yespr (55501) reviewed Dark Arts from Magic Rock Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From cask. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan to brown head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and breadish. Bitter and dark roasted malty. Bitter, dark roasted and chocolate malty. Dry and dark roasted malty into a dense malty and chocolate finish. Ends dry and bitter.
yespr (55501) reviewed Rapture from Magic Rock Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From cask. Pours dark orange to brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, grapefruity, peachy and citrusy hoppy. Crisp bitter, fruity and subdued sweet. Bitter and lingering floral fruity into a dry and peachy to grapefruity hoppy finish.
lad_newton (4207) reviewed Rapture from Magic Rock Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at the Southampton Arms on 18th July 2011. Red to amber with yellowy white lasting head and some travelling lacing. Spicy aroma. Liquid spicy, fruity with berries, then a very bitter finish. A touch of smoke. Engaging texture. Superb.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed High Wire from Magic Rock Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask handpull at Cask Pub Pimlico. Hazy pale gold colour lasting white head. lovely hoppy golden ale. Good flavours tropical fruit real hop and good bitterness.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Dark Arts from Magic Rock Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On Cask at Craft Beer Co. Black as hell. Lasting tan head. Yes a touch of heat and obvious alcohol in the swallow. But. And its a big but. This is a selicious choc laden stout with some dark cherry liquer. Lovely strong cask stout. Good beer perfectly conditioned. Lovely blackcurrant.
McCash (16021) reviewed Cannonball from Magic Rock Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
33cl bottle. Pours golden orange with a small head, most of which disappears. The nose has pine and grapefruit pith. The taste has more pine and grapefruit. The palate is medium-bodied with a good texture and a clean finish. Overvall, a step up from the basic Pale Ale but still not enough malt and fruitiness.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Dark Arts from Magic Rock Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Cask at Craft Beer Co. Aroma of cocoa and light coffee. Almost exactly like Minoh Stout. Pitch black with lace. Flavor of wood, cocoa, light body, woody, roasty, a bit of coffee. Body a bit light. Strong bitterness from hops and roast. Some berries. Complex but a bit messy bitterness. Good but got a bit boring. Very like Minoh but thinner and bitterer.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Ringmaster from Magic Rock Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at Craft Beer Co. Deep blonode. Great hop nose--deep and complex. Tasty golden malts and honey, bread. Great hops: grass, citrus. Nice body and malt for so light a beer. Rich, hoppy, great malts for a 3.9.
McCash (16021) reviewed High Wire from Magic Rock Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
33cl bottle, thanks to Chris Mair. Pours golden with initially a decent head which then falls away. The nose has grapefruit and just a hint of mandarins. The taste is pink grapefruit, then pine. The palate has a medium body and texture with a very dry finish. Again, this is one for the hop-heads - it’s just too unbalanced for me - it needs more malty sweetness. The fruitiness on the nose is never as generous on the taste.
McCash (16021) reviewed Rapture from Magic Rock Brewing 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
33cl bottle thanks to Chris Mair! Pours light chestnut with an orange hue. There is a nice head but it mostly disappears in the first couple of minutes. The nose has some raisin malt but is mostly pine and grapefruit pith. The taste has more grapefruit and pith with not sweet malt to talk of. The palate has a medium body and texture with a very fresh and zingy finish. Overall, it’s a good beer for the hopheads, but it needs a little more malt sweetness for me, so it is very flavoursome but lacks balance.