yespr (55573) reviewed Pale Ale from Black Oak Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is light citrusy and toasted malty. Bitter and light herbal. Dry hoppy and bitter. Toasted far finish.
yespr (55573) reviewed Nut Brown Ale from Black Oak Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From tap. Pours clear and golden amber to brown with a small tan head. Toasted smooth roasted. Breadish and roasted malty. Lingering dark malty. Caramelish malty finish.
KansaiBeerLovers (8946) reviewed Sink or Swim from Black Oak Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Black oak sink or swim saison with citra on cask at Bar Volo. 4.5% Clear copper color with a filmy white head. Bready juicy peach aroma. Medium bodied and a slick soft mouthfeel. The taste is wheat crackers, earthy bitterness, slight diacetyl butter character and peach. Disappointing. I’m guessing this cask just couldn’t cope with the summer heat and didn’t turn over fast enough.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from the Craft Beer Advent Calendar
Dark brown color, medium sized head. The aroma is too mild, but it has a good body strength, good woody caramel flavor, with some depth, and light residual sweetness.
Good caramel beer.
TBone (30380) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at RB London Meet. Clear amber color, small steady white head. Piney aroma. Medium-bodied. Fruity, piney, some citrus. Nicely balanced.
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jamestulloch (9727) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from LCBO. Clear amber body with a thin off-white head. Steady carbonation. Good lacing. Aroma of floral hops, lime chutney and caramel. Flavour of orange peel, grass and a peppery finish. Medium body with an oily mouthfeel. Light fizz. Very hoppy but lacking definition.
jksipa (1942) reviewed Beat The Heat from Black Oak Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from the LCBO. Slightly hazy medium gold under a small short lived white head. Nose is yeast, spice, light honey and citrus. Some light honey sweetness under a some orange peel tartness and coriander. Mouth is medium with prickly carbonation and a medium spiced finish. decent 7/3/7+/3+/14
flatmatt (2382) reviewed 10 Bitter Years from Black Oak Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
22 oz bottle; unknown date. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head. Light grassy and citrusy aroma. Flavor has a mix of spicy, citrus, and grassy hoppiness, even a little tropical fruit, over some biscuity malt. It’s pretty good, really.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Nutcracker from Black Oak Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
"strong" being a relative term in terms of a 5.5 percent brew, well sure I ain’t compliancin’ but it sure don’t seem likes a "strong" in my books..... how’mnever we do understand that Ontarians have a constitutional weakness compared to the rest of the world, whereas they just can’t handle things like reality and relativity relative to the rest of the country and/or planet we’s done lives in.....nonetheless I’s got some okay beige head here and brown body, average at best methinks. Aroma is sweet coffee, carrotcake, barley, pumpkin, kinda meh. Flavour is a lot of roasted barley with a decent dry finish, but it’s dry and carrot-y and not complex at all..... which leads me to believe that some may rave over it, but again it’s not the kinda beer I’d advise you to buy a plane ticket to go find. It’s all right, fo sho, no complaints (well, a few) but it’s not a spectacular mess. And at aroond 2000 ratings, that’s exactly what I’m looking for - can’t imagine reviewing all these middling beers for the next decade, sounds like boredom incarnate. Get me some godlike stuff that I can take to the grave, or get outttathaway. Amen, and all that.