Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 3.5
Can from Cork & Cask. Milky golden body with a tight white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of sulphur and rubbed flower petals. Flavour of plastic and mould. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. This is undrinkable. A rare dud from Cross Borders. Something has gone wrong here.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Spring 2018 from Cross Borders Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Keg at salthorse. Pours hazy golden, nose is banana, toffee, herbal, floral, taste is herbal, funky, toffee, musty. --- Beer merged from original tick of Spring (2018) on 02 Oct 2018 at 19:40 - Score: 6
Stuu (34525) reviewed Wee Braw from Cross Borders Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at salthorse. Pours hazy golden orange, nose is pineapple, mango, taste is juicy fruit, sweet, dry.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Can, gift from Tom. Hazy golden body with a few tiny flecks beneath a thin white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of minerals, straw and orange rind. Flavour of grapefruit and wheat. Thin to medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. A simple, hop-forward beer.
Scopey (25115) reviewed India Porter from Cross Borders Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Keg at Craftsman Company. It pours jet black with a small beige head. The aroma is rich roasted malt, charred wood, fragrant, floral, bubblegum, parma violets and some spice. The taste is dry, bitter, rich roasted malt, charred, cocoa, toasted pine needles, parma violets, charred wood, ash, umami, orange peel, orange blossom and some peppery spice with a drying finish. Medium+ body and moderate, dense carbonation. Rich and flavoursome. Plenty to it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Keg at Craftsman. It pours cloudy golden - orange with a small white head. The aroma is fresh, juicy, oily, mango, apricot, candied peel, doughy bread and biscuit. The taste is dry, pretty bitter, pithy, zesty, floral, orange blossom, floury bread, minerals, tangerine, stone fruit, peppery spice and earth with a drying, citric finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can from Cork & Cask. Dark brown body with a thick beige head. Good lacing. Aroma of blueberries, liquorice and ash. Flavour of sharp cranberry and a woody/chocolatey quality. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. A tasty beer but I’d have loved a bit more depth from the malt.
Leighton (34941) reviewed IPA from Cross Borders Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can at home in Hackney - picked up at Royal Mile Whiskies. Pours clear gold with a foamy, white head. Dry citrus peel in the nose, orange, some pale grains. Light sweet flavour, dry and flinty, some grass, flinty minerality, hay, a little astringency. Light bodied with average carbonation. Dry finish, quite bitter, some pine needles, grass, more dried citrus peel, more mellow astringency and flinty notes. So so overall.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed India Porter from Cross Borders Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Cask at the herriot watt beer festival 2018...Dark black. Small tan head.. Soft dry pine roast.. bitter charcoal roast malts nose. Dark chocolate.. Sweet chocolate.. big pine chocolate roast Cask at the bow bar apr 2019... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet roast chocolate malts nose.. Dark dry pine chocolate roast malts.. Light soft body.. Sweet dark rich pine chocolate roast
McCash (16021) reviewed India Porter from Cross Borders Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from Appellation Wines Comely Bank. Appearance - dark brown to black with a nice fluffy fawn head. Nose - dark chocolate, light pine. Taste - big melding of pink grapefruit and chocolate. Lime edge. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture. Nicely tapered dry finish. Good linger. Overall - good gear! A hoppy porter.