Ferris (26026) reviewed Dark Knight from Dragonmead Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft - Light roast malts and a light perfumy hop profile. Jet black with a nice brown head. Roasty malts and a very light hop notes. Not nearly as hoppy as hoped.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Crown Jewels from Dragonmead Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft - Candy floss caramel and sweet citrus hops. Cloudy copper with a decent beige head. Up front pithy bitterness and some orange and pine. Decent.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Dead Monk Abbey Ale from Dragonmead Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft - Brown sugar and some stone fruit. Clearish gold with a decent off white head. Stone fruit, estery yeast and sugars. Light bitterness and dry finish.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Kaiser's Kölsch from Dragonmead Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draft - Light sweet grains. Cloudy pale yellow and rich white head. Light sweet grains with a dry grainy finish. Refreshing and more grain than sweetness. Nice.
superspak (10160) reviewed Armageddon Grand Cru from Dragonmead Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750 ml bottle into chalice, 2014 vintage bottling. Pours fairly crystal clear orange/copper color with a thin off white head with poor retention, that reduces to a thin ring of lace. Minimal lacing on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big raisin, plum, pear, apple, light banana, clove, caramel, toast, toffee, biscuit, candi sugar, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast and dark/bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big raisin, plum, pear, apple, light banana, clove, caramel, toast, toffee, biscuit, candi sugar, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Good amount of earthy yeast spice on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, plum, pear, apple, light banana, clove, caramel, toast, toffee, biscuit, candi sugar, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast and dark/bready malt sweetness; with a great malt/yeast flavor balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, fairly slick, and lightly crisp mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent quadrupel style! All around great complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast and dark/bready malt sweetness; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Final Absolution from Dragonmead Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours crystal clear orange, small off-white head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is yeast, hay, pepper, clove banana, lemon zest. Flavor is light plus sweet, very spicy, zesty, peppery, light zesty bitterness. Lighish body, medium soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a thistle.
The appearance was a semi-dark brown with tints of purple along the edges.The head was about a finger’s worth of white foaminess that gently died. Super light lacing trickled down the glass.
The smell had a caramel malty roasted peatiness I normally get in most Scotch ales. Light \"meat\"-like aroma tried to invade but stayed subdued for the most part.
The taste was sweet roasty peaty with that light \"meat\"-like flavoring trying to come in.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium with a semi-decent sessionability to it. The \"meat\" flavoring could be a tad distracting. However, this beer definitely rolled across my tongue extremely well leaving a really nice smoothness all around.
Overall, for the most part, good Scotch ale. I’m not sure where I got the \"meatiness\" but hey throughout the beer it does show its face fairly strong but fairly weak at different times.
ericsc (2969) ticked Final Absolution from Dragonmead Brewery 12 years ago
superspak (10160) reviewed Final Absolution from Dragonmead Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into chalice, bottled on 8/16/2013. Pours lightly cloudy golden orange color with a small foamy white head with decent retention, that reduces to a spotty lace cap that lingers. Minimal lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big pear, apple, grape, banana, clove, pepper, honey, candi sugar, bread, herbal, floral, and yeast earthiness. Fantastic aromas with great balance and complexity of malt and fruity/spicy esters; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, pear, apple, grape, banana, clove, pepper, bread, honey, candi sugar, herbal, floral, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of light fruits, banana, clove, pepper, bread, honey, candi sugar, herbal, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice balance and complexity of malt and fruity/spicy yeast flavors; with a great malt/spiciness balance and no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a moderately crisp and slightly slick mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a great tripel! All around great complexity and balance of flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.