Subsidiaries
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Brown-black beer, no head to speak of. Coca-Cola pearling. Slightly smoked, black malts, roasted, slight cigar. Very light on the roasted side, a bit of chocolate, and more cigar flavour. Good balance for this 6% (so indicated at the brewery blackboard), not watery and quite smooth. Good, if not stellar porter.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2008
at 11:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Thick, very dense greyish head; black beer with red-brownish shine. Very roasted and very obvious oatmeal,even in the nose?! Very roasted, quite nutty (rather than coffee), more oats & grains in the flavour. Very smooth, creamy texture. A stout that is very much tuned by the oats - not bad.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2008
at 11:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught No head (dirty glass - at the brewery!), slightly hazy orange colour. Very expressly pineapple nose, some hops, but generally sweetish-fruity smelling. Fruits and sweetish, like a fruitcake with pineapple and some citrus. Hops are there, but they hardly seem US! Yet, this is good, if a tad sweet. Medium bodied. Quite easily drinkable, the alcohol being inconspicious, this is a dangerous one. The least hoppy of all IIPA’s - and yet this is more than OK. And such thing on the West Coast - shocking!
Tried
on 23 Apr 2008
at 11:21
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught Golden-amber beer with a good yellowish head. Good floral & citrussy hops, some sweet malt coming through. Some caramel, cakecrust and orange-marmalade hops. Rather well-bodied, quite slick. Quite good, and even discreet ale. The Ballast Point forte: balance.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2008
at 11:16
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught Fully hazy green-yellow; small whitish head, fast gone. Coriander abounds, some citrus, and definitely wheat. Don’t get much clove/banana. Sweet with a citrussy thrust; perfumey, and coriander galore. Retronasal a bit of bananaester. Pretty light, even for a wit; smooth but refreshing. Aftertaste distinct oranges. Very refreshing, but also very light wit.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2008
at 11:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark orange beer with a yellowish-tinted head. Very fruity grapey, some "bittered" malts. Very dry-hoppy, again grapey, grapefruit, warm malts underneath all the hops. Well-bodied, rather fiery MF. Nice, if a bit cliché W.C. IPA.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2008
at 11:06
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught Fully clear orange-golden beer with a very fine-dense head. Slighty smoked malt, and lots of pale malts. Dry-malty taste, peanuts flavour, toasted malts and a hint at hops. At the end, restsugars aplenty, and one would suspect an addition of corn - in a Kölsch... Light bodied, quite slick and not really empty; very slight burning MF. Definitely a "Kölsch" with an American twist, if not really superfluous.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2008
at 10:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Small, off-white head over amber-orange ale. Hops, C-hops, but in a discreet citrussy aroma; as well as green apple ester. Very smoky taste, hopscake - even a lot. Cigarette ashes it really are. Quite a lot of taste for such a low-alcohol beer (the brewery blackboard said 3.5 percent!), but the finish is a bit watery after all, and it is discreet - maybe too discreet, but indeed a very flavourful "session"beer.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2008
at 09:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Deep amber with medium amberish head, very dense. Outspoken C-hops, hopcake, caramel, well balanced nose. Hoppy, bitter, hopcake, bit of orangemarmalade; ends metallic. Very slick and well-bodied. Nice amber ale, almost an IPA.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2008
at 15:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 fl oz bottle. Pours golden orange with a nicely lacing and light off-white head. Peach and grapefruit hops aroma, very inviting and fresh. Flavour starts light sweet caramelish, goes into light malt note before a nice set of light peach, pineapple and distinct grapefruit flavour appear in the finish. Shows a light wooden note and solid dryness into the finish and beyond. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2008
at 11:38