LesArgen (1205) reviewed Imperial Mango Sour from Hope Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
There's no doubt this one's a mango beer when you take a deep sniff. It's a full-bodied mango sour with lashings of grapefruit and a little honey. I'm really struggling not to just tip this down my throat. The kind of sour beer that suits a non-sour lover. Can from Sense of Taste, Hamilton.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Black with a cm of tan head that lasts well. Aroma of dark sugars and spices - cinnamon, anise, ginger, nutmeg - hints of a stout underneath. There's roast and quite assertive bitterness in the dryish taste but the spices are still just a little much. Pleasantly creamy texture offsets the excess spice to a degree. Pretty good. I like that they are doing their thing and not chasing what others may be up to.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Almost clear amber with a fat coat of off white head. Fruity aroma with cooked pineapple, peach, some lime, bread, some brown sugar. Big, depth charge -like with tenor register fruit and resin and a brooding bitterness with a swell of booze throughout. At first it seems like an old fashioned IIPA where the weight of the malt required to support the hops defeats the purpose of hopping it so highly in the first place -- but then there is a bit of a lifting away of the heaviness at the end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
(Can) Pours completely black with small russet head. Nice aroma of dark roast grain with notes of wood, smoke, whiskey. Medium body with plenty of carbonation giving good mouthfeel. Taste is rich and dark bitter burnt. The start has some brief fruity notes, maybe raisins before the dominant flavours of dark toffee / burnt sugar kick in and carry through to a burnt bitter finish. There’s some dark chocolate and nutty hints along the way. A bit intense for my taste.
SimonF (3322) reviewed Imperial Raspberry Sour from Hope Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
(Can) Pours clear amber red with good very slightly pink head. Nice aroma of raspberries, and some yoghurt funky and metallic hints. Lovely mouthfeel. Medium body with plenty of mouth filling soft carbonation. Good tasting too. There’s plenty of raspberry, and some citrus too. The start is quite sour, but some balancing sweetness develops. There’s some biscuity malt hints in the mid palate and it’s richer than I expect for a sour - maybe that sweetness or the alcohol, which is not otherwise apparent. Unusual and very drinkable.
Davros (5279) reviewed Oat Cream IPA from Hope Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours hazy amber with a large white head.Nose shows toffee, bready malt, musk sticks, floral hops, mango, papaya.Flavours include caramel, toffee, sugar, musk sticks, lollies, more sugar. So much sugar!
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Imperial Red Rye from Hope Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From a 375ml can on 28/6/2021. Pours a light amber with a smallish head. Has a sweet and quite malty aroma, with some caramel and toffee, along with a some dried dark fruit. tastes as per the nose - lots of caramel, with hints of butterscotch and toffee, and sultanas and dates, with a firmish rye bitterness, which is quite resiny and lingering. The mouthfeel is syrupy the carbonation moderate. Not particularly memorable but certainly a very solid big red ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From a 375ml can on 19/6/2021. Pours a quite clear deep golden (not very hazy at all) with a big foamy head. Has really strong warmed/burned caramel nose, with a touch of boozy/chemical sharpness. Tastes very dessertish - again masses of caramel sauce and fudge, which is met by a sharp citric, tongue coating bitterness with a light chemical aftertaste. The texture is syrupy, the carbonation moderate. I'm a bit torn on this one - certainly intense and flavoursome, but perhaps a bit too much, with a few slightly harsh edges.
LesArgen (1205) reviewed NEIPA 7.2 from Hope Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A perfectly OK NEIPA, but I'm not inspired. Aromas of pineapple, mango and orange rind. A nice tang in the mouth, with the tropical fruit combining with some pine needles to leave a nice finish. Hides the alcohol well.
Davros (5279) reviewed Imperial Red Rye from Hope Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours dark reddish copper, large off-white head.Nose shows sultanas, brown sugar, golden syrup, treacle, and port notes. More like a barleywine.Flavours include more sultanas and oxidised port-like notes, more brown syrup, some bready malt and spicy rye notes, and a slightly abrasive, metallic finish.