mcberko (47456) reviewed Fake News from Torque Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500mL bottle, pours jet black with a medium dark brown head. Aroma brings out rich roasted malt upfront, with plenty of hops, and a bit of earthy coffee. Flavour is bold, with lots of roasted malt upfront, with hearty oats, earthy espresso, and some dry powdery cocoa. Rich and powerful, with a dry finish. Excellent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
500mL bottle, pours a cloudy dark orange with a medium beige head. Aroma is loaded with lots of oak barrels upfront, followed by earthy hops and bready malt. Flavour is unpleasant, with lots of alcohol, intense oak, and old earthy hops. Alcoholic, astringent, and oaky. This is very abrasive. Bad idea and difficult to drink.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Cream Egg Milk Stout from Torque Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On nitro tap at Torque, pours a dark mahogany with a large tan head. Aroma smells like a cream egg, with tons of lacto and cocoa. Flavour is very sweet, with tons of lactose upfront and a bit of artificial cocoa. This isn't good.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Diesel Fitter Stout from Torque Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Torque, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out robust roasted malt upfront, with a touch of espresso, and a touch of dry cocoa. Flavour is highly hopped, with a robust roasted malt character upfront, a pummelling of hops, and a touch of espresso. Roasted, bitter finish. This is excellent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Mangoza! from Torque Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at Torque, pours a cloudy bright yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings plenty of bright tropical fruits, mixed with yogurty lacto and some citrus. Flavour is more lacto-y than fruity, with the mangoes quite buried, and dominated by lacto and salt. The fruit isn't that prominent, and the whole thing has a sort of butyric character. It's alright.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Loaded with Pride from Torque Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Torque, pours a cloudy golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with tropical fruits, with piney hops, and biscuity malt. Flavour is less fruity, with more piney hops and dry biscuity malt to balance. Bright and clean. This is really well-done.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Stache House from Torque Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
On tap at Torque, pours a clear copper amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out English hops, toasted caramel, and bready malt. Flavour is full of butter, with English hops, and lots of diacetyl. This needs cleaning up.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Torque Blonde from Torque Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Torque, pours a clear pale yellowish blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out straw and biscuity malt. Flavour is rather lame, with biscuity malt and straw. Clean but rather pointless.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Village from Torque Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
On tap at Torque, pours a clear pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out light toasted malt upfront and a bit of bready notes. Flavour is rather dry, with toasted malt and bready notes. Dry and clean, but not very interesting.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Red Line IPA from Torque Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Torque, pours a clear reddish amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out resinous hops, some pine, and bready malt. Flavour is correctly balanced, with resinous hops, some pine, and bready caramel. For a style I don't really like, this is executed very well.