Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Golden-brown. The aroma has a lot of toasty bread character. The palate is the same...bready and with a slight brown sugar note. Tasty bock.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pale and hazy. The aroma is a bit yeasty, bit peachy, bit lacto. Similar on the palate, the peach being rather subtle until the finish, when it makes more of an impression. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy dull amber but a nice head. Earthy, slightly piney nose, with a biscuity, somewhat chewy character. Like "India pale lager" sort of character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Hazy light tan. The aroma has a nice pear-papaya (galaxy?) nose. Moderate bitterness. Fruity lychee-pear, papaya character. A nice, flavourful, balanced pale.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at the brewpub
Black color, brownish creamy head. Roasted malts, dark chocolate, a touch of coffee, and light spiciness, on a smooth and dry body. Dark bread too. A lot of elements, some complexity.
Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draught at the brewpub
Cloudy red amber color. Hoppy and quite fruity; but the flavor is too yeasty; a bit lemony and astringent because of the Brett.
As often happens with Brett IPAs, it’s too rough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at the brewpub
Hazy dark blond color, small to no head. Light, lemony, refreshing, with light spicy wheat touch. Simple but pleasant.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Draught at the brewpub
Mahogany color, dark, with small to no head. Moderate caramel aroma and flavor, light residual sweetness, some roasted nuts.
Not a bad beer, hardly a Doppelbock though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Draught at the brewpub
Hazy dark amber color with creamy head. Very mild fruity aroma. Dry mouthfeel; traces of glue, chemicals, phenol; a bit tart and astringent; can’t find the peach. Regular bitterness, not from the hops but from the chemicals.
Weird. Beautiful but not tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
I had quite a few pints of this beer over the weeks, and decided that this bold, perfect India Pale Lager deserves higher respect. 8-4-7-5-16=40
2015-03-20, draught at the brewpub, as S.M.A.S.H. Mouth Lager, 7-4-7-5-15=
Hazy golden color, compact head. Fruity aroma, hoppy, fresh. Very nice malt profile, a bit biscuity; smooth, dry; very strong bitterness, resiny hops, fruity (peach and mango).
2015-03-11, draught at the brewpub, as Lawgrrr, 6-4-7-3-13=33
Cloudy golden color, small compact head. The aroma is mildly fruity. The fruity character, although mild, is even more evident in the flavor; very good malt flavor; it’s a bit too much bitter, in the final almost chicory; if they can tune the extra bitterness it would be an amazing beer.
Very interesting.