Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Press black with a rapidly disposing off-white head.
Nose shows heavy roast, chocolate, liquorice, toasty malt, cocoa, tonka and molasses.
Flavours include more heavy roasted malt, a big whack of molasses and accompanying rich sweetness. A bit of liquorice shows through but the molasses threatens to dominate.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5
Can. Clear amber, modest white head. Aroma of husky bread, weeds. So it tastes - pretty empty with snappy weedy bitterness. Refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Clear amber, a cm of white head. Shyish but intriguing aroma of sweet and even some juniper berries with gentle kumquat and crackery bread. Sweet with those berries and pepper before too modest bitterness. Nice enough but a bit tentative.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Very dark brown with a cm+ of light tan head that lasts OK. Aroma of coffee, roast, dark sugars, light spices. Medium bodied, creamy texture @ ~11C. Has some sweetness - chocolate, stewed peach, singed dark sugars- but it's just enough to tame firm roasted bitterness. Not overcomplicated, good balance. Typically solid & true to style.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours gold, small white head.
Nose does resinous hops, grapefruit, melon, clean malt.
Sublime flavours with resinous and piny hops, clean soft malt, and no sign of the booze!
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pours hazy gold with a large white head.
Nose shows orange marmalade, resinous hops, heavy, sweet malt notes.
Flavours include apricot, nectarine, soft bready notes, orange peel.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours black rapidly fading tan head.
Nose shows strawberry jam, cocoa, soft roasted malt. The very note is a bit overwhelming.
Flavours include more jam notes, berries, roasted malt, cocoa.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Can. Clear gold, a cm of white head. Aroma of kumquat, mango, white grapes, crackers, some pine. Sweet with light bread with booze that peeks out slightly. First tropical fruit then citrus, then pine, grass and ?sage at the fairly bitter end. Perhaps doesn't do quite enough to justify its strength but good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can. Amber with a good cm of white head. 3+ Floaty citrus and melon aroma with pine peeking out from breadcrust. Sweet but light with citrus, some peach and melon, gently gripping resin and bitterness. Lovely. Their best IPA since The Investor?
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.