TimE (11146) reviewed Dark Knight from Murray's Craft Brewing Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
dark brown color. Standard chocolate malt nose. Lots of chocolate character. Average
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
0.33l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. This is a near black one with a nice brown chocolate top. It smells of green banana, wet cardboard, a bit "wild" I guess you can say and slightly coffee-like also. A bit, hmm, let's say strange and not to impressive. Definitely not what I was expecting from a beer of this caliber.The flavor is a bit acidic, quite different from a dark wild thing. It's definitely over carbonated. Foaming sensation in the throat with some coffee, soft chocolate and something slightly herbal. 26.12.2012
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
11th March 2012
Opaque brown - black beer. Short tan head. Surprisingly crisp palate. Rich dark malt with a trace of roast. Minerals. Coffee. Subtle fruits underneath. Tangy dark malt before a crispy dry finish. Lingering licorice bitter aftertaste. Decent and quite light on it’s toes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
3rd September 2011
Cloudy amber beer, decent white head. Fairly neutral palate, a little crispy. Mild creamy malt. Mild hop. Fresh citrus. Well balanced in it’s mildness! Decent but could do with more ooomph!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
31st August 2011
Cloudy amber beer, small cream coloured head. Smooth silky palate. Rich beer! Nice caramel malt base. Rich deep hops! Slightly briney like a big barleywine but with sweetish peach and mango. Finishes with more caramel malt and a drop of aniseed. Very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
5th September 2011
Clear amber beer, little white head. Light crispy palate, a tad dry. Somewhat lager like malt with pretty mild citrus hops. There is balance but this is a bit insipid. Mild minerals in the finish.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Icon 2IPA from Murray's Craft Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
26th August 2011
Hazy deep amber beer. Tidy white head. Creamy malt nose with a trace of caramel. Light palate, fluffy with fine carbonation. Nice caramel malt background. Nicely balanced hops that start sweet and piney but morph into bitter grapefruit. Semi dry finish with a mild bitter linger. Good stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A lovely floral bouquet of pineapple, pear, grapefruit, honey, bread and toast lingers in the nostrils. Upon drinking, you can feel the beer trying to make up for its lack of alcohol with lots of grapefruit and plenty of cocoa flavoured malt. They’ve done a very good job of creating a delicious low alcohol beer. Bravo.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Bottle) Pours opaque black with big tan head. Aroma is subtler than I expected, with chocolate, coffee and slightly earthy notes. This is the fullest bodied beer I have tasted, almost as viscous as a smoothie. It is well carbonated too giving it a very unusual mouthfeel. The taste is full and complex. There’s a lot of sweetness initially, dark toffee perhaps. There’s dark chocolate and coffee and some offsetting fruity tanginess in the background at the start. The high alcohol content is apparent, but not intrusive. There is quite a lot more going on taste-wise but it is rather complex. There’s a very long rich and bitter finish, but the bitterness is not hoppy, more like dark bitter chocolate or black coffee. Overall an extraordinary beer. Definitely not one for everyday. (This seemed an appropriate choice, with the image on the label and the name for my 666th beer review).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
My first task after pouring the beer was to eat the head with a spoon, no word of a lie. Of the reviews so far, only one has had the similar experience of pouring an entire glass of foam, so perhaps we just got an overly enthusiastic bottle. With that hurdle overcome, my job became more enjoyable. Unusually for an IPA, the grapefruit aroma is combined with a strong scent of butterscotch. The flavours were similar in the mouth, giving it a unique taste, even if it’s not entirely to my liking. A pleasant experience.