7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deeds brewing Pre Game Pale Ale 4.2% Glowing orange color with a thick rocky white head of foam and a vibrant bright zesty citrus and stone fruit aroma. Light bodied, semi-dry and refreshing. This was a really nice APA, purchased at Yamorido for 700¥ to go.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2023
at 23:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From a 440ml can on 3/9/2023 (shared with Ed). Pours a deep brown with a smallish tan head. The nose is dominated by cherry and berry fruitiness, with a bit of chocolate in the background. Features moderate to high sweetness with Black Forest cake flavours there in spades (dark choc and cherry), with a sharp, moderately bitter finish. Don't get the barrel-aged aspect though. Has a slightly creamy mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Super easy drinking for 11%. Really enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Sep 2023
at 06:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tall can from Winerack at home after T10. Dark opaque black pour with medium tan head. Aroma is roasted coffee and chocolate with bitter earthiness. Taste is bittersweet chocolate, medium-dark coffee, molasses, some leather, a little dried dark fruit, and good booze on the finish. Palate is nice and rich without being too chewy or heavy. Really luscious. Finish is bitter and alcohol bite. Quite good.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2023
at 06:24
8/10
Thicknice drying bitterness. Roasty malt, imperial stout with good richness and May e some Baltic character
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2023
at 15:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Very cloudy orange with a 1/2cm white head. Slightly shy aroma of melon, some tropical fruit, lime - appropriately floaty. Light bodied. Soft but not vague bready malt but pretty dry with a lazy drift of fruity hops - albeit with a little citrusy edge to give it structure - before a moderately bitter finish. Subtle and very good.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2023
at 11:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 440ml can on 6/8/2023. Pours a hazy deep golden with smallish head. The nose is dank, with lots of ripe fruit and some herbal notes. The taste features sweet tropical and stone fruit and some white grape that you'd expect from the Nelson Sauvin, along with a spiciness, with perhaps just the teeniest hint of hop burn. Has a firmish spicy bitterness at the back. Silky mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Bold, solid and enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2023
at 09:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours yellow with a large fading head.Nose shows heavy ginger and lime, lemon pith.Flavours include more heavy ginger, salt, soft acidity, lime, and wheat.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2023
at 05:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Amber, just unclear.. A good inch of near white head that's soon a coat or less. Shyish grapefruit, breadcrust and pine aroma. Better defined in the taste. Dryish and resin meets tropical fruit and breadcrust with citrus sharpening things. Only medium-high bitterness in the West Coast IPA revival way.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jul 2023
at 14:44
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
From a 440ml can on 20/7/2023. Pours a deep dark brown with not much in the way of head. Has a a light choc and peanut butter aroma. The taste is very pastry-like with lots of rich chocolate and cakey notes, with the peanut butter aspect much stronger than evident from the nose. Fullish body with moderate carbonation. Not quite a match for their imperial peanut butter stout (probably my all-time Deeds fave) but truly excellent none the less.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2023
at 06:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From a 440ml can on 28/6/2023. Pours a clear deep amber with a smallish head. Smells typically Belgian, yeasty, malty with caramel and dried fruit. Medium sweet on the sip, with more caramel and dried fruit (raisins dates). I'd be lying if I said I could detect the Adzuki Beans or Kinako as I don't know what they are, but there's definitely a nuttiness that's referenced on the can. Finishes with a light fruity bitterness. The palate is slick, the carbonation moderate. Really well done. Nicely balanced, tasty and true to style, even with the Japanese twist. And the can art and concept is superb.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2023
at 06:25