Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at brewpub. Pours murky brown with an off-white head. Aroma has toasted chestnuts and toasted malts. Flavour has gentle roasted malt and a general nutty character. Nice malty ale, not super exciting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at brewpub. Pours clear yellow with a white head. Aroma has lots of dank notes, orange citrus, and resinous pine. Flavour is very dank and piney. Great IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at brewpub. Pours cloudy yellow with no head. Aroma has wild yeast, lots of wood, and juicy peaches. Flavour has lots of sour peaches and smooth oaky wood. Excellent barrel-aged sour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at brewpub. Pours clear pale yellow with white head. Aroma has dry grass. Flavour has lots of dry grass, cracker malts, and hoppy bite.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
On tap at Loyal Legion. Pours clear gold with a white head. Aroma has subtle dank and pine hops. Flavour is dank and piney, mango, oily resinous finish. Tons of WC hops with some tropical fruit expression, clean and dank.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Loyal Legion. Pours clear light gold with a white head. Aroma is dank and piney. Flavour is malty with resinous piney hops. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
On tap at Loyal Legion. Pours clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is super dank with a bit of light citrus zest. Flavour is jammed full of dank character; very full-bodied. Incredible dank hop expression without being oily.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Block 15 Taproom, pours a clear golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is lightly dank, with oily piney hops, a touch of resins, and just enough biscuity malt backing. Flavour is fairly subdued in hop expression, with gentle piney hops and a crisp biscuity malt base. Very restrained, with a lightly oily, piney finish. Competently made as usual but maybe a bit underwhelming.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Block 15 Taproom, pours a clear light golden with a small white head. Aroma is pretty restrained — can't say I get any Nelson; there's gentle hop character but that's it. Flavour definitely brings out the Nelson, with a very nice white wine/gooseberry character. Light bitterness with a solid crispness on the finish. Very good.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Dark Surroundings from Block 15 Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Block 15 Restaurant, pours a deep dark amber brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out toasted chestnuts, some bready malt, and a hint of dry cocoa. Flavour is malty, with plenty of dry bready crusts, light toasted chestnut, and gentle cocoa. Nice malty beer despite the sweet potatoes not really being obvious. Solid enough.