Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Reddish amber with a cm of beige head. Aroma of oranges, spicy & sticky breadcrust, hints of nuts and honeydew melon. Quite sweet with rye spices and caramel before light citrus & a spicy bitter finish makes its way through. Hearty stuff - I would have liked the finish to snap a little more, but pretty good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Clear amber with a cream head. Aroma of caught toffee, dried peach, light spices. Shy of medium bodied. Modest sweetness but enough rich malty flavours - more toffee and bread than biscuit, dried peach, decent spicy bitterness. Has that proper combo of substantial yet refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can. Just unclear amber with a cm of near white head. Aroma of pine, tenor register citrus, crusty bread. Rich and moderately sweet with somewhat sticky breadcrust before citrus, pine and spices move in (rather than take over) towards an increasingly insistent bitter finish. Doesn't seem quite as strong as it is but it's charming and polished - a bit of the old Wig & Pen in it, too.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours hazy straw with a large white lasting head.Nose shows lychee, passion fruit, apricot, nectarine, and clean malt.Flavours include more tropical fruit, with mango the most prominent, along with a lovely floral hop note and soft cookie dough-like malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Nose shows pine, resinous hops, biscuity malt.Flavours include more pine, resinous hops, fairy floss, and clean biscuity malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Pale gold with an inch of white head. 3+ Aroma of gooseberries, Meyer lemon, crackers. Zippy fruity hops without a whole lot to sit on. Medium bitterness. A bit tilted to aroma for me, but pretty good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can, 12.4% ABV. Very dark brown with a coat of tan head. Roasty aroma with mocha, whisky but not much oak. Taste has some singed toffee too. Sweet at first with mocha, toffee, rich roast. Then quite firm bitterness, some overt booze and oak join towards a quite assertive finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours dark brown with a small head.Nose shows cocoa, nutty and bready malt, soft coffee.Flavours include more cocoa, bready and toasty melanoidin notes, cereal, nutty notes, soft roast. Moreish!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A very nice beer in the view of this non-sour drinker. I get the guava, but I probably get as much pineapple as passionfruit. Has a decent body that gives it a nicer drinkability than a lot of sours. Like the very pulpy bottom of my glass.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. Murky pale brown with a cm of white head. Aroma of peach, Meyer lemon, tropical punch, fluffy bread. Soft and very fruity with a citrus edge that gradually gets a bit herbal and astringent towards the bitter end - which it gives it the shape that makes it work for me. Good.