6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours very pale with a thick fluffy head. Aroma is lemon, lime, gooseberry and a little wheat. Flavour is citrus, grass and some sweet caramel on the finish. This is a nice citrusy crisp pilsner.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2016
at 01:33
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
330ml can. Pours black with no head. Nose is charcoal, coffee and dark chocolate. Flavour is burnt chocolate, sweet vanilla and honey and a lot of boozy fig character as it warms. A fun idea, and really quite tasty, though not one I'd keep going back for. I also question the idea of an "afrodisiac" beer that's 8.5%. I mostly just feel sleepy now. Rerate: I went back, definitely still feeling sleepy but damn that's a tasty beer. Fig, vanilla, chocolate, toast, coffee. Big thick body. Nice bitter finish. Maybe it's this year's batch or maybe last year I was just grumpy and alone, but this really is delicious.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2016
at 05:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours black with a small head.Nose shows nutty malt, heavy roast, liquorice and cocoa.Flavours include more heavy roast and cocoa, a bit of hot booze and a soft green apple note.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2016
at 07:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml can. Pours extremely pale, almost sickly pale, though with a nice fluffy head. Aroma is bread, pepper, tart lime and orange. There is so much slightly tart citrus fruit up top. Lime, grapefruit, mostly tart and savoury. Finish is bread, little yeast and a little more of that tartness. Really quite delicious.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2016
at 00:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml can into glass. Aroma of pine needles, grass, pepper. Hazy amber beer with thin film of bubbles on top. Full-bodied, easy-drinking. Sharp citrus flavours with a cleansing bitter finish. I keep noticing slight hints of mint (could be my imagination). Lovely drinkable pale ale.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Sep 2016
at 23:29
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
330ml can. Aroma is hay, herbs and a ton of malts. Taste is a little better, with some grapefruit and lemon over all those malts. Aftertaste is a bit rough. Really quite disappointing.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Sep 2016
at 06:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Vultures Lane. Aroma is citrus and pine. Flavour is also pine and citrus, with a tad of biscuit in the background. Decent, but not great.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2016
at 04:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Vultures Lane. Aroma is all bread and sour. Taste is sour and a little perfumed, though I’m not sure the fruit comes through.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2016
at 04:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at OGH. Little citrus in the aroma, and some biscuit and a touch of acidity. Taste is perfumed lemons, some biscuit and a slightly bitter aftertaste. Absolutely lovely APA.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2016
at 01:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint at brewer’s cooperative. This is extremely well balanced for an imperial ipa. There’s a good kick but it doesn’t last. The strength is well hidden, but I want more hops. Rerate: on tap at the Fat Cow. Pours deep orange brown. Caramel, strong lime, orange, grapefruit, touch of booze, touch of biscuit, touch of smoke. Good body. Very nice. Feel a bit like I should remove that old rating but I guess it's probably not the worst of those early days. I can see what the point was, it's not the happiest IIPA, but the malt flavours are gorgeous so it's not the best complaint.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jul 2016
at 08:04