolutely stuns gripping orange fruitiness and stimulating spiciness at midst. Pour slowly to let it breathe properly for best effect. Only regret: citric component should linger on tongue longer.

Rating: 4

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Nice n’ smooth tawny-hued rust-headed moderate body manages to retain full-flavored assertion and Scotch whiskey essence. Tangy bruised orange frontage welcomes candy apple path to tangerine spleen and barren nuttiness. Off-dry hops and bitter cocoa malts carve earthen peat trail, accruing ester-y dried fruit smidgen.

Rating: 5

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Incredible turbid coppery-russet hued full body fills frontal lobe with expansively aromatic pine needle abruptness dominating lusty alcoholic front end. Deepening floral wheat setting receives spice-hopped rosewood bittering thusly absorbed by chewy cookie dough thickness and honeysuckle sweetness. Piney theme eventually evens out as vinous lemon pith dryness and illusions of orange marmalade, peach melba, and grapefruit rind rise above grassy bottom.

Rating: 5

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Perhaps closer to extremely sweet brandy or raisin-y porter since terrific syrupy malt sinew and thick prune depth offer full-bodied richness. Inviting caramel, cocoa, chocolate, and molasses creaminess increases mighty complexity. Spiced hop bitterness underpins milky malted flow to further accent fabulous Irish-styled champion.

Rating: 4

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Pour slowly explosive, rocky-headed, wholly organic Californian or wait out billowing foam. Candied yeast sweetness counters sour honeyed malts and dry floral-hopped bouquet of blossom, gypsum and rosewood. Fresh cut grass and wheat straw earthiness given ginger-spiced dalliance mid-palate, broadening sunny orange, tangerine, apricot, and lemon accents.

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