5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Faculty, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out dry crisp crackery malt and astringent floral hops. Flavour follows accordingly, with crisp crackery malt and character-less hops that leave an astringent punch. Ambition-less, forgettable beer, but competent.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2017
at 20:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden, bright, thin head. Looks appetizing. Earthy aroma, dried leaves, slightly orangey and just a hint of that citra litterbox. Earthy, bit cheesy on the palate. Light, clean pale malts are a bit biscuity. The citra definitely could stand to be brighter, but otherwise a balanced, easy-drinking pale that would score several points higher with fresher hops.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2017
at 20:25
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bright golden with a thin head. Really looks nice. Lightly toasty on the nose. Flabby pale malt taste, with vaguely herbal hop. Not all that bright, though none of the cashmere beers I’ve had this year were. Low bitterness...like this is sweet for a golden ale much less a pale. I see the 40 IBU but that’s just math; the apparent bitterness is very low on this one.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2016
at 23:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bright amber. No head. Nose has chewy caramelized malts and earthy centennials. Earthy taste, well-balanced. These hops work well in this caramelized crystal malt context. One of their best beers so far.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2016
at 12:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
July 2017: 7.4%, 55 IBU. Totally different specs than before. Golden with just a bit of chill haze Bright hops are a touch floral, grapefruity and maybe a bit tropical. Bitter, grapefruity, some sweetness from the malt, maybe verging on chewiness. This is by no means a world-beater, but represents a substantial upgrade on the buttery first brew. Whether than is recipe + execution or just execution I’m not sure. BR>
Original December 2016 rating: 6.5%, 75 IBU. Golden, bright. Thin head. Not pulling much aroma but that’s probably good because it tastes like diacetyl. Some biscuity pale malts, not much hop. But you don’t win friends with butter. 4-4-3-2-6 = 1.9
Original December 2016 rating: 6.5%, 75 IBU. Golden, bright. Thin head. Not pulling much aroma but that’s probably good because it tastes like diacetyl. Some biscuity pale malts, not much hop. But you don’t win friends with butter. 4-4-3-2-6 = 1.9
Tried
on 25 Dec 2016
at 12:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask, dry hopped with Cashmere. Hazy, quite pale and dull. Expressive papaya, mandarin nose from the cashmere hops. Flat. Tart, lots of fruitiness, light bitterness. Pretty refreshing - give this some carbo and you’ve got a beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Dec 2016
at 12:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft - Not sure sure this should still be on tap. Light Perfumy caramel. Clear Amber with a small off white head. Woody and Perfumy bitterness with a nice bit of caramel in the background. Much better than I expected.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2016
at 18:19
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft - Light caramel and some woody and earthy hops. Clear gold with a small white head. Light caramel and biscuit with some earthy and light bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2016
at 18:15
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draft - Minty and wheat. Cloudy and murky yell with a small white head. Just as it smells and I have only one question, Why?
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2016
at 18:09
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draught at the brewery
I’m impressed by the first clean looking beer at Faculty; golden color, small head. The malt has a mild bready character, wet soaked bread, sweetish, also because the bitterness is almost absent. If this was a showcase for the hop, it didn’t work.
Clean, useless beer, boring.
I’m impressed by the first clean looking beer at Faculty; golden color, small head. The malt has a mild bready character, wet soaked bread, sweetish, also because the bitterness is almost absent. If this was a showcase for the hop, it didn’t work.
Clean, useless beer, boring.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2016
at 04:09