8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
(Can) Pours black with small tan head. Lovely aroma with toffee and chocolate and hints of alcohol. Excellent mouthfeel. Full bodied with good very fine carbonation giving a soft creamy texture with some stickiness. Great taste - rich and well balanced. There’s a dark toffee sweetness throughout. Chocolate is layered on this throughout most of the palate. Towards the end there is a rising bitterness and a bit of alcohol burn that provides a great balance. The bitterness has has burnt sugar character with hints of soy. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2025
at 14:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Can) Pours very dark brown with small tan head. Nice aroma. Pine, citrus and some woody notes. Medium body with plenty of bright carbonation giving a great mouthfeel. Very tasty too. Plenty of hops. There’s some nice bright citrus notes and a good bitter finish. There’s a bit of dark chocolate / burnt toffee notes. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2025
at 13:54
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
(Can) Pours clear golden amber with good white head. Pleasant aroma with a complex hoppy aroma with a mix of fruit and herbal notes. Medium body with plenty of fine bright carbonation. Good taste too, with plenty of hops. There’s some stone fruit at the start, but after that the happiness is pleasantly but assertively bitter with a long finish. Biscuit malt lurking in the background. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2025
at 12:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
(Can) Pours slightly hazy amber with good white head. Rather indistinct aroma with fruit notes and biscuit hints. Medium body with plenty of bright carbonation giving good mouthfeel. Plenty of hops in the flavour with a herbal and spicey character giving a nice bitter finish. There’s some light caramel malt apparent earlier in the palate. Very drinkable. To me it doesn’t match its description - much more hoppy bitter than fresh and fruity.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2025
at 12:40
5/10
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2025
at 11:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Can - labelled Alpine Lager but the description is Alpine Extra Pale Lager, and from the aroma I am pretty sure this is the XPL) Pours clear gold with decent white head. Lovely aroma of of orange with stone fruit hints. Medium body with fine carbonation. The fruity orange notes are present in the start and mid palate. From then bread notes follow and then peppery spices. Subtle biscuit malt. Modest bitterness. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jul 2025
at 12:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
(Can) Pours very dark brown with short-lived tan head. Aroma has plenty of coconut and notes of vanilla. Medium body with good bright carbonation. There’s a pleasant stout background to the flavour. There’s plenty of coconut and vanilla throughout the palate with a nice chilli bite growing in the finish. There’s also some pleasant chocolate notes. The flavours work well together. Pleasant and very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2025
at 13:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. More cloudy than hazy pale amber with a good cm of white head. Aroma of barely ripe oranges, citrus leaves, tinned tropical fruit, light bread. Much sharper citrus with some peppery notes upon a sip - maybe a little more than the light body of the beer can take - with a punchy spicy bitter finish. Interesting.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2025
at 11:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Always a bit of a worry when the label says "hoppy pils". I mean, yes? Can. Gold. An inch of white head. Floral and herbal with some berries & tropical notes, light bread. Fairly sweet and nearly too fruity, but a herbal & floral punch towards the fairly bitter end keep things sufficiently pils-like.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2025
at 11:24
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Very dark brown with a fat coat of tan head. Sweet coffee, caramel and roast aroma. Less sweet than expected with firm coffee and roast. Smooth but the lactose is not obvious. The maple adds some character and does that thing where its woodiness helps dry out the end a bit. Good. A combination of Maple Heist and normal Affogato Stout that's better than either.
Tried
from
Acland Cellars
on 25 May 2025
at 12:54