6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Pale straw-coloured with a large white head that lasts OK and laces well. 3+ Aroma is nice but rather subdued with pineapple, lime, crackers. Very light bodied. Clean with some crackers. Fruity hops come through better than in the aroma: lime, mandarin, pineapple. Dry with a bitter snap at the close. Enough to suggest that there will be _really_ good lager from Blackman’s at some stage.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2017
at 08:28
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml can. Pours hazy gold with good head. Peach, honey, elderflower, tart lemon juice, long apricot finish. Quite high carbonation. Really fruity and refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 18 May 2017
at 03:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Canned. Berry and fruit on nose. Cloudy pink in colour. Spritzy mouthfeel but thin. Very fruitful with just a hint of saltiness.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Feb 2017
at 02:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Cloudy brownish orange with a white head. Aroma of bread, cloves, banana with a wallop of tropical fruit - pineapple, lime, melons, something a bit more rankly tropical - over the top. Initially a little sweet and perhaps a little bready, but really very light bodied. The hops roar through and really it’s only the cloves and spices of the wheat beer that make it through to the quite dry and moderately bitter finish. And the finish really makes it - an unusual but harmonious combination of yeasty and hoppy things that’s really refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2016
at 05:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Amber with an inch of white head that lasts well. Aroma of pine needles, grapefruit, herbal lemon, crackers. 7+ Just enough malt (crackers & a lick of caramel) to make it beer rather than sparkling hop water. Quite clean. Hardly sweet. No stone fruit or anything fancy, just a mixture of citrus and pine. Bitterness is moderately high. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2016
at 06:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, 10C. Black with a fat coat of tan head that doesn’t last that well. Aroma of chocolate, fudge, sticky smoky glaze. Not all that sweet or roasted in the taste and that smoked malt comes through more. There’s also a decent whack of bitterness along with some pepper at the end. As it warmed the chocolate became more prominent. Solid drop.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2016
at 07:41
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Pours black with a large quickly fading tan head.Nose shows milk chocolate, subtle smoke, soft roasted malt, nutty notes.Flavours include more of the same nutty and chocolate malt, soft smoke a bit of bready malt.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2016
at 21:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours amber with a large head.Nose shows tropical fruit confectionery and caramel, some pine too.Flavours include more tropical fruit and heavy malt followed by an assertive bitterness.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2016
at 01:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can Thought I was buying a stout because the label’s black and I didn’t look carefully enough. Clear amber with a white head that lasts well. 4 Aroma of pine, toffee, sugarplums, apricots, grapefruit. Lightish bodied. Sweet with apricot cake, caramel, greengages (wondered about butterscotch in the aroma, certainly doesn’t show up in the texture), light citrus and some pepper. Fairly bitter. A bit like a much stronger Holgate Mt Macedon. Alcohol is quite well hidden but I’m not sure there’s enough to justify its strength. OK though.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2016
at 08:28
6/10
Tried
on 13 Apr 2016
at 07:14