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3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, J. Wakefield Brewing, Stout - Imperial, USA

J. Wakefield That’s The Ticket

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Brewery: J. Wakefield Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 13%
Style: American Imperial Stout

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Imperial Stout with chocolate, coconut, caramel & sea salt added

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.9
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A 750ml bottle with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a MBCC 2018 stemmed tasting glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with only a very thin mocha brown head that stuck around throughout while leaving some nice lacing.
Aroma: Chocolate, caramel and vanilla dominate with hints of coconut and roastiness. A bit like chocolate ice cream with chocolate sauce.
Taste: Chocolate and sea salt are strong, cacao, vanilla, lightly bitter dark chocolate, and hints of coconut, caramel and alcohol poking through.
Mouthfeel: Extremely creamy, full bodied, with low carbonation.
Overall: I thought that the sea salt was too strong. Normally I love caramel salted chocolate, but in this case, the strong sea salt combined with the booze and maybe even the light bitterness just didn’t work together as well as it could have for me.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Denmark, Mikkeller Baghaven, Wild Ale

Mikkeller Baghaven I Would Not Feel So All Alone

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Brewery: Mikkeller Baghaven
Country: Denmark
ABV: 7.6%
Style: American Wild Ale
Other Notes: Blend 1, aged 18 months

Brewer Description: (from bottle) American Wild Ale fermented & aged in a French oak foeder & then aged on peaches, apricots & nectarines.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.16
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 375ml bottle, Blend 1, with no bottled on or best before date. Poured into a MBCC 2018 stemmed tasting glass.
Appearance: A hazy yellow orange colour with a half finger white head that disappeared almost immediately to nothing and left no lacing.
Aroma: Peach, apricot, bandaid, funk and oak.
Taste: Sour, tart, peach, apricot, nectarine with a hint of lemon and oak.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: Nice and refreshing peach and apricot aroma and flavours. Very easy to drink.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Highland Park Brewery x Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery, Stout - Imperial, USA

Highland Park x Jackie O’s Street Lights

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Brewery: Highland Park Brewery x Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 12.5%
Style: American Imperial Stout

Brewer Description: (from can) Imperial Stout with coconut, almonds & honey.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.25
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 16 fl. oz. can with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a MBCC 2018 stemmed tasting glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with a half finger mocha head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving some nice lacing.
Aroma: Nutty, almond, coconut, chocolate, with a touch of vanilla and honey.
Taste: Lightly sweet, honey, almond, milk chocolate with hints of coconut and vanilla.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with low carbonation.
Overall: Good aroma and tasting Imperial Stout. The almonds were especially a nice touch.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Mikkeller San Diego x Finback Brewery, Porter - Baltic, USA

Mikkeller San Diego x Finback Black Tide

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Brewery: Mikkeller San Diego x Finback Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 9%
Style: Baltic Porter
Other Notes: Collab Series

Brewer Description: (from can) Baltic style Porter brewed with barrel aged maple syrup.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.08
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can, with a Julian canned on date of 18059, meaning that it was canned on 28th February 2018. Poured into a MBCC 2018 stemmed tasting glass.
Appearance: Dark dark brown to black colour with a half finger mocha head that dissipated fairly quickly, but left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Smokey, char, roasted malts, dark chocolate and milk chocolate.
Taste: Roasty malts, bitter dark chocolate, smoke/ashy, followed by creamy milk chocolate, with only a very small hint of maple and maybe even some dark fruit.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium to full bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: A nice and enjoyable Baltic Porter, but I’m not getting much of the maple that it is supposedly brewed with.

4 - Good (buy), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, Highland Park Brewery, USA

Highland Park Yeah Yeah

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Brewery: Highland Park Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 8%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Hazy Double IPA w/ Mosaic, Simcoe & Vic Secret

Brewer Description: (from ‘currently on tap’ list Hermosillo) Hazy Double IPA – Vic Secret, Mosaic and Simcoe. Pineapple, Stone Fruit, Tree Sap. Yeast: US05 and London 3.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.24
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 16 fl. oz. can with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a MBCC 2018 stemmed tasting glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour with a very thin less than half finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly but left some light lacing.
Aroma: Lemon, lemon peel and pineapple with a touch of papaya and kiwi.
Taste: Juicy and lightly bitter. Papaya, pomelo, pineapple, melon, pomelo rind and peel.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A nice and great tasting Double IPA. On a side note, I also love the can whose design means you could flip it upside down and it would still appear the same.