4.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Hazy gold with a brief white head. Grainy aroma with wheat and oranges. Watery. Thin and grainy with orange and coriander.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2013
at 04:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled 33 cl from Crown Cellars, Launceston. Sampled on August 7, 2013.As an "Oatmeal Stout".Black color, small brown head. Sweet, tobacco, raisin scent. Malty, sweet, light roasted taste. Roasted aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2013
at 06:43
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at The Cock ’N’ Bull, Launceston, Tas. Sampled on August 5, 2013.Clear brown color, tan head. Sweet, coffee, fruity taste. Coffee aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2013
at 02:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours amber with a lasting head.Nose shows caramel, nutty malt and soft minty and floral hops. A bit weird, not exactly hoppy.Flavours include nutty, toasty and almost peated (???) malt alongside some very soft spicy hops and a bit of booze.Could use more carbonation.Seems more like an altbier with peated malt than an IPA....
Tried
on 23 Aug 2012
at 18:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, 9C. First glass clear, second a murky amber with an off-white head that fades to a fat coat then lasts. Aroma of berries, vinegar, gin, apples. Thinnish mouthfeel with a hint of slickness and rather too much carbonation. Rather weak malt flavours, some berries and herbal flowers, tart apples and wood in a nice dry finish. Very refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2012
at 05:40
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Pours hazy straw with a small, rapidly dissipating head.Nose shows cidery notes, citrus peel, cinnamon, banana, cloves. Not sure what this is aiming for, hefe or wit. Reminiscent of T58 yeast. Big doughy yeasty notes.Flavours include more cinnamon, wheat, cidery notes and little else.Could use more carbonation.To make things worse, the last two slabs we got of this were infected.... Not a good track record.
Tried
on 27 May 2012
at 03:33
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pours murky brown with a large head.Nose shows berries, funky notes and little else.Flavours include acidic berries and some cardboard notes. Falls flat very quickly. Need more of a malt backbone, seems very weak (almost watery) at the moment.Way too much carbonation.
Tried
on 25 May 2012
at 20:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 10C. Golden amber with a white head that fades a bit but lasts. A bit hazy but pretty. Aroma of biscuit, orange marmalade, apricots. Creamy, alive texture is a reminder of how much good bottle conditioning can add. Sweet caramel and biscuit, some stone fruit, creeping bitterness with oranges and flowers. Good stuff, right up my street. Hope these folks are real Taswegians or there’ll be trouble over that label.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2012
at 05:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours copper with a large, lasting head.Nose shows biscuity, bready malt, soft spicy notes and very faint sweet floral/berry notes.Flavours at first consist of a tangy bite followed by spicy notes. After that the malt shows up, with big biscuity, bready characters alongside toasty melanoidin hints.Carbonation is a bit full on really.I wasn’t expecting much from this but was pleasantly surprised. The berries and rose hips are very subtle but provide a refreshing initial start. Not worth the $13.50 though....
Tried
on 27 Dec 2011
at 16:05
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
From a 330ml bottle on 14/12/2011. Pours a pale cloudy yellow with a big head. Has an aroma of banana and spices. The flavour is curious. There’s quite a bit sharp spiciness against a lemony, orange peel background, but not much else. Has a short, abrupt finish.Not a good example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2011
at 00:30