6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rating catch up. Shared 24/4/2021 with Dan and Grumbo. No full review but rating breakdown taken and discussed at the time.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
440ml can from the brewery. Hazy orange-gold, small white head, some retention. Juicy aroma of citrus; melon, passionfruit, orange, some herbs. Taste starts with lovely juicy hops, however is in the main dominated by the wheat malts, yeast and dry bitter finish. Body and carbonation are very good. Its an acquired taste and reminds me a bit of Dhillon's Steam lager, just a hoppy nicer version.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2025
at 02:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can direct from the brewery. Pours a slightly hazy gold, small white head, nice lacing. Aroma is stewed apricot, pineapple, slight earthiness. Taste is very similar but what you notice is a strong bitterness throughout so not really a tropical NEIPA. After a while my palate got used to the level of bitterness as it doesn't have an astringent dryness that sometimes can go with this. There is also some sweetness to offset. I really liked the bite of this in terms of a stewed fruit note and bitterness even if it is slightly unbalanced.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2025
at 02:01
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
440ml can from brewery. Black with small tanned head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malts, milk chocolate, dark cocoa, coffee; very nice not overbearing. Taste is sweet malts, milky coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, light roastiness; lovely easy drinking and balanced flavours. Average body with a slight chewiness, some dryness, light smoke, around the palate in the finish. A nice soft carbonation. Lovely.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2025
at 02:01
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Wolf, Birmingham. Hazy yellow-gold, small white top. Very citric with a funky-earthiness in aroma. Taste of citrus zest, passionfruit, pine, slightly medicinal, long moderate bitterness. Light bodied but has a drying resin quality on the palate. Quite good.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
[April 2023] Near black with a small, bubbly tan head and coffee on the nose. Has big dry bitterness and roasted coffee malt, just a hint of chocolate in the finish
Tried
on 14 Aug 2024
at 11:38
6/10
Keg at North bar.. Dark black.. No head. Soft cola chocolate roast malts nose.. Light fizz. Soft sweet ovaltine chocolate roast malts
Tried
on 30 Apr 2023
at 20:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg @ North Bar, Birmingham with Rich, John and Craig. Misty yellow, white head. Bitter herbal nose. Overall character is a bit bitter, herbal with lingering dry citrus, thin bodied. Tastes like it's either been on too long, or the beer's been left in the line.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2023
at 18:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg @ North Bar with Rich, John and Craig. Dark pour with a sparse brown head. Roasted malts on initial sniff, with layered malts to taste, prominent chocolate with additional roasted shades, mild desert-like sweet suggestions make it an entertaining, satisfying porter.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2023
at 18:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at North, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a round bubbly tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, light ashtray. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter, light sweet, with a dry, roasty, ashtray, light sweet caramel palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2023
at 11:02