One Claw

17th March 2014
Craft Islington. Keg. Hazy amber beer, good pale cream coloured head. Palate is airy and light with fine minerally carbonation. Airy malt with fluffy cream and a touch of grain. Light floral flavour precedes mellow tropical fruits. Light orange and orange peel bitterness. Light airy finish with a vague rye twang. Fluffy but decent.

Can from Beermoth, Manchester. Cloudy, lumpy, dirty, pale orange colour. Thin, white head. Ripe mandarin. Tinned fruit salad. Light toffee maltiness. Taste is pink grapefruit sweet. Light bitterness at first, that builds. I really could drink this all day.

Can: Nose is tropical fruit, lots of mango, pineapple, a little caramel, hop flowers. It settled into strong peach. Taste is softer than expected, grass, light citrus, biscuit, very light rye despite the name, gently bitter finish. A very drinkable session beer.

Can at White Horse Parsons Green. Hazy amber lasting white head. Lots of hops on the aroma. Still some toffee oxidisation. Hard to do this fresh. But still the hop finish is stunning. Just kicks ass. Sherberty spritzy just alive finish. Lovely grapefruit aroma. Funny. It’s still not fresh fresh but it’s still pretty good.

0.355l bottle from Mikkeller & Friends. It's really cloudy this! The color of the claw is deep and almost brownish orange, it also has a small but nicely lacing white top. Just love the fruity nose here! It's just amazing how fresh and hoppy this smells. I'm actually sitting here laughing I'm enjoying it so much. Peachy citrus and a overall lovely sweetness. Haven't nosed anything like this in a long long while, and I'm just stunned over how much I'm enjoying it. The taste has to be a bit of a letdown compared, and it unfortunately is. In the mouth it feels light oily while the carbonation is just above average. It's nice and fruity, but it doesn't have that freshness that just kicked me in the teeth when smelling it. Mild peaches, a good amount of grassy bitterness with ripe fruits in the back. Ends kinda minerallish and lingering grassy bitter. All in all its not bad at all, and that aroma was just magic! 16.01.2014

Can. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, alt, citrus, grass, orange. Flavour is fruit, malt, citrus, grass, orange, pine. Medium body. Ordinary beer.

6 pack from whole foods. Pours orange yellow with big head. Citrus nose with some rye. Tastes of grapefruits, orange, pineapple, spicy rye, bitter earth, and some clove. Fizzy palate and sweet finish. Refreshing and goes down mighty easy.

Can 12fl.oz.Unclear matt medium yellow colour with a huge, creamy - frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, rye, malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, tropical fruit, pineapple. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, hoppy, tropical fruit, pineapples, funky. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20131123]

Can. Pours a hazy yellow color with a longlasting white head. Has a fruity peach hoppy citrus aroma with spicy hints. Fruity malty peachy hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty peachy hoppy bitter finish.

Can 35,5 cl. Pours a hazy golden with a lacing, white head. Lovely fresh citrusy hop aroma. Medium body, a nice fruitiness, slightly sweet with a powerful hop funch leaving a dry bitterness. Lovely and super quaffable. 271213