6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can, MH 2026, thx Fin & Loz for sharing! Murky golden, no head. Hugely pungent aroma - typical weird sea buckthorn tart berry & lightly fermented olive aroma. Funky berry taste, sulfur, not much sourness, mildly funky, light citrus fruit vibes. I mean, decent, but can't say I'm a huge fan of sea buckthorn.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2026
at 19:01
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can. Murky pale golden. Herbal, tea, funky, grape. Full, warm and long, this is actually quite nice but has a bit of a alcohol burn to it.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2026
at 18:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can courtesy of Kostas, Kykao brewery, cheers Kostas. Had this Saturday 14th February at the Manglham 2nd Winter Tasting listening to Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate. Pours gold, excellent clarity, but then I look again and see a hint of haze, next to no head, this is certainly a little resinous, a little floral, dry, fresh, and really good. Drinks incredibly easy for a 12% beer/wine hybrid, a little touch of fumes come back down the nose. I really like this but at 12% also super pleased to share this. Score 7.8
Tried
from Can
at
Kykao Handcrafted Microbrewery
on 14 Feb 2026
at 18:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can at the Mangled Ham 2026 day 2, huge thx F&L! Almost clear golden body, head gone soon. Odd aroma, bit resinous, some sourish white wine notes. Quite well carbonated taste, some glue, some resin, alcohol heat - warming, some citrus, white grape notes. This is so unusual. Never having had Retsina (knowingly) this is quite a unique experience. I don't not like it, but I also don't yes enjoy it terribly much. Love its concept to bits though! More stuff like this!
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2026
at 18:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Pale, light grey golden, tart, vineous, some spice, honey, wood, mellow to sparkly medium, very interesting flavors.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2026
at 18:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Murky golden. Passion fruit, banana lime. Full, juicy, even a bit fluffy, creamy. I like it.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2026
at 17:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can. Milky yellow, white foam. Spritzy nectarines, tropics, medium body, fine fizz, fruit sirup, pithy bitterness, vineous tartness. Feels different from your garden variety neipa, Fun.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2026
at 17:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can courtesy of Kostas, Kykao brewery, cheers Kostas. Had this Saturday 14th February at the Manglham 2nd Winter Tasting listening to The Orb - Buddhist Hipsters. Pours yello, hazy filmy white head. Aroma is very much like our fruit salad this morning and that had, passion fruit, pineapple, papaya, cape gooseberry, orange, apple etc, the passion fruit stands out here. In the mouth it's similar, lots of tropical fruit, overipe at times, juicy, sweet and with a hoppy buzz. Score 7.4
Tried
from Can
at
Kykao Handcrafted Microbrewery
on 14 Feb 2026
at 17:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0.45l (!) can, huge thanks F&L! MH 2026 tasting. Hazy pale golden body, off-white head. Enormous sweet tropical fruit aroma, heaps of passion fruit and papaya. Passion fruit and papaya continue into the taste, blending with spruce, ending a bit dull, dryish, minerally and grainy, bitterish finish. The balance is odd, but gotta respect the fruity profile. The body betrays it in the end, more astringent than juicy, but this is a decent one!
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2026
at 17:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
CBJ Tasting. Cloudy muddy lighter brown. Looks like an accident. No head. Aroma is light and creamy. Chewy caramel and a bitter edge. Flavourwise kinda similar. Thick. Creamy with melted bits. Flat. Long dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2026
at 17:28