Beer Is Dark XIII Anniversary Ale
Dark Horse Brewing Company

Beer Is Dark XIII Anniversary AleBeer Is Dark XIII Anniversary Ale
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From:
Dark Horse Brewing Company
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
American Strong Ale
ABV:
13%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.73 | pDev: 11.53%
Reviews:
7
Ratings:
90
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 21, 2016
Added:
Dec 15, 2013
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  20
Dark Horse 13th Anniversary Ale, brewed with 13 malts and 13 adjuncts.
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Ratings by Gotti311:
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Rated by Gotti311 from Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

Jul 25, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.86 by sweemzander from Illinois

Dec 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by outoffocus from Pennsylvania

Jul 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.09 by robgage from Pennsylvania

Jul 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.74 by BeerOps from Illinois

May 30, 2015
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Reviewed by kkleu357 from Wisconsin

3.93/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.75
Bought this almost a year ago. Finally getting to it. Dark black body. Smokey sweet cocoa aroma. Sweet lightly smoked taste. Some chocolate flavors. Hint of caramel and maple.
Jan 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.68 by BUNZILLA from Indiana

Dec 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.48 by schmidtmattsays from Illinois

Nov 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Norseman from Illinois

Nov 25, 2014
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Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota

3.45/5  rDev -7.5%
Thanks to blacknyellow20 for this beer, which has been resting in my fridge for roughly the term of a full length pregnancy. 375ML red-waxed bottle split with my wife from what is assuredly the oddest outdoor patio in the U.S.

The beer pours black – imagine that – with little to no head. Nose isn’t terribly strong for all the shit they poured into this brew. Chocolate is the only really prominent experience, with nuts & sweet molasses kicking about the fringes. Not bad.

Beer is Dark is one of those beers that’s thicker than blood. Huge malty mouthfeel, thick as a sequoia, filling up the mouth crevices like a good mortar. The taste can’t quit stand up to that loveliness: strong nuttiness, half-inch dusting of cocoa powder, sweet-on-sweet. I could have taken the dwarf bottle myself.

Peaks in that thick-ass mouthfeel. It always amazes me when brewers put 184 malts & hops into a beer & it comes out tasting tame, like this one. Pretty good beer.
Nov 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by CaptainFleeker from Illinois

Nov 18, 2014
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Reviewed by MDDMD from Pennsylvania

3.9/5  rDev +4.6%
A-dark brown black color with a smallish light brown head and little lacing

S-roasted malt, caramel, light chocolate, nutty

T-dark roasted malt, light chocolate , toffee, nutty,, dark fruit, hint of smokiness

F-medium body with light carbonation, smooth

O-decent beer for sipping, alcohol pretty well integrated
Oct 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4.2 by bmurray10 from Texas

Oct 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by AndyEdgar from Illinois

Oct 11, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Sparky44 from Illinois

Oct 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by spycow from Illinois

Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by indianabeerman from Indiana

Sep 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by jnowak from Ohio

Sep 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by ssarkozi1 from Michigan

Aug 27, 2014
Beer Is Dark XIII Anniversary Ale from Dark Horse Brewing Company
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 90 ratings