hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Tabarnak! from Artisan Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Can. Clear deep red brown with a 1/2 cm pale beige head that's soon less than a coat. Aroma of brown sugar dough, lots of dried fruits, spices. Has that "big but swiggable" feel that (say) St B 12 has. Toffee, dried fruit, ginger scented dough, lightening bitterness. Another fine quad from Artisan.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Dark Star from Artisan Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
2023 version. Black with a cm of light tan head. Chocolate and caramel aroma, roast, some earthy notes, grappa. Pretty much how it tastes. Wonder a little about those grapey notes. Palate is a mite crowded for me. Moderate finishing bitterness restores some control.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Sólus from Artisan Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Gold with a dense cm of white head that fades. Aroma of rich dough, apricot, ripe tropical fruit, toast. More tropical fruit in the taste - mainly mango - with moderately sweet doughy bread before citrus and peppery bitterness. Perhaps could have used a few more bubbles.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Époque from Artisan Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Gold, a ~cm of white head that's soon less than a coat. Doughy and spicy aroma with some citrus and apricot. Carbonation is a bit low for this sort of thing. Gently doughy and spicy (cloves, white pepper) with only hints of fruit before a bitterness finish that grips gradually. Pretty good.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Quad Speciale from Artisan Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can. Clear deep red brown with a fat beige cap. Aroma of more dried than stewed fruit, lean dough, sweet shop spices, some roast, liquorice. Even more expansive upon a taste with red wine on the turn, wood, hints of rum, spicy bitterness. Hell of a beer.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Abbey B. from Artisan Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Amber with a coat of white head that's soon less. 3- Aroma of light dough, candi sugar, heaps of coriander, white pepper. Moderately sweet with hay, dough, light bread and candi sugar. Lots of coriander but otherwise a calm drying finish. Pretty good.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Artesian Saison from Artisan Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Amber with a good cm of white head. Aroma of crackers, spices, hints of citrus. Breadier upon a taste with spicy rye, some funk and some apricot before a spicy bitter finish that's not quite as dry as suggested by the aroma.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sessionable yet moreish is a very weird sentence. Can. Deep clear amber with a pale beige head. Aroma of dried more than stewed fruit, singed toffee, bread, spices. Dryish and fruity. Tastes as it smells with a snappy enough finish. Has a fair bit of the complexity of the quad.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Diabla from Artisan Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. 2022 version. Golden amber. Almost clear with a good cm of dense white head that never quite disappears. 3+ Aroma of spiced dough, banana lollies, some tropical bubblegum. Full bodied with medium high carbonation. Rich bread dough/ candied fruit before a dry and fairly punchily spicy bitter finish. No overt alcohol but you can feel it. Good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
As Quad - 2022 version is 10% ABV. Brown with a beige coat that doesn't last. Aroma of dried and stewed fruit - raisin, fig - brown sugary dough, spices, some overt alcohol. More vinous than expected with oaked red wine providing a little acidity to cut the sweetness. Still lots of dried fruit. Rich but very drinkable with moderate spiced bitterness. Very good; not an attempt to clone anything else.