3.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 3
On tap at Le Cheval Blanc, pours a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is really messed up, with all sorts of phenolic notes — burnt rubber — maybe there's prunes further back. Flavour is indeed infected as hell, with all sorts of phenols ruining this. Totally undrinkable. Needs serious fixing.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2021
at 19:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Le Cheval Blanc, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Nose actually smells more like a lager, with that malty, straw-like breadiness, with the hops sitting way further back. Flavour confirms this impression. This is more like a lightly hopped lager than it is an IPA. Good clarity but just nothing special flavour-wise. It's alright.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2021
at 19:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at Le Cheval Blanc, pours a hazy full golden with a small white head. Nose is very English in the hop department, with a decent bready malt backbone. Flavour is much the same, with bready malt and English hops. Not a big fan of the hop expression here. It smells much more promising than it tastes; maybe it needs the typical casking to blunt the flavours. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2021
at 19:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Le Cheval Blanc, pours a fairly clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma reveals a really nice weat coast hop expression — there's pine, dank weediness, some resins — and backed with a crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is clean, with piney hops, some resins, and crisp biscuity malt. There's very low residual bitterness. I like these blonde IPAs — they often manage to be cleaner than the over-malted old school (I)IPAs. Very drinkable, yet I'd still hope for a more forceful hop character. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2021
at 19:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Le Cheval Blanc, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma certainly brings out the hoppy white wine tanginess from the NZ hops, along with rustic saison yeast and maybe some young brett that hasn't yet had a chance to impart funk. Flavour is much the same, with a great blend of rustic saison yeast and white wine tanginess from the ample hopping. Not very funky, nor is the brett very detectable otherwise. I appreciate the rustic character and the incorporation of the NZ hops. Very good, despite it not being all that complex.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2021
at 19:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On nitro tap at Le Cheval Blanc, pours black with a thick, creamy light brown head. Nose brings out dry, hearty oats, and dry cocoa. Flavour is creamy, with bone dry cocoa and earthy, hearty oats. Nice bitter finish that retains its heartiness. Well-made for the boring style it is.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2021
at 19:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Le Cheval Blanc, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out crisp grassy hops, some herbal notes, and sweet cereal grains. Flavour is clean and crisp, with bright, spicy, grassy hops and crisp crackery malt. Now this is vibrant, crisp and quaffable. Amply hopped, with great bite and crispness. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2021
at 19:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Picturesque from tap. A little too yeasty but very nice salty flavors. Not sure about herbals. --- Beer merged from original tick of Gose on 15 May 2019 at 20:43 - Score: 7. Original review text: A little too yeasty but very nice salty flavors. Nit sure about herbals.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2021
at 12:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy, yellow color and a white head. Citric, grainy, grassy, herbal and nice bitterness. Dryish finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Pré Prohibition Lager on 15 May 2019 at 20:54 - Score: 7. Original review text: Nice hoppy lager. Grainy, grassy and nice bitterness.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2021
at 12:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy, golden color and a niche white head. NOse of overripe tropical fruits, sweet like decaying. Juicy mouthfeeling, fruity and faint flavors of lemongrass. Very nice piny-hoppy finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Dr Rudi IPA on 15 May 2019 at 21:03 - Score: 8. Original review text: Juicy, overripe tropical fruits. Very nice fruity hoppy finish.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2021
at 12:08