Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at CP&K, Pimlicoco, 13/03/15. Murky pineapple jus yellow with a decent off white covering. Nose is lemon rind, light wood smoke, straw, melon, touch of yeast, banana custard. Taste comprises damp wood, straw, vanilla, damp leaves, lemon rind, balsa wood, light funk, must, green berry, touch of acidity. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light puckerings. Refreshing linner with a touch of smoked wood.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle from Gonzo Beer, Coventry. Deep cola black no head. Slightly fizzy body. Aroma is chocolate, sharpe fruit and coffee. Taste is fruity and tart. Nice.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Dark Matter 2015 from Chorlton Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Keg at Mother Kelly’s - London. Pours Hazy brown with a weak creamy head. The nose holds some fruity vinegar, burnt wood, sweat. Medium sweet fkavor with tart berries, acetic bite, slight alcohol, salt, molasses. Medium bodied within be, spritzy carbonation. Cleansing and acetic on the finish with notes of brown sugar, blackberries, wholegrain toast, plums. A bit scattered, but interesting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at the CP&K, 06/03/15. Hazed orange golden with a decent off white cap that retains well. Nose is citric sherbets, light piss, funky notes, touch of acidity, damp hay. Taste comprises tangy citric peel, mellow soured fruit, light hop presence, citric tinged straw, mild acidity, light must. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent simple sour.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Dark Matter 2015 from Chorlton Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Mother Kelly’s. It pours black with a small tan head. The nose is earth, roasted malt, liquorice, dark fruits, molasses and light tang. The taste is earthy, tangy, toasty, Granny Smith apple, must, lactic, balsamic vinegar and umami notes with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Tastes a bit like an infected stout. Doesn’t quite have the balance I would like.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Yakima Sour from Chorlton Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at the Rake. It pours cloudy golden with a tiny white head. The nose is crisp, fresh, zesty orange, grapefruit, tropical stuff, lactic twang and funk. The taste is crisp, tart, zingy, orange, peach, grapefruit, soapy sherbet, lactic acidity, touch of spice and damp leaves with a dry, citrus-driven finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Another solid hopped sour from these guys.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Nose is herbal with a salty soy, woody, alkali/sulphur smell (I guess this is the woodruff but I’ve never come across it before - I had it plain in Berlin). Taste is, like the Yakima sour, very, very lemony with a hint of green apple . There is an emerging herbal, sulphur, medicine almost aniseed note before returning to lemon. It’s an affable drink, but lacks depth. The sulphur is a little over powering as well.
Fin (18365) reviewed Dark Matter 2015 from Chorlton Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle purchased from the Refectory, which is the Northern Monk, Brewery Tap, Leeds, Holbeck, consumed nsumed at home, Sunday 1st March 2015. A slight funky sour edge on the nose. A very tart mouth wakener. A touch of dark fruit, balsamic and soy but sweet and very tangy, like this. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6.
Hanoi (1998) reviewed Yakima Sour from Chorlton Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Nose is lovely, peach, blossom, lemon, slight resin, very inviting. The beer was poured slowley and with care, and an insane amount of yeast came out of the bottle. It pored like thin tea. The last bit of the bottle poured once I have finished looked like beige emulsion. Taste is tart, lots of lemon, salt, emerging lime with more than a little mojito to it. Finish is all lemon and lime. Far too fizzy and too watery in the finish. , This is a refreshing beer, and I am still really glad Ardwick Ales (ahem) are making this type of stuff locally, but it really lacks subtlety and has more to do with an alcopop in taste than a proper sour beer. I hope for more as they bed in.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Calibration Sour from Chorlton Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at the Rake. It pours cloudy golden-orange with minimal head. The nose is full of juicy tropical fruits, mango, passion fruit, orange chewits and candied peel. The taste is crisp, tart, orangeade, apricot, grapefruit, sherbet, earth, some acidity, earth, decent mouth-pucker, light floral, damp wood, gooseberry and white grape skin with a dry finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Great juicy aroma. Crisp and fruity. A good start from these guys.