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Scopey (25563) reviewed
Assassin from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
12 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
2013 bottle, generously shared by C-Dogg at the BIG Friday tasting. It pours opaque black with a small dark tan head. The nose is rich roast, coffee, mild acidity, toasted coconut, juicy dark fruit, berry and even more coffee. The taste is rich-roast, juicy berry, fudge, creamy, treacle, molasses, chocolate, wood and a good deal of vanilla with a bitter-sweet finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Big, rich and oily. Smooth, slick and well-integrated. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2014 at 05:35
Leighton (35418) reviewed
Assassin from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
12 years ago
8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle shared in London during the First Tasting of the New Year. Big thanks to C-Train. Pours oily black-brown with a thick, creamy brown head. Looks good. The nose has rich chocolate, mild roast, raisins. Medium to big sweet flavor, lots of oily chocolate, buckets of molasses, iodine, chocolate cake. Full bodied with fine carbonation and creamy texture. Lightly warming to finish with sticky sugars, more molasses, syrupy chocolate, burnt marshmallows, black urbanites, raisins. Decadent. Deep. Great beer.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2014 at 10:50
nuplastikk (10801) reviewed
Sol Hunter from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
12 years ago
8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
22oz bomber. Unfiltered orange-tan body. Foamy, steady white head. Medium bodied, but with a massive solid hop bill. Dryish amarillo-ish strawy tones at first. Some orange, mellow tangerine, a hint of melon in the aroma. The tropical tones comes out the more you sip at it. Some pungent mango, guava, pink grapefruit start to show up. Pretty much all a beer enthusiast could ask for in a Pale Ale in late 2013. Clean malt backbone and a hefty new school hop barrage. Great stuff.
Tried on 25 Dec 2013 at 22:27
andyhwcinc (2108) reviewed
Dorothy's New World Lager from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
12 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Purchased at Steve’s Wines in Madison, WI; enjoyed during a band practice, straight from bottle. Appearance (for what I poured for my friends) was a lightly cloudy gold with a rich white head. Aroma mostly of lager yeast, light bread. Taste was also yeasty, with a light hop profile. Nothing mind blowing, but solid.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2013 at 10:02
nuplastikk (10801) reviewed
XHops Green from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
12 years ago
8.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
22oz bomber. Unfiltered grayed orange-tan body. Frothy, glass lacing white head. Delicate, but full of new school hoppy nuances. Pink grapefruit, tangerine, apricot, garlic, green onion. Zesty, grassy, tropical feel. A lot of hop depth. Clean, straightforward malt bill lets the hops shine, second half of the bomber was a little yeastier. World Class all the way, one of the best APAs I’ve ever had. Not unlike Zombie Dust and All Day IPA in its fantastic balance, and this has that sublime NZ hop thing going on, in a big way. Great beer, very grateful to Ryan for making the run and scooping this up after they sold out around town instantaneously.
Tried on 21 Dec 2013 at 20:23
Travlr (34369) reviewed
Dorothy's New World Lager from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
12 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of nuplastikk, a huge thanks! Cloudy straw color, fluffy white head. Aroma is subtle white pepper, dusty hay. Taste is very slightly funky biscuit. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2013 at 16:11
Fergus (32001) reviewed
Sosus from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
12 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle share at CBC clerko. Big thanks to Ryan for sharing. Aroma is big resinous, passion fruit, spicy hop, slight alcohol. Hazed golden straw colour with a fine white head. Flavour is weird, grassy, spicy hop, hop resin. Clean bready malt, light biscuit. Mellow light bitterness. Sticky resinous palate, low carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2013 at 13:17
Theydon_Bois (48345) reviewed
Sosus from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
12 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Craft Clerko, massive thanks to Ryan for generously leaving this one with us, 25/10/13. Hazed pale golden with a decent sized white head. Nose is bitter citrics, light piss, dank hops, orange sherbet, grapefruit, mineral notes. Taste comprises jammy tropicals, orange sherbet, pine resin, grapefruit, citric zestballs. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi aggressive hop bitterness at the curtain call. Good DIPA, ABV well integrated, very drinkable, maybe lacks a little depth.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2013 at 12:37
Theydon_Bois (48345) reviewed
Pseudo Sue from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
12 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle at Bruce’s new pad, big thanks to Ryan via Leighton, 15/10/13. Hazed orange amber with a moderate off white head. Nose is pine forward, bitter orange, grapefruit, grass, good hop presence - lovely ! Taste comprises grapefruit, toasted malts, grassy, pine, light mango, orange pith, peachy goodness, light herbal element. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry grassy bitterness in the finish. Cracking APA - up there in the top draw bracket!
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2013 at 09:57
jtclockwork (20057) reviewed
Sosus from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
12 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at Max’s tasting. Pours clear gold with white head. Nose and taste of pineapple, resin, caramel malt, grapefruit pith and peel. Medium body. Well balanced. Dry finish. Nice carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2013 at 21:17