Downender (11275) reviewed Citra Plus from Hopcraft Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 3/2/2014. Golden with a slight white head. Massive, grassy hops with a herbal edge, tropical fruits and a rasping, dry finish. Brutal stuff.
Downender (11275) reviewed The Beast from Hopcraft Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 3/2/2014. Deep gold with a slight white head. Big, hoppy notes of tropical fruit, tangerines and pine, balanced by some solid mlats and leading to a dry finish. Very good.
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Cruxshadow from Hopcraft Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at The Bow Bar. Pours dark brown with a little bubbly head that doesn’t hang around. Aromas has light smoke and treacle. Taste has the same - very light on the smoke, perhaps chocolate there too. Clean finish. Not bad.
McCash (16021) reviewed Cruxshadow from Hopcraft Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On cask at the Bow Bar winter beer festival. Appearance -black with a hint of chestnut around the edges. Nose - dark chocolate with a smoky edge. Maybe a little liquorice. Taste - liquorice going into charcoal. Dark chocolate finish. Palate - medium bodied with a dry silky texture and a balanced finish. Overall - nice ale.
Beese (811) reviewed Citra Plus from Hopcraft Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at The Fox, Hackney on 11 January 2014. Poured a hazy golden colour with a thin white head and some lacing. Aroma of soft fruit, straw and an odd waft of cream cheese. Slightly odd initial flavours of boiled sweets and popcorn, mixed in with some citrus hop character. Finish was grassy hop, lemon rind and chewy malt.
Downender (11275) reviewed Bosun James Grey from Hopcraft Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol 8/1/2014. Deep gold with a decent white head. Grapefruit and pineapple notes, some crisp malts and a dryish finish. Good.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Lucifer Juice from Hopcraft Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Cock Tavern, 14/01/14. Golden with a moderate white covering that thins to the edge. Nose is mandarin, orange, light hops, toasted malt. Taste comprises orange pith, mineral bite, light spice, tangy citric, earthy hops. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitterness in the closure. Decent enough GB.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Lucifer Juice from Hopcraft Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
13th January 2013
Cock Tavern. Cask. Delighted to find this 366 experimental hop pale ale available. Less than amused when I tasted it. It’s a lightly hazy gold beer with a small white head. Palate is smooth but has barely no carbonation. Smooth pale malt. Big acetic pears and apples. Light orange underneath. Light finish. Too acetic to be drinkable. Barely touched my half - bleh!
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Bosun James Grey from Hopcraft Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at the vintage... Golden amber.. Small white head... Massive oily orange.. Light zezt nose... Juicy fruits big oily hop.. Quite a bitter finish
Leighton (34941) reviewed Bosun James Grey from Hopcraft Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Cock Tavern - Hackney, London. Pours clear gold with a fluffy white head. The nose dry pale bread, flowers, marmalade. Light sweet flavor with jammy lemon, mandarin orange, jasmine, mild pale bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Sweet finish with mild dried pine needle bitterness, bread, more jasmine, flowers, grass, lightly jammy citrus. So so.