7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Slightly hazy gold with a large off white head. Aroma of blood orange, lime, pineapple, plenty of pine, light biscuit. Edges up to the onion line but does not cross. But crosses the vibrant/ grraahh frontier. But a little surprisingly it’s more mannered upon the palate. It’s quite light bodied but with biscuity pale malt that fattens things up cleverly. Fruity with more citrus than tropical fruit and less pine than suggested by the aroma. Sweetish and doesn’t dry out that much, so the bitterness seems only on the high side of medium. Pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2016
at 07:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml can into shaker. Listening to ’Sonic Prayer’ by Earthless. Slightly hazy deep golden amber beer with thin soapy white head. A few tiny bubbles laze around. Nose is grapefruit, apricot, caramel, pine needles, earth. Bitter and cleansing taste. Finish is sharp pine needles with some earthy tones. There is some malt evident in the background but this is a hop behemoth. Good IPA, 6% but easy drinking. Meanwhile Earthless are still jamming away...............
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2016
at 02:08
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours amber with a large fading head.Nose shows pine, resinous hops, a hint of caramel and biscuity malt.Falvours include bready and biscuity malt as well as a whack of piny and resinous hops.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2016
at 18:11
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours amber with a large head.Nose shows citrus, heavy pine, orange peel and mandarin. Crazy hoppy.Flavours inlcude spicy, herbal and piny hops by the truckload. A big, agressive bitterness rolls through in the finish.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2016
at 18:41
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml can into shaker. Huge nasal impact on opening the can. Fresh fruit, grass clippings and pine. Small head diminishes to a thin film, golden amber beer with a few random bubbles. It’s a bitter, nutty, earthy beer but it is very light (probably due to the low ABV). Finish has some beautiful sweet melon notes. It’s a well made beer and certainly easy-drinking. Just missing a bit of ’oom-pah’ (but then it wouldn’t be a session IPA would it?).
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2016
at 08:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Orange with modest white head. 3- Aroma of mandarins, cantaloupe, grapefruit, some mango and pine. Clean and light bodied but not watery. Moderate carbonation. Just enough weight on the malt side of things (bread crust, maybe some oats) to make it work but keep it hop dominated. Firm bitterness with lots of citrus, but not so bitter nor so dry as to be parching. Succeeds where few of this style do: is actually hoppy, is session strength, is sessionable.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2016
at 06:16
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at Australian Beer Festival. Crystal clear amber beer with solid white head. No carbonation. Distant aroma of grains. Light body, flat mouthfeel. Easy drinking with a touch of spice and fruit. Superior lager.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2016
at 04:48
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Pours deep ruby with a large head.Nose shows heavy malt with caramel notes alongside piny and resinous hops by the truckload.Flavours include more heavy malt and syrupy notes, resinous hops, caramel, soft booze and fruit confectionery.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2016
at 21:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours amber with a small head.Nose shows floral and fruity hops, soft sweet clean malt.Flavours include more floral and fruity hops, some peach notes and a hit of grassy hops. Some light clean malt afterwards.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2016
at 20:11
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml can into pint glass. despite their exhortations to ’store and serve your beer cold’ this has only been in the fridge for 20 minutes. Wow, this beer is black. Very very black. Head is small and tan-coloured. Nose is ephemeral chocolate. Medium-bodied and zingy. Flavour is cocoa, finish is bitter chocolate with hints of coffee. It’s a nice stout but it’s not sweet like Mackeson or Samuel Smith. Bit disappointing, actually.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jul 2016
at 11:22