Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
5/5/2024. Bottle from Hotel Royal Chihpen, Taiwan. Pours clear sparkling golden amber with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, citrus, berries, rhubarb, gooseberry, flowers, honey. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness and tartness. Moderate body, oily, average carbonation. Sweet mead like elements. Enjoyable.
jimgreen (21728) reviewed Dry Stout from Taiwan Head Brewers Brewing Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Draft at Mikkeller Taipei. Poured a unclear medium brown colour with a short-lived, bubbly off-white head. The aroma is light roasty malt, light coffee. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, light sweet, with a smooth, light, watery, light chocolate palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation. Someone needs to show these people what a stout is.
Soft, very fruity. Light melon
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330ml bottle from the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear light amber colour with a short-lived, small frothy white head. The aroma is malt and perfume. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a light grainy, malt, herbal, floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. This isn’t a Weizenbock! I’ve got to know these guys quite well and it’s just another tea ale! I don’t get the obsession with tea. It really doesn’t go well in beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle from the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy golden orange colour with a short-lived white head. The aroma is yeast and passionfruit. The flavour is moderate sour, with a smooth, light acidic, juicy, tart passionfruit, palate with hints of sweetness in the finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle from the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear dark brown, almost black colour with a mostly lasting frothy light tan head. The aroma is toffee caramel, raisins, oak and light alcohol. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a rich, slightly oily, red berry fruit, light warm boozy alcohol palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
330ml bottle from the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear dark copper colour with a short-lived frothy off white head and lots of bubbles. The aroma is grainy malt, floral hops and light smoke. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a light, watery, herbal, mineral, super light smoke palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. This won an award at the World Beer Awards? I don’t know how that’s possible. Truly truly awful. I don’t think the brewer knows what a Rauchbier should actually taste like.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
330ml bottle from the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy straw colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, yeast and loads of tropical fruits. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a smooth, rich, fruity, guava and mango, light acidic, herbal palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Not sure what happened to the orange. Way too sweet and really not enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
330ml bottle from the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear golden colour with a short-lived fizzy white head and lots of bubbles. The aroma is vinegar, molasses and plums. The flavour is moderate sour, with a crisp, slightly watery, plum, light Brett yeast sour palate. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Not great. Rather unrefined. I’m sure the sour taste wasn’t coming from the Brett yeast alone. Really disappointing.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330ml bottle from the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy golden colour with a massive everlasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, tropical citrus, floral hops. The flavour is moderate bitter and sweet, with a crisp, light lemon lime citrus, herbal, floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Nothing good ever came from adding tea to a beer!