Ferris (26026) reviewed Celeia Hop Ale from Alexander Keith's Fine Beers 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can - Caramel and cooked orange. Clear orange with a white head. Sweet candy floss and orange with a sweet orange finish. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
This one poured a clear golden Amber colour with little head. Scents include sour gas, corn and hay. First swig was thin as gasoline with little carbonation. Flavours of hops and flowers with a sprig of spruce. Finish is bitter with spruce flavours overwhelming.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Red Amber Ale from Alexander Keith's Fine Beers 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Draught in Parsborro. It pours deep red with a small off-white head. The nose is sweet, sticky, toffee, generic red fruit and some artificial action. The taste is sweet, caramel, sugar, dried fruits, dull bitterness and plastic with a short, dryish finish. Light body and fine carbonation. Watery, sweet and just very basic overall. Forgettable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a bright yellow-gold color with a medium sized soapy white head that left good lacing. The aroma was tart and bitter with vague fruity hops and a bit of sugar. The flavor was tart, bitter and thin with some lemon and yeast. Medium length finish. Medium body. Meh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours nearly clear amber with airy off-white head. Mild but clear aroma of malt and fruit, with notes of hops and yeast and touches of needles. Bitter, hoppy flavour with sweetish notes of yeast and malt and notes of needles. Rough aftertaste with estery and mildly bitter notes. The best beer of the brewery’s hop series but still far from the ideal.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle. Pours nearly clear amber with airy off-white head. Clear aroma of hops, fruit and yeast, wuth mild citric touches. Citric flavour with bitter notes of metal and hops and fruity and malty touches. Estery and acidic aftertaste. Drinkable but a poor example of the style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours clear amber with stable off-white head. Clear aroma of malt and yeast, with notes of hops and fruity touches. Sweetish flavour of malt and fruit, with notes of caramel and yeast and some rather mild, bitter, hoppy touches. Estery afteraste with fruity touches. Drinkable but nothing really special.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours a light golden-amber colour with a foamy off-white head, decent lasting with a little lacing. Fruity nose with some mild grass, bread and caramel. The taste is not as hoppy, but the flavours of oranges are felt. Hints of sweetness from the caramel malts and some bread in the finish. A little tea lingers. Not a bad brew, goes down nicely when cold. Interesting hop this celeia, but not something to go back to a lot. Refreshing and not too dry.
Meilby (14731) reviewed Celeia Hop Ale from Alexander Keith's Fine Beers 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can 437ml @ Motel room, Red Roof Inn, Akron, OH
Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has notes of malt caramel, hint of herbs and pepper. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long malty, caramel and herbal finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.