4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
First of all, do NOT drink this cold. I didn't read the bottle until after I had poured a refridgerated bottle into a frosted glass. Yuck. After it warmed back to room temperature I tried it again. It was a little better but this is definitely not my cup of beer. Too much going on, and alcohol flavor kept coming in waves. Wonderfully complex aroma and appropriately woodsy coloring, but I don't think we were meant to drink trees.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2002
at 02:55
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Golden coloured. Fruity smell. Smooth and sweetish. .......................
Tried
on 28 Feb 2002
at 03:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Nut brown. Medium bodied. Fruity. Nice, but where's the pine?...............
Tried
on 28 Feb 2002
at 03:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Black in colour. Fullbodied with some indefinite fruit aroma. .............
Tried
on 28 Feb 2002
at 03:40
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Amber misty ale. Light floreal aroma. Herbal, the heather outstands. Hop-like final. I will not look for it.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2002
at 17:02
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Misty amber ale. Nice fruit aroma, delicate. Balanced taste, some malt and hop, herbal. The palate too is not bad, but also not outstanding.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2002
at 17:15
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Amber cloudy ale. Light candy and fruit aroma. Strange flavour, mix of 'fruity' sweetness and hops; probably rasins. Palate not interesting.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2002
at 16:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark ale, with red shades, wonderful thick head. Roasted malt aroma, lightly fruity. Classic stout taste; the fruits are very difficult to distinguish, they just add a light acidity. Good roasted and hop final.
Tried
on 10 Jan 2002
at 16:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very interesting...sweet floral aroma and sweetish flavor with floral notes surely from the heather. Def wine like finish. Becomes a bit overwhelming.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2001
at 11:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Is this beer really lagered? It says it has wheat, but it bears no similarity to any wheat beer I've ever seen. Instead it appears to be a deep golden pilsner - clean, fizzy with a light head. The beer has a strange bitterness from not just hops but also from bog myrtle. I don't detect anything like gooseberry flavor, but it does have some unique flavors that I can only assume are from the berries. This would be better as a traditional spiced wit ale.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2000
at 14:21