5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Keg at the Brew Wharf, London
Beautiful amber color; creamy head. Nice malty aroma, almost fruity. Medium body (less malty than expected), lacking any complexity, very simple final as well.
Beautiful amber color; creamy head. Nice malty aroma, almost fruity. Medium body (less malty than expected), lacking any complexity, very simple final as well.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2005
at 21:52
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Keg at the Brew Wharf, London
Blond color. Very simple aroma, honeyish cereals. Very simple taste. Ordinary final. Useless.
Blond color. Very simple aroma, honeyish cereals. Very simple taste. Ordinary final. Useless.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2005
at 21:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy orange colour. Thick longlasting white head. Fruity and hoppy aroma and hints of pine. Bitter hoppy flavor. Some bitter resin finish. A nice IPA.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2005
at 07:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark , near-black beer; very fluffy brownish head. Pure liquorice and coffee, moccha with the yeast poured. Liquorice taste, thinned coffee, Café Liégeois , bitter chocolate and in the finish, a bit of smokiness and dark grains. Very well bodied, but nearly no slickness. Good porter, with enough sweetness covered under the coffee.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2005
at 13:45
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Black color, thin head. Clean aroma, American coffee (no malt nor anything else). Same for the taste. Not bad, but it’s not really a beer, seems more like a carbonated coffee.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2005
at 16:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at the Brew Wharf, London
Cloudy blond color. The aroma is a bit chemical at first, then shows a spicy character. The taste is quite unusual, quite sweet, yet with a stgrong spicy (cloves) component, persistent in the final. Not too much professional, but enjoyable.
Cloudy blond color. The aroma is a bit chemical at first, then shows a spicy character. The taste is quite unusual, quite sweet, yet with a stgrong spicy (cloves) component, persistent in the final. Not too much professional, but enjoyable.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2005
at 17:46
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Keg at the Brew Wharf, London
Cloudy amber color. Dry aroma, artificial. Some residual sweetness, bad beer with some raspberries (real?); some astringency at the end. Below average, but not as bad as commercial fruit beers.
Cloudy amber color. Dry aroma, artificial. Some residual sweetness, bad beer with some raspberries (real?); some astringency at the end. Below average, but not as bad as commercial fruit beers.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2005
at 17:45
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keg at the Brew Wharf, London
Blond color. Contraddictory aroma, between a cornish Lager and a lightly hopped ale. Some residual sugars, not really impressive.
Blond color. Contraddictory aroma, between a cornish Lager and a lightly hopped ale. Some residual sugars, not really impressive.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2005
at 17:35
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Clear pale colour. White long lasting head. Slightly grassy aroma. Flavour is a little sweet and malty. Grassy hints too and a slightly bitterness. Pretty good for a british pilsener.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2005
at 09:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Could have sworn I rated this one already, but I obviously forgot. 2005 750mL bottle graciously given to me by Duff, shared with OldGrowth in October 2005.
Served quite cold to start (too cold) but allowing to warm provided a wide range of flavors. It pours a deep inky black to deep mahogany brown with just a pinch of deep chartreuse. Head is large, foamy and well-retained, tan in color and provides light lacing. The little filtration provides plenty of chunky sediment in the glass even towards the top of the settled bottle. Aroma of light molasses/brown sugar, rich coffee roast, vanilla, dark chocolate and plenty of strong yeast (dusty and rather dry). Flavor begins with a light oily roast, plenty of biscuity nuttiness and simple cocoa notes. It develops a refined, subtle vanilla and toffee as it warms and finishes, building on the palate pleasantly. Chocolate chip cookies are not unthinkable to compare it to. A touch of oily roast sticks to the palate providing most of the dryness and light bitterness. Vinous, dark fruits, while apparent are not overly so, certainly not as much as I was expecting. Yeast is fresh, though rather bland and nutty. Body is medium, never getting terribly sweet, but certainly not undermalted for the style. No alcohol apparent. Don’t find any hop flavors either, but perhaps I did not look hard enough. The carbonation is very low, light, medium-sized bubbles burst loosely and lightly and the texture is a bit thinned out, like it has been aged a year (though it hasnt). Though again, the light looseness is certainly to style and nothing to complain about. Very well-executed on all accounts.
Served quite cold to start (too cold) but allowing to warm provided a wide range of flavors. It pours a deep inky black to deep mahogany brown with just a pinch of deep chartreuse. Head is large, foamy and well-retained, tan in color and provides light lacing. The little filtration provides plenty of chunky sediment in the glass even towards the top of the settled bottle. Aroma of light molasses/brown sugar, rich coffee roast, vanilla, dark chocolate and plenty of strong yeast (dusty and rather dry). Flavor begins with a light oily roast, plenty of biscuity nuttiness and simple cocoa notes. It develops a refined, subtle vanilla and toffee as it warms and finishes, building on the palate pleasantly. Chocolate chip cookies are not unthinkable to compare it to. A touch of oily roast sticks to the palate providing most of the dryness and light bitterness. Vinous, dark fruits, while apparent are not overly so, certainly not as much as I was expecting. Yeast is fresh, though rather bland and nutty. Body is medium, never getting terribly sweet, but certainly not undermalted for the style. No alcohol apparent. Don’t find any hop flavors either, but perhaps I did not look hard enough. The carbonation is very low, light, medium-sized bubbles burst loosely and lightly and the texture is a bit thinned out, like it has been aged a year (though it hasnt). Though again, the light looseness is certainly to style and nothing to complain about. Very well-executed on all accounts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2005
at 17:42