6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught Small brown head over reddish foxy beer. Coloured malts, almonds, apples, bit of caramel. Caramel - lots of it, going to toffee, oversweet. Even more almond and bitter almonds retronasal. Bit of astringency, medium bodied and slick. Not really awe-inspiring Nollaig.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2016
at 03:35
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught Good dense, snowwhite head, fully hazy yellow beer. Clove, drain water, banana. Hopped Weizen flavours, with "some" banana, "some" banana, ... and meaty esters; solvent. Bitterness disturbs. Despite there’s also acidity, the balance is nowhere. Medium bodied, wheat-like slickness. This is, as said, a hopped Weizen, with a yeast problem.
Tried
on 31 May 2016
at 03:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught Medium nitro head, faintly cream coloured over orange to amber beer. Rosewater, citrussy, artificialish lemonaroma. Bitter, even wry flavour, horsechestnut; vegetal bitterness with resin. Long lasting (over)dose of bittering hops. Wry, dry-out effect, astringency. Wrong hops/hopsaddition. Must admit the wryness diminishes in time, once the shock over.
Tried
on 31 May 2016
at 02:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Ultra dense & fine, creamy head over reddish-shot black beer. Coffee, coffeebeans sweets, roasted chocolated, black beans. Bitter, roasted/burnt with some stout acidity. Lots of roasted grains and malts; coffee retronasal. Medium bodied, ultra slick (the nitrogen, no doubt) and creamy. Long bitter aftertaste. Quite decent stout!
Tried
on 31 May 2016
at 02:50
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draught Quite good, just lightly yellowish head, very adhesive and dense over faintly hazy straw-golden beer. Bit nutty, pale malts’ nose. Diary impression. Dull, bit dusty malts. Not even sweetness, always utterly neutral. Finish shows maybe some honey. Gristslick, light body. Oh dear; dull.
Tried
on 31 May 2016
at 02:47
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draught Ultra-dense snowwhite head, stable, over medium carbonated clear golden beer. Little nose, just a bit of hops. Faintly burning flavour and MF, sweet pale malts, finish is all about carbonation, default of anything else. Ever so slightly spicy. Maize? Very light, bit creamy texture despite the carbonation, that is much more tangible than visible. If Guinness Hop House is 13, than this is 14. And a half.
Tried
on 31 May 2016
at 02:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Bradleys, Cork [160416]
Copper, clear, thin off white head
Aroma of slight fruit, soft caramelised orange, not much aroma
Taste of rich fruits, soft caramel malts, hop resins, soft citrus zest
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, smooth, clean palate, good bitter sweet balance. Finish of zesty hops, touch of toasted malt, fairly bitter zest linger
Overall - Easy drinking for abv, good beer but no way 90+ RB rating
Copper, clear, thin off white head
Aroma of slight fruit, soft caramelised orange, not much aroma
Taste of rich fruits, soft caramel malts, hop resins, soft citrus zest
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, smooth, clean palate, good bitter sweet balance. Finish of zesty hops, touch of toasted malt, fairly bitter zest linger
Overall - Easy drinking for abv, good beer but no way 90+ RB rating
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2016
at 11:08
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Keg @ Porterhouse, Cork [120415]
Straw colour, thin white head
Aroma of light grassy spicy hops
Taste as aroma, light pale sweet bit creamy malt, touch of cereal, but getting an off note in the malts, bit of plastic
Palate - Medium carb, light body. Finish is rapid, slightly dry
Overall - Looking at the other ratings - would like to try this again. Without the off note would have scored much higher
Straw colour, thin white head
Aroma of light grassy spicy hops
Taste as aroma, light pale sweet bit creamy malt, touch of cereal, but getting an off note in the malts, bit of plastic
Palate - Medium carb, light body. Finish is rapid, slightly dry
Overall - Looking at the other ratings - would like to try this again. Without the off note would have scored much higher
Tried
on 15 Apr 2016
at 14:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Chestnut with a large froth head. Aroma is fruity caramel. Flavour is pine and sap, sweet fruit offset but a hoppy bitterness. Long dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2016
at 16:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught at ICBF15. Lemon gold with a medium head. Aroma of sweet malt. Flavor is grain, spice, biscuits. Tangy finish, lemon and spice.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2015
at 16:43