6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the brewery and drunk at home. Black beer. Lasting tan head. Good full chocolate flavour. Solid. Does everything well without being too showy. Good though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2014
at 14:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Craft Islington during Bruces Birthday Bonanza, 07/02/14. Hazed orange amber with a moderate off white head that clears to s swirl. Nose is dank hops, bitter orange, earthy, light pine, apricot, toasted malt. Taste comprises earthy hops, bitter orange, mineral bite, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent first effort, work to do but nice dank hop offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2014
at 13:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from the brewery and drunk at home. Dark brown beer with a thick lasting dark beige head. Very smoked aroma. Smoked meat. Hey itโs smooth in the mouth and pretty good I thought. Iโm not a huge expert in smoked beers as I tend to go to Franconia for the kellerbiers rather than the rauchs. But this I thought was good to excellent. Good aroma and flavours. Often rauchs donโt back up the strong flavour with enough malt to carry the flavour. This does though. Good in mouth. Good condition. Good strong flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2014
at 10:07
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
7th February 2014
Craft Islington. Brucie Boys Birthday Bash. Hazy gold beer, small white head. Palate is light and dry. Light fine carbonation. Dusty earthy noble tasting hops. Dried fruits and bitterness. For an IPA brewed with American hops, this sure tastes like an ESB.
Craft Islington. Brucie Boys Birthday Bash. Hazy gold beer, small white head. Palate is light and dry. Light fine carbonation. Dusty earthy noble tasting hops. Dried fruits and bitterness. For an IPA brewed with American hops, this sure tastes like an ESB.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Feb 2014
at 01:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at The brewery. Needs work. Toffee. Then pnw hops. No finesse. Eek. Hops are fine and I like the bitterness. Diacetyl on the aroma. Hops and mouthfeel and malts are fine but the diacetyl turns me off.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2014
at 07:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home picked up from the brewery. Opaque black dark caramel coloured pour with a big old dark tan head. Aroma is woody, vanilla, choc, some black forest gateau. Flavour is smooth roast, choc, ashy finish. There is also layers of beery fruit and again a little black forest gateau. Flavour is very mellow. Lingering acrid roast. Medium thick body lightish carbonation. Sticks in the mouth for a while. Solid porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2014
at 14:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Craft Islington, 07/02/14. Black with a big old dirty tan head that stays for the show. Nose is roast malts, tangy dark fruit, earthy cocoa, light spice. Taste comprises chocolate maltesers, roast malt, cocoa, molasses, dark fruit pangs, pinch of spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying closure underpinned by rich chocolate notes. Solid porter, good level of depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2014
at 13:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the brewery. Mahogany brown coloured pour with a light haze and a lasting cream head. Aroma is subdued nutty brown malt and a hint of smoke. Flavour is bursting with mellow smoked malt wood and slight rubber. Very mellow and balanced. Solid beer. Solid bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2014
at 07:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the brewery. Golden orange coloured pour with a lasting thin sticky white head. Aroma is berry hop, with big spicy orange citrus. Palate is fairly full with some sticky resin hop and some meatyness. Flavour is spicy orange with assertive ditty grassy bitterness. Promising start.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2014
at 07:13