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Picaroons Traditional Ales

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From:
Picaroons Traditional Ales
 
New Brunswick, Canada
Style:
Dunkelweizen
ABV:
4.8%
Score:
77
Avg:
3.3 | pDev: 19.7%
Reviews:
22
Ratings:
58
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 23, 2017
Added:
Jul 03, 2008
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  9
Formerly Dark And Stormy Night
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Ratings by Lokes:
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Rated by Lokes from Canada (NB)

4.39/5  rDev +33%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Jul 29, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.28 by deg from New Hampshire

Aug 23, 2017
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Rated by ewpass from Canada (PE)

3.52/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Chestnut brown with small head, little nose, smooth malty body with medium-crisp finish. Good beer.
Jun 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.59 by Mousel from Canada (ON)

Nov 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.34 by jfreeze from Canada (NB)

Apr 08, 2016
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Rated by Grogsky from Canada ()

3.62/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Good, but picaroons does much better.
Apr 03, 2016
 
Rated: 4.19 by MetalCath from Canada (QC)

Mar 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.33 by groleau from Canada (QC)

Jan 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.21 by Vold from Canada (NB)

Nov 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.97 by StephenPerr from Canada (NB)

Oct 10, 2015
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Reviewed by souvenirs from Canada (BC)

3.13/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
I was happy to see that the liquor store in Chipman, NB, now has a selection of beers from Picaroons.

A Red-brown, fairly dark.
S Burnt molasses brown bread.
T Fairly mild. Not a lot going on.
F Kind of watery.
Aug 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.56 by mcormier79

Dec 08, 2014
 
 
Rated: 3.92 by PorterPro125 from Canada (NB)

Oct 10, 2014
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.47/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
500ml bottle. Two things - one, I can't help but say the name of this offering with an Aussie inflection - and two, they collaborated with malt producers from Bamberg for this? Should I be expecting something over the top smoky?

This beer pours a clear, red-brick amber hue, with two pudgy fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and certainly bubbly beige head, which leaves a decent array of 'climate change' iceberg shelf lace around the glass as it evenly subsides.

It smells of semi-sweet, kind of doughy, and slightly roasted caramel malt, a hint of oily bar-top nuts (the usual sort, eh, Beer Rev YEG?), some ethereal mocha notes, and weak leafy, weedy noble hops - not getting any of the purported dunkel essences, no matter where in Germany their influence originates. The taste is a bit more evocative - the malt divided equally between the roasted pale/caramel malt and the wanly spicy wheat contingents, the nuttiness retaining its neutral state, a bit of stale cocoa and day-old coffee seeping through, with a still barely noteworthy leafy, earthy hoppiness.

The carbonation is fairly understated, just a wee unsubstantiated burble for the most part, the body a not-quite medium weight, and smooth, sure, but it ain't the alcohol that pushes in with that weird metallic scourge. It finishes well off-dry, the caramel, barley, and mixed coffee shop sweetness winning the day.

I should have known from the label description that this could turn out to be a bit of a hot (but not in that way) mess. Really, a 'dunkel', from Bamberg tutoring, no less, welded onto a traditional English ale (so here in Canada, Trad from Big Rock, then?). Fails abound, no lie, the German association is not even particularly wheaty, let alone a smoke-filled miasma, as I might have been coerced into being led into believing. Not a bad brew overall, just nothing like what the marketing arm sai- oh, right.
Sep 30, 2014
 
Rated: 3.47 by jcubz from Canada (SK)

Sep 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by muskiesman from New Jersey

Aug 17, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by fostachild from Wisconsin

Aug 12, 2014
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Reviewed by johnnnniee from New Hampshire

2.31/5  rDev -30%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Bottle from the liquor store on PEI
Pours a crystal clear dark brown with ruby at the edges and a wispy off white head that dissipates quickly. Butter caramel and toffee dominate the aroma, with traces of dish soap. I find no weizen or hops in the aroma of this brew. The flavor isn't much better than the aroma. Buttery burnt caramel with a soapy edge. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation. I'm not sure what they were shooting for here, but its safe to say they missed.
Jul 25, 2014
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Reviewed by BeerLaw from Canada (PE)

2.09/5  rDev -36.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Pours nicely with a nice dark color - like a stout. Smells very sour - reminds me of a bad batch of homebrew (I am an avid homebrewer who has had a few infected batches before, and this remind me of those batches).

Tastes sour. Lactic acid like. I am assuming that is intended, since this is the third time I have tried this beer. Terrible sour lactic acid taste.

I'd rather drink a coors light, and that is saying something. I wasted my money on this one three times... I love Picaroons (ie, best bitter and winter warmer), but this is terrible.

I must admit I've never had a dunkel (not available near me). I have had many english ales, and brew mostly english style ales. To me, this is just too damn sour.
May 24, 2014
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Beer rating: 77 out of 100 with 58 ratings