hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed St Barney’s from Killer Sprocket 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Gold, a fat coat of white head doesn't hang around long. Aroma of spiced bread, earthy more than fruity hops, some citrus. Full bodied, medium carbonation. Leanish dough, lots of spicy bitterness. Not as earthy as it smelled, perhaps a little fruitier. No overt alcohol.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Failsafe from Killer Sprocket 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Clear amber, off white head. Biscuity aroma with light orange blossom and spices. Biscuity but light, clean and barely sweet - which keeps it swiggable. Aromatics and modest bitterness keep it refreshing. Neatly done.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed IPA from Killer Sprocket 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Unclear pale amber with a white head. Gentle aroma of grapefruit, weed/s breadcrust. Just medium bodied. A little resin joins towards the fairly bitter finish. Not a thriller nor the latest thing but solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can. Unclear yellow with a white head that fades fast. Aroma of old lemons and limes, sweat, crackers. Slightly slippery and pretty spritzy. Gently sour with drying citrus and kefir-like funk. Refreshing on a warm stormy night.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Shiny from Killer Sprocket 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Amber with a lasting inch of off white head. Aroma is lightly roasted coffee with little berries and dark chocolate. In the taste there's a lightly bready and pithy IPA underneath but the coffee bosses the show. That makes for an intense, almost acrid, bitterness at the end. Bold and rather good. You'd want to like bitterness though.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Knight Fall from Killer Sprocket 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Pretty much black with a modest tan head. Roasty aroma with hints of mocha and spices. There's a touch of singed caramel in the taste as well but it's pretty dry with firm roasted flavours and some hop bitterness too. Good in a style that I rarely love.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Manuka House Party from Killer Sprocket 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Clear amber with a dense ecru head. Lots of vaguely herbal smoke in the aroma, light caramel. Quite bitter Manuka notes are more prominent than smoke - perhaps because it’s dryish. Fairly bitter at the end. Pretty full on.
Davros (5279) reviewed Saisons in the Abyss from Killer Sprocket 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours amber with a large white head.Nose shows massive saison notes, with spicy phenolic notes, wheat, orange peel and lemon rind.Flavours include more orange peel, soft bready malt, cereal notes, mineral characters. Very dry, but with the lasting impression of curacao.
Davros (5279) reviewed Brave Noise from Killer Sprocket 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours gold with a fading head.Nose shows papaya, mango and apricot.Flavours include more papaya, mango, clean malt, and spciy and earthy hops.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Stout from Killer Sprocket 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Passed on this due to bb issues a couple of times only to find I can't find a bb on this one. Sure it was a new arrival in... that shop though, wherever it was. Black with a light tan head. Rich chocolate , caramel and roasted aroma. Pretty dry. Just a smidgen of oaty body and chocolate underneath roasted verging on burnt flavours and swingeing bitterness. I do like it but it's pretty full on and perhaps would be better if the palate met the aroma halfway.