7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Really missed a trick with the name here - how could this not be called The Merkin? Bottle, 11C. Clear copper with a rapidly fading beige head that just hangs on at the rim. Boozy (but not brashly so) aroma of dried fruit, whisk(e)y, vanilla, gentle spices. Medium bodied, lowish carbonation. Sweet toffee, raisins, vanilla. Whisk(e)y is there particularly at the end but it’s quite light and grassy and melds well with a surprising delicate floral note. Seeing as that makes the beer, glad I didn’t wait until winter to drink it. Good and surprisingly subtle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2015
at 08:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours black with a massive head.Nose shows sweet bready malt, nutty and toast notes, cocoa.More cocoa as a flavour, some subtle salt, soft booze and dry roast.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2015
at 20:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours amber with a small head.Nose shows heavy sweet malt, orange skin, soft pine and grapefruit.Bold malty flavours with a massive herbal hit. Some orange peel.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2015
at 01:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Hazy golden with big loose off-white head. Very pleasant aroma - caramel with fresh fruits - citrus and pineapple - maybe a buttery hint the background. Medium body with lots of carbonation, maybe a tad too much. The taste is unusual, and to me does not really work. The start is pleasant, fresh, fruity over some soft light caramel sweetness. This all sort of gets lost in the mid palate - it’s not that it lacks flavour here just that it’s rather confused. Then a big aggressive bitterness appears and hangs around a long time. It seems a bit confused too - in part it has some refreshing crisp aspects, but it also has some harsh aspects. Overall, an interesting experiment, but not one that could really be called a success.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2015
at 07:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Cloudy with plenty of floating matter and a small loose white head - not terribly appealing to look at. Subtle tangy fruity aroma, more ice lolly than beer - unusual but pleasant. Full body, slightly syrupy but well carbonated - again unusual and pleasant. The taste - what can I say? Unusual and pleasant. It’s also complex and changes in the mouth. The start is sweet fruit and malt with fresh tangy fruitiness to balance. Peppery spice notes develop and then in the finish a big bitter taste develops very late and stays around. Overall, you guessed it, an unusual and pleasant beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2015
at 07:34
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
This beer is dominated by a flavour of coriander and parsley, which is really not my thing. There’s plenty of hops to like about it, but I just can’t get that aftertaste out of my mouth.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2014
at 04:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 10C. Clear amber with an inch of white head that hangs around and laces well. Aroma of orange marmalade, grapefruit, pine, peach, pepper. Sweet with a clear herbal orange liqueur headiness to it (that’d be the "vast concoction of citrus peels and orange liqueurs added at the end of fermentation", then) . Hay, oranges then grapefruit and pine burst out towards the fairly bitter end. A little pepper there too. Curious (and good) that that initial waft off booze doesn’t really carry through. Lots of zesty citrus. Thought this one sounded a bit stupid but it’s tasty and even a bit delicate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2014
at 07:23
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle pours a murky, oily black with some creamy egg yolk colored head. Nose of rubber, raisin, black pepper, yeasty, burnt caramel. Flavor is rubbery, crackery, burnt bread, medicinal, lots of charcoal. Full bodied, boozy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2014
at 17:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours dark brown, beige head. Head is not too large and is gone fast. Aroma has some alcohol but also freshness. Dry bitter chocolate. Sweet fruits. Taste is quite intense, feels carbonated, has some liquorice, a lot of it. Still sweet but not so much at first, its coming out in later stages. Super strong bitter chocolate. Warming and excellent stuff for a cold day. Could be interesting to try a more aged version of this.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2014
at 00:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Poured a dark black-brown color with a small off-white head. Aroma was mostly smoke, with some woody notes. Bitter, dark chocolate. No real rum notes, but general barrel character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2014
at 14:00