7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Blue Glass, Bedford. Dark brown, hints of indigo. Opaque with a decent-sized tight khaki head. Big chocolate fudge aroma with lighter coffee and ash notes. Sweet, smooth and chocolately in the mouth, but earthy hops bring it back and keep it from getting too sickly. Touches of molasses in the aftertaste along with more chocolate fudge. Slight body but not too noticeable. Medium carbonation. No surprises here. It's a very basic porter done extremely well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2018
at 13:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from the Blue Glass, Bedford. Dark gold, hazy with very little head. Smells like a malt-led IPA: sweet bready aromas with resinous and light citrus hops. Tastes like a malt-led IPA but better than most: bittersweet and well-balanced, with the resinous hops start sweet but then direct the beer to a drier turn nearer the finish. Fruit caramel and papaya in the aftertaste. Medium to high carbonation. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2018
at 13:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from the Blue Glass, Bedford. Bright orange/yellow, cloudy, with a large foamy off-white head. Malt, nectarines, icing sugar and soap in the aroma. Sweet, malt-led taste with a notable sourness near the finish. Astringent aftertaste with citrus and chalk. Full body, medium carbonation. I couldn't really get into this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2017
at 17:14
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style 33B/17D). Bottle 33 cl - Batch L050124 (BBF DEZ.2021). AROMA: medium madeira wine presence with a medium-low malty sweet background (slightly bready/toffee) and some esters (dried grapes). very faint woody vanilla. APPEARANCE: ambar color and slightly hazy. low beige head with low retention. lace formation. TASTE: initial malty sweet with toasty bready notes and medium Madeira wine presence (slightly fruity with dried grapes). medium-high bitterness with a very dry and bitter finish. PALATE: full body with a velvety texture. low carbonation. slight astringency. OVERALL: a very nice and balanced barrel aged barleywine, altough a bit on the bitter side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2017
at 11:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style X3). Bottle 33cl - Batch L050165 (BBF: NOV 2018). AROMA: medium-low red fruits aroma (strawberries, blueberry) and red wine, with a medium-low malty-sweet background. slight sulphury note. APPEARANCE: red ambar color and just slightly hazy, medium light pink color with medium low retention. TASTE: similar to the aroma with medium-low red fruits (strawberries), slightly sulphury and medium-low malty-sweet background. medium to medium-high bitterness with a dry finish. PALATE: medium-low body with medium-high carbonation. OVERALL: a good red grape ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 12:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml. bottle sampled @ Cerveteca Lisboa. Dark red. Nose is massively extremely vinous to the max. taste is vinous to the max, basically Portuguese wine with some malt presence, thick red grape, lingering skin finish. Interesting & tasty hybrid that goes very heavy to the wine side of things.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 14:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
330 ml. bottle @ Cerveteca Lisboa. Murky brown amber, little head, bit ugly looking. Extremely red wine in the nose, red wine syrup, oxidized in a good way thick dark fruits & date syrup. Taste is flat red fruit syrup, medicine, dried fruity tasty thick massively vinous sludge, dark fruit syrup, Madeira is massive, whole is messy, confusing but also quite tasty. Challenging, brave, neat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2017
at 14:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
100 ml. draft @ Cerveteca Lisboa. I was actually accidently at the launch party of this beer which is the first New England IPA in Portugal! Weird but cool. Super fresh! Apparently this one wasn’t meant to be a true NEIPA but a hybrid of sorts but I didn’t fully understand why due to me not knowing Portuguese & some English hiccups. This one is brewed with oats. Hazy orange, little white. Nose is nice grainy bright dried orange peel, cheese low. Taste is chalky cheese, low powder, hint of cheese, lovely tasty orange peel & low cheese drinks, drinks lovely,… Good body. Bit like an old school West Coast IPA with low cheese hops, low oat body, doesn’t pop as much as you would expect but still very nice & definitely the best hoppy beer I tried from Portugal so far.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2017
at 13:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
100 ml. draft @ Beer Station in Lisbon. Near clear orange, creamy off-white head. Nose is weird dusty chalky almost milky,… Strange milky, low sweet, candy, chalk, strange but somewhat pleasant still, strangely appealing with its sweet candy profile to a certain extent.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2017
at 14:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330 ml. bottle @ Museu da Cerveja in Lisbon. Dark brown cough syrup. Nose is weak grainy cacao plastic powdery,… Cacao, mocha, chocolate, thin but taste, bit cheap & thin tasting but overall quite fair & decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2017
at 14:17