7.2/10
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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.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2015
at 14:39
6/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2015
at 06:59
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2015
at 09:47
6.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2015
at 14:10
7.2/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2015
at 16:59
5.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2015
at 14:17
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Feb 2015
at 06:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Friends of Ham, Leeds. Murky gold. Film of lasting, white head. Lemon. Lime. Bready. Toasty. Taste is light, white wine vinegar. Quite dry. Some citrus bitterness. Fresh, tart, clean palate. Finishes light acidic, and light, crisp bitter. Lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2015
at 12:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Beermoth, Manchester. Hazy, yellow gold. Film and halo of white head. Grainy malts. Punchy, lemon, grapefruit, and soft, peachy hop. Behind that, it’s yeasty, and light, fusty sour. Some vanilla creaminess, from who knows where, ties things up nicely. Taste is light tart, yeasty dry, with a smidge of hop bitterness. Zingy, zesty palate. Finishes zesty, lemon tart. Dry, light bitter close. Lovely stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2015
at 16:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg @ 57 Thomas Street, Manchester. Cloudy pale orange with next to no head. Has a stewed fruit aroma and a sour fruity taste.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2015
at 11:06