Woodblock
16175 Cleveland St #109
Redmond, WA, United States of America
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Light, tart opening, very clean, resolves into a dry, biscuity sweetness. Doesn’t linger, really tasty.
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[Edit: This was mislabeled as Backwoods King Size Stout] Mislabeled??? No idea. This is a tasty, robust, roasty, malty stout. Light cocoa, smooth finish, but taste like a candy bar this absolutely does not.
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Keg blew on this. Quite a bit of bubblegum-like oily hop sweetness, on top of a thinnish Pilsner base. Can’t say I loved it.
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Bitter, sweet blonde. Very effervescent. Decidedly doesn’t taste like a “whole lot of nothing,” so I guess the mantra is don’t get this in nitro.
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Spicy, chocolatey, roasty stout. Pokes out a bit in bitterness but is on a solid foundation.
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Super bright, clean sour. I’d say the primary flavor is dry cherry with raspberry being least detectable (very much appreciate this). Fizzy and not too sweet, hint of cereal underneath.
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Medium-tart, dry guava flavor. If it’s not super-complex, at least it’s not super-simple. Very solid fruit sour. Wasn’t sure whether to expect coffee based on the name, but it’s not.
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A really clean, nice, rounded orange flavor. Blood orange? But also reminded me of mandarin. What it really brought to mind was the classic Goose Island Orange Cream sodas from the '90s.
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Strong and roasty, this is what you look for when you think Russian Imperial Stout. And war stories about porn bugs is what you look for when you have a gathering of old browser devs.
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Hazy, guava/grapefruit hazy pale. Somewhat raw hop bitterness. Not nearly as refined as the IPA the others were having.
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Unexpectedly tart, sour hop flavors. Finishes with cereal and a high Brett dry bitterness. Went very will with the (also funky, also dry) smoked Gouda. Really quite good!
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Fragrance of green apple. Quite sour, puckeringly tart, a bit like a punch of cider vinegar, Not much cereal present, but it's so, so clean.
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Coriander's the strongest and most immediate flavor in this beer, which is usually a big negative for me, but it worked really well in this beer. It flowed into a dry, yeasty turn into a strong cereal backbone. I think that bit of savory character made this beer.
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Starts with a smooth oatmeal stout character, but very quickly turns ashy. Over-roasted for sure - at least for the style. It wasn't exactly bad, but I wasn't enjoying it a whole lot.
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I don't overall remember the flavor of this beer (forgot to log it at the time other than rating), but I do have a distinct impression that the coffee was a bit over-sweet.
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First off, this came out much darker than I was expecting. This was basically a lightly hoppy amber ale. Didn't have any grassy funk like I enjoy in a steam beer / common ale to remind me that there are lager roots involved. Out of context this might have been fine, but I wanted something different.
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Low-carbonation; even if this wasn't cask it was similarly (not) bubbly. Very much tasted like an English cask-poured IPA, with a bitter, rooty, resinous hop flavor right on the tongue. Within that context, pretty good, but I've had a lot of Machine House I've liked better.
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