Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Opaque, soupy and delicious. Aromas of pineapple, passionfruit and mango. There's some apple, grapefruit and honey in the taste. A bit of an alcohol burn at the back of the throat is the only drawback.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Pours very hazy orange/amber with a large fading head.Nose shows melon, pineapple, lychee, apricot, peach, orange marmalade and clean malt.Flavours include pine, apricot, orange peel, earthy, spicy and resinous hops, sweet clean malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours hazy gold with a large sudsy head.Nose shows pineapple, mango, tangerine, apricot, pine and peach, along with clean malt underneath.Flavours include more mango, pineapple, papaya, lychee and apricot. Almost too much of a breakfast juice character. Big sweet clean malt behind. Bordering on cloying but not quite.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Opaque brownish orange with a small white head. 3- Looks like apricot nectar and perhaps why I smell that first. There's mandarin and some coconut too. Hints of herbs. Sweet and quite Splice-like taste but the fruit is pleasantly tangy and I couldn't actually taste the lactose. The finish just leans enough towards dry to let the very modest bitterness show. Not really my sort of thing but it's well done and pretty tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
A cracking red IPA with loads of flavour and a great body. Aromas of biscuit, malt, cream and pine needles. Similar flavour. Could drink this all night, but that would not be wise at 6 percent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Notes of pine needles, lime, mango and pineapple make for a promising start, but it becomes quite one dimensional on tasting. The same flavours are all there, but they're overwhelmed by the alcohol and a huge whack of pine and citrus hops. Starts well, finishes poorly.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A very nice NEIPA aroma belies the surprise to come - it's very dry. The nose has plenty of passionfruit and pine, plus some biscuit and even a tiny bit of cocoa. In the mouth, it's the same flavours with a really crisp, dry, lemony finish. It's unexpected and takes a little getting used to, but in the end I've decided I'm happy with it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours hazy orange/amber with a large fading head.Nose shows mandarin, apricot, nectarine, vanilla, coconut and caramel.Flavours include coconut, apricot, peach, plums, rhubarb and lactose sweetness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
A very smooth drinking, beautifully balanced OCIPA. You get some of the oat cream, plus orange, , lemon, pineapple and peach. The oat cream gives it that lovely silky mouthfeel and the citrus is very restrained.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Almost clear amber with a white head that fades to a cm. Aroma of pine, kumquat and berries with breadcrust - rather like some Scandinavian takes on West Coast IPA from a little while ago. Medium bodied, carbonation on the low end of moderate. Fairly sweet with fruit mingling with the caramelised flavours then getting a little sharper as a bit of resin grips towards the fairly bitter end. Pretty good - suited a cool evening.