lad_newton (4207) reviewed East Coast APA from Hopcraft Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Cask at CBC, Clerkenwell on28th April 2017. Clear amber with whitish lacing foam. Citrus and peach aroma. Rich and intense fruit and hoppiness in-mouth, and a solid, grassy finish. Full bodied with a zingy mouthfeel. Exquisite!
Earlier Rating: 4/23/2017 Total Score: 4.1
Cask at CBC, Clerkenwell on 23rd April 2017. Amber with off-white lasting foam but a dearth of lacing. Inviting hoppy aroma. Citric hoppiness and sharp bitterness in-mouth. A long, very bitter finish. Zingy mouthfeel and a medium body.
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Fergus (31329) reviewed Temple of Love from Hopcraft Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Euston tap east lodge. A clear bright golden coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is soft malts, melon and pear, orange rind, white grape. Flavour is composed of semi dirty grains, hay, bitter grassy citrus hop, vanilla and apricot jam,. Palate is grainy, assertive hop, decent cask condition. Big hoppy golden.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Keg at CBC Clerks - London. Pours black-brown with a creamy, tan head. The nose has some aged dark berries, a little rubber, light roast. Medium sweet flavour with creamy chocolate, burnt butterscotch, chocolate, earth, more berries. Medium bodied, lightly oily, with fine to average carbonation. Nicely balanced finish, some licorice, sweet chocolate, ripe berries. Nice stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Keg at CBC Clerko for the tap takeover. An opaque black coloured pour with a lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet berry, vimto, liquorice, burdock. Flavour is composed of medium sweet medium malts liquorice, brown malts plummy fruits, vimto, little wood. Palate is medium sweet, frothy airy carbonation. Little liquorice and sweet fruits in the finish.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Spanish Main Barrel Aged from Hopcraft Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Keg at CBC Clerko for the tap takeover. An oily black brown coloured pour with a no head. Aroma is sour tangy spicy lacto, grape fruits, liquorice, spicy, sweet plummy fruits. Flavour is composed of semi sweet and sour tart plum and grape, woody tannin, brown sugars, liquorice, earthy malts. Little. Madeira cake. Spicy lacto. Palate is semi sweet and sour, woody tannin, lowish carbonation. Little oily. Interesting maybe unintentional sour.
Fergus (31329) reviewed God Complex from Hopcraft Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at CBC Clerko for the tap takeover. A mostly clear golden orange coloured pour with a lasting white frorhy head. Aroma is lemon drizzle cake, jammy citrus, juicy orange rind, tangerine. Flavour is composed of nic simple base grains, mixed semi sweet citrus fruit with background tropical notes dried mango. Palate is semi sweet, dusty grains, highish carbonation.. Good stuff.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Campania from Hopcraft Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Keg at Craft Beer Co Clerkenwll - London. Pours mostly clear golden brown with a tight, creamy tan head. Fun snout, with nips of cocoa, raspberry and strawberry, mellow roast. Light to medium sweet flavour with some chalky berry candies, bittersweet baking cocoa, a little ash, earth. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Decent balance in the finish, some chocolate gateaux, more strawberry, baking cocoa. Overall, a fun beer well executed.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Spanish Main Barrel Aged from Hopcraft Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at the CBC Clerkenwell - London. Pours deep brown with almost no head. Tangy aroma, lots of dried berries, old wood, suggestions of cocoa. Light sweet flavour, moderately acidic, with leathery berries, ashy roast, earth. Medium bodied with spritzy carbonation. Finishes with some acetic twang, bits of alcohol, tart berries, blackberry, more leather, woody dryness. Quite novel.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Campania from Hopcraft Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at CBC Clerko for the tap takeover. A clear black mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting thin beige head. Aroma is sweet peanut butter, choc, vanilla. Little marshmallow. Flavour is composed of medium roast, jammy fruit, powdered choc, vanilla. Ticks all the Neapolitan boxes. Palate is semi crisp highish carbonation,. Nice concept beer. Good.