5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Gold with a dense cm of white head. Smells like lemon barley water. Upon a taste it's really quite tonic water-y with quinine and maybe cassia, some lemon. Didn't really taste any coffee. Moderately sour and dryish at the end. Kind of works as a brusque dust cutter.
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2022
at 13:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Clear brown with a light beige head that's soon just a wisp. Chocolate, earth and spice aroma. Mouthfilling with brief bread and chocolate richness before a modestly bitter spiced finish. OK in a style I'm rarely thrilled by.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Apr 2022
at 14:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Misty gold with a loose white head that collapses to a cm. Aroma of pineapple, mandarin, nectarines, crackers. So it tastes - bittersweet with tropical and stone fruit - hard to tell what's hop and what's yeast. Lacks much of a finish - it's bittersweet from the start and then just fades. Fair enough.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2022
at 12:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375ml can into pint glass. From Beer Cartel. Hazy amber pour with a thousand tiny bubbles and a medium head of froth. You can smell the grapefruit from a foot away. Nice. Touch of musk sticks too. Very easy to drink, smooth with a nice body. Slight fizz and more grapefruit in the finish. This is good.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2021
at 12:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Very dark brown with a large beige head that fades but returns with a swirl. Aroma of singed grain, dried banana, baked pears, funky spices, berries. Are the spices going to be barrel, esters or hops? Happily, it's not clear on a taste - but there's plenty of oak and not a heap of bitterness. Dry, mildly roasty, subdued funk and fruit. Some red wine notes emerge as it it warms a bit.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2021
at 11:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours slightly hazy gold with a large lasting head.Nose shows heavy grapefruit, soft clean malt, floral hops.Flavours include more grapefuit, including a slightly astringent bitterness. Some soft clean malt underneath but it's pretty restrained. It's all about the grapefruit in this one.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2021
at 11:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nose shows spicy, floral and peach-like hops along with faint bready malt.Flavours include soft lychee, clean malt, slight bready characters, light spicy hops.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2021
at 08:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
I checked my rating of the now-defunct Molly Rose Shoulders of Giants (a 7.4% IPA) and I'd said it was disturbingly easy drinking for such a strong beer. That comment certainly rings true for this one. I get pine needles, rockmelon and guava, honey and a little caramel on the nose. The pine needles dominate the tasting, and that alcohol does come through late. Beautiful aroma, good taste.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2021
at 11:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Dark brown with a beige head that fades to around a cm. Aroma of chocolate, bread (not brioche, leaner), mild citrus, some pepper. Dryish with some roast and licorice as well. Brief bitter finish. A bit fizzy but the balance is nice - although it's curt rather than enveloping.
Tried
from Can
on 13 May 2021
at 13:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 375ml can on 6/3/2021. Pours a clear light golden with a medium head. The nose is herbal, bready and resiny. The taste gives you sweet and sour citrus against a bready malt background. The hops a very firm, dry and just a touch sour, and linger long. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Certainly interesting, but not really a home run for me. Of course, it might just be the hop.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2021
at 03:34