7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at NERAX 4/27/2005
Well my notes are quite glorious on this one having all of one word, but fortunately I remember the beer, it making quite an impression being the first true cask lager I have tried. Floral hops, light tangerines and mild peaches in the aroma, a bit of mineral water. Flavor begins with some herbs, bits of honey and dough, light citrus, a brief pause for some yeast and then fades to water, light lemons and a bit of crisp lager yeast. I couldnt have picked this out as a lager, had I not known. Light body, watery, low carbonation.
Well my notes are quite glorious on this one having all of one word, but fortunately I remember the beer, it making quite an impression being the first true cask lager I have tried. Floral hops, light tangerines and mild peaches in the aroma, a bit of mineral water. Flavor begins with some herbs, bits of honey and dough, light citrus, a brief pause for some yeast and then fades to water, light lemons and a bit of crisp lager yeast. I couldnt have picked this out as a lager, had I not known. Light body, watery, low carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2005
at 15:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask Conditoned at NERAX 4/28/2005
Is Silktork going to be mad at me if I say this is one of my favorites of the fest so far? Maybe it was the fact that this was soooo much better on cask than in bottle, but I don’t know, for whatever reason I really enjoyed it. Light and tingly, but still full of lemon, lemonpeel, grapefruit and pale malt. That little bit of herbal/lemony flavor that is disgustingly overwhelming in bottles is present, but only briefly and it seems to work well with the beer. Medium body for how low gravity it is, not watery. Citric acid all over the place, but still manages to be controlled. Not too sweet. Yum.
Is Silktork going to be mad at me if I say this is one of my favorites of the fest so far? Maybe it was the fact that this was soooo much better on cask than in bottle, but I don’t know, for whatever reason I really enjoyed it. Light and tingly, but still full of lemon, lemonpeel, grapefruit and pale malt. That little bit of herbal/lemony flavor that is disgustingly overwhelming in bottles is present, but only briefly and it seems to work well with the beer. Medium body for how low gravity it is, not watery. Citric acid all over the place, but still manages to be controlled. Not too sweet. Yum.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2005
at 15:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Golden colour, not much head. Light citrusy aroma. A very hoppy beer with some cookie-like maltiness in the background. A good session beer.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2005
at 05:35
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask: Jan Primus, Utrecht. Clear golden color, small off-white head. Aroma of english hops, bit sour, some grains and spices. Taste is sweet and sour, some wheat and grain, very bitter. Thick body. Bitter palate. It’s not a belgian white, but it’s ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2005
at 10:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Dark golden colour with nice foamy white head. Very fruity aroma with hints of caramel. Flavour was more hoppy than I expected, but still very wellbalanced. The finish was quite sweet and left the mouth a bit sticky. Had the fortune to find one bottle of this in a local small shop. Would buy more if they happen to get more, the shopowner didn’t know by the point I bought this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2005
at 01:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear orange-amber ale: good & dense off-white head, not very stable. Creamy nose, and at the same time fresh-hoppy smell. Very American. Some vanilla in there. WOW! this must be my hoppiest Scottish ale to date. This is great - real northern IPA. Caramelly undertones, but nowhere sweet. Light body, but I can hardly blame a 4.4% ABV beer for not being heavy - in fact, it seems more in heaviness, if not in alcohol. Aftertaste has some tobacco ash. Great bitter. I’ll have mine without the haggis corpse, thankee. Now, as to a pistacchio-stuffed leg of lamb, Moghul style, OTOH...
Tried
from Can
on 18 Mar 2005
at 14:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled. Golden colour with small white bubbly head. Hoppy and flowery nose with weak hints of malt. Flavour is bitterish but a bit weak to what I waited it would be. Some notes of citrus can also be found. Mouthdrying beer, but it lacks aftertaste almost completely. Nice palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2005
at 11:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Black couloured with minor brown head. Chocolate and fruits with hints of vanilla in the aroma. Very smooth taste, mainly of malt and smoke, but also hints of coffee in the aftertaste. (8 4 8 4 16)
Casked. Ruby red/black colour with small brown head. Aroma of roasted malts and strange sweetness. The sweetness also dominates the flavour and makes the otherwise so good beer rather unbalanced. I prefer the bottled version of this by far. (6 3 5 2 10)
Casked. Ruby red/black colour with small brown head. Aroma of roasted malts and strange sweetness. The sweetness also dominates the flavour and makes the otherwise so good beer rather unbalanced. I prefer the bottled version of this by far. (6 3 5 2 10)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2005
at 08:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
For once the commercial description actually fits the beer - a wonderfull flowery hopp aroma even in the bottled version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2005
at 08:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clear deep golden. Hoppy aroma with hay and sock juice. Fairly sweet and medium bodied with some wheat malt flavour and candy underneath a thick blanket of hops. Lingering very bitter finish. Damn good sock juice!
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2005
at 01:51