bhensonb (22726) reviewed Craftsman (2012) from Renaissance Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Corti Bros. Pours very dark brown with a foamy 3 finger frothy light tan head. Nice aroma of dark milk chocolate with a hop hit. Med body - less as froth goes. Not the best impression there. The flavor is now bitter chocolate - there seems to be a lot of hop in here. Touch of coffee. I’m not sure this works all that well. Lots of flavor - but harsh - and hoppy chocolate? It is growing on me. Seeing it finishing dry, bitter and chocolate. Ok. I’m convinced.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
50cl bottle pours with a dark brown to deep ruby red body that supports a half inch tall tan head. The aroma offers up prunes, brown sugar, earthy goodness, boysenberries and a touch of ripe cherry meat. The taste begins with caramel sweetness and then quickly heads toward dates and prunes and molasses. Behind those notes is a pleasing earthiness that binds everything together. This is a bit thin but offers up a pleasing level of richness and depth. Nice, a pretty solid Scotch Ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Pours burnished copper with a fading head.Aroma of sultanas, burnt figs, fruit cake and brown sugar. Nice!Flavours are not as great. Some of the fruit is still there but then it falls short quickly.Body feels a bit watery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(bottle) clear medium amber colour with medium tall off white head; aroma of stewed fruit; balanced flavour with a very long medium bitter and mineral finish, ok
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Ok, but I’m struggling even to remember anything about this beer the morning after I had it, which means it really made little impression. Pours orange with ok head and lacing. Some hops on nose with a lot of malt. English-style light-style IPA. Finishes a little bitter. Bottle.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Ok. Has a fruity nose with some malt - well-integrated together. Pours with a foamy head with nice lacing. Dark red clear colour. Finishes bitter with some astringency. Kind of peters out after initial aroma. Booze in the aroma as well. Bottle.
solidfunk (22078) reviewed Perfection Pale Ale from Renaissance Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Mostly malt in the aroma but a little hops. Pours cloudy orange with ok lacing and some head. Pretty explosive initial carbonation, but it ends up being pretty flat. Finishes sour with a bite of tinny astringency. Pretty boring import for the lcbo.
Davros (5303) reviewed Craftsman (2012) from Renaissance Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Pours black with a tan head.Nose shows chocolate, oatmeal, raosted malt, tiramisu, cocoa. Great.Similar flavours, very tiramisu-like. coffee, cocoa, sweet oat/biscuity notes. Finishes with some dry roasted malt.Could use a thicker body.Pretty awesome.
shrubber (15840) reviewed Elemental Porter from Renaissance Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Chocolate malt and herbal aroma. Dark brown with giant head. Burnt wood, dark chocolate, and lightly bitter herbal hops flavor. Very nice.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Pours entirely as a tan head....slowly giving way to almost black ....takes a while. Aroma is heavy, sweet chocolate, roast coffee. Taste is thick, chocolate, a little smoky, dark fruit. Very nice.