Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can from the Six° North Webshop. Black pour with a tan head. Nose is chocolate cake, coffee, cocoa. Taste is dark chocolate, coffee cake, liquorice toffee, cocoa. Sweet, malty & lightly bitter aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can from the Six Degrees North webshop. Cloudy orange pour with a white head. Ho ho hoppy Christmas everyone! Tropical fruit and sweet citrus aromas. Taste is orange marmalade, apricot jam, tropical fruit, peach. Quite a bittersweet edge.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can picked up at Marine Hotel, Stonehaven. It pours ever so slightly hazy deep amber with a rugged, thick off - white head - not dissimilar to orval. The aroma is musty, funky brett vibes, brown bread, digestive biscuit, dried lime, gooseberry, melon and white grape. The taste is firmly dry, bitterness which builds and lingers, toothy, metallic twang, deep funk, barnyard, Brett, spicy, fizzy lemon - lime, pithy, zesty, sour white grape, gooseberry, melon, hint of acidity, white wine, brown bread, digestive biscuit and dry wood with a dry, funky finish. Medium body and moderate+, fluffy carbonation. Definitely has plenty of orval characteristics. Fruit, dry and funky. A nice ode to one of the best beers in existence.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Fountainhall Wines, Stonehaven. It pours jet black with a decent khaki head. The aroma is dark roasted malt, bitter - sweet, dark chocolate covered coffee beans, treacle, molasses, mellow honey, umami, liquorice and distant bonfire smoke. The taste is firmly dry, pretty bitter, dark roasted malt, charred malt, chewy, toothy, umami, liquorice, espresso coffee, dark chocolate, chocolate covered coffee beans, molasses and dull acidity with drying, dark roasted finish. Average body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Honey is not as big a part of this beer as expected, it's quite subtle. Nice dry stout nonetheless.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Marine Hotel, Stonehaven. It pours clear yellow - gold with h a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is bready, biscuit, soft, sweet, orange blossom and a touch peach & apricot. The taste is firmly dry, pleasing bitterness, snappy, firm, grassy, straw, floral, peppery spice and waxy citrus peel with a drying finish. Light body and soft, fluffy carbonation. Nice easy going stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
330ml can. Black with a thin tan head. Sweet caramel and chocolate aroma, honey warmth comes through in the flavour
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Black beer, tan head. Smells.malty, a little sweet. Flavour has lots of malt again, sweet and toasty. A little caramel, nice dry finish. Very decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy purple-y beer, decent pinkish head. Smells of blackcurrant as you might expect, but of actual fruit, not sugary 'blackcurrant flavour.' Flavour has tart blackcurrant, a little berry jam, a bit of acidity, some citrus. Nice flavour of actual fruit, a bit of sugary, jammy sweetness through the finish. Very decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Fountainhall Wines, Aberdeen. It pours clear pale gold with a decent fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, fragrant, bright, orange blossom, tangerine, gummy bears, juicy pineapple vibes, touch of sherbet and some orangina. The taste is crispy, dry, clean malt base, pithy, zesty, tangerine, pink grapefruit, tangelo, pine needles, orange blossom and touch pineapple with a drying finish. Light body and moderate, prickly carbonation. Clean, fruity and crushable. Nice summer sessioner.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
440 ml can, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 6.0%. Hazy orange to reddish colour, moderate but shortlived off-white head. Sickly sweetish aroma of vomit, cherries, over-ripe raspberries and heather flowers. Medium sour flavour of lactic acid and sour berries, a hint of honey. Low bitterness. Won't buy again.