Oakes (33493) reviewed Honey Punch (2023) from Floodland Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pinkish and hazy. Thin head. Lots of pluot on the nose. Doesn't burst off the nose like a lot of other Floodland stone fruit beers. Soft body, nice honey sweetness, but the fruit is coming across with a sort of slightly odd fermented character, something that does come out of dark fruits once in a while.
pictoman (9684) reviewed Honey Punch (2023) from Floodland Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazy red with small pink head. Plummy floral berry-like funk, decent complexity.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Honey Punch (2023) from Floodland Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
750mL bottle. Pours murky ruby with pinkish head. Aroma has pluots, bugs, and some spicy saison yeast. Flavour has strawberries, pluots, saison yeast; nice dry, woody finish. Excellent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Honey Punch (2023) from Floodland Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750mL bottle, pours a cloudy bright cherry red with a medium white head. Aroma is full juicy pluots, some complex bugs, and plenty of oak. Flavour is super juicy and buggy, with lots of juicy pluots, complex bugs, and subtle oak. The acidity is kept in check, with lots of juiciness and integrated bugs. Excellent.
That's a lot of grapes! But they come through fantastically. I feel like at this point it's almost more wine than Saison but still plenty of delicious Saison notes. Hints of tannins on the finish. Whole shebang packing flavor thanks Andy K. !
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750ml (thx, Joe S. for a pick-up and Joe for bringing it through the border!) @ Matt's house. Appearance: dark purple with a rose head. Aroma: a real explosion of berries, smells like a berry jam and compote, some manure, and a bit funk. Taste: along the same lines, manure, funk, loads of berries, nice carbonation. Finishes with manure, berries, tannins, wood. Overall: complex and very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 750mL bottle (bottled 11/16/2023). Fairly hazy reddish purple with small off white head. Blueberry, plum, some good flavour notes, but ultimately I don't feel like it all comes together cohesively. Good, but not great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750mL bottle, pours a deep dark burgundy/mahogany with a small off-white, pinkish head. Aroma brings out lots of tart blueberries, some plums and peaches, some pithy blackberries, and a touch of bugginess. Flavour has lots of tart blueberries, some blackberries, a little peaches and plums. The bugs take a backseat beneath this rather murky blend of fruits. It's good, but it's not complex nor particularly invigorating. Still good but not an elite beer from Floodland.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Crimson Red from Floodland Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
2022 bottle thanks to Randy. Pours a cloudy orange gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is floral, rhubarb, oak, funk, earth. Slick body, funky, rhubarb, grape, nice tartness, enjoyed this.
Oakes (33493) reviewed All Sparrow, No Sky (2023) from Floodland Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pale and hazy, With a slight head. Has quite a nice plummy aroma (yes, it's peaches, not plums), with a slight grainy accent to the base beer. On the palate, it's very soft, with a slight acidity, and then a big bright and quite frankly beautiful peach character.