Subsidiaries
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Monk's Cafe on draught: pours golden with small head. Lovely white grape aromas, light socky notes. Juicy. Lightly sour. Light minerally notes. Not too sweet. Very nice aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2026
at 15:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Monk's Cafe on draught: pours golden with white head. Aroma is great apricot notes, light basement, funky. Taste is pretty sweet, very fruity, moderately sour. Not as funky as expected. Glad this one was my first as it on the subtler side. Quite good.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2026
at 15:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at the factory. Actually this was a glass from one of those swapsie things that go off in here. Cheers. Pretty hazy straw lemon gold. Slim ring of dense white foam. Nose has semi sweet white grape. Bit of yer lemon verbena vibe. Clean smell, if that’s a thing. Taste is also very clean. Lemony sharpness. Pretty dry overall. Drinks great. Lean clean finish. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 28 Apr 2026
at 12:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the factory. Almost clear pale amber. Bubbly glossy white head. Nose has semi sweet malt. Some Sherry like notes. Raisins. Some oxidation. Some leathery notes. Taste is fairly sweet first with some herbal bitterness. Light dry with some tartness. Drinks fair overall. Some tannins on the finish. Nice tick.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 28 Apr 2026
at 12:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Bottle at the factory. Light haze on a pale to medium gold. Decent white foam fully covers and lasts. Looks well. Nose is particularly perfumed. Tea leaf, obviously. Some kind of tobacco leaf affair. Bit leathery. Bit fusty. Not entirely pleasant, according to the missus! It is a little vegetal. Taste is a little dry with some acidity. Decent finish though with a touch of leafy bitterness. Nice tick.
Tried
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 28 Apr 2026
at 11:59
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle at the Loon Factory. Fine haze on a medium orange gold. Slim lasting dense white head. Nose has chalky mineral. Ripened lemon and to a lesser degree, orange. Wine barrels are discreet but still evident. Some sweet red grape. Long time since I had an Amarone wine but this is reminiscent. Taste is light dry, light tart and pithy bitter. Clean and refreshing. Barely any acidity. Juicy finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 28 Apr 2026
at 10:35
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Didn’t realise this was a tick. On tap at Two Thirds on Zwanze day. Deep clear dark red. Sturdy foam stays the course. Lots of jammy red grape. Red wine oak. Some tannins even. Taste is juicy and grapey in a light bitter tannic kind of way. Easy drinking with a touch of acidity. Juicy red wine drying finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Two Thirds Beer Co.
on 28 Apr 2026
at 07:46
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle down the Loon Factory. Mostly clear chestnut brown. Loose bubbles of pale beige foam that stay the course admirably. Nose has Turkish coffee. Fig. Raisins. Iodine. Cognac soaked wood. Liquorice. Some oxidation. Taste is a little sweet with some tartness and dryness. Bitterness too possibly from the oak. Easy drinking overall with little acidity. Tart and quite juicy on the finish. Nicely complex but not hard work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2026
at 12:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle down the Loon Factory. More or less clear raspberry red. Firm fairly thick ring of pale pink swede. Nose has bright semi sweet red grape. Notes of strawberry. Raspberry jelly. Some sweet raisin like notes. Restrained funk. Light new oak. Taste has some sweetness up front. Light tart. Light dry. Minimal acidity. Drinks like juice. Light tart light dry finish. Good starter bev.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 27 Apr 2026
at 11:57
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9.5
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle at Café Pardaf. Clear yellow pour with a minimal white head. Muted funk and barrel bouquet. What a stunner and so much better than batch 13. Sour and acidic but not overly so with funk and barrel notes. The cognac
adds creaminess and the barrel mellow caramel lowlights. The alcohol, which I suspect is from the rum, makes its presence felt in the finish. Clean, complex, and delicious with a solid body.
adds creaminess and the barrel mellow caramel lowlights. The alcohol, which I suspect is from the rum, makes its presence felt in the finish. Clean, complex, and delicious with a solid body.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Café Pardaf
on 26 Apr 2026
at 11:48