8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of bluebetty. Clear amber with a creamy and lacing off-white head. Amazingly fresh aroma hops in the nose - Sorachi Ace? Or is it just the barrel adding this sophisticated edge? Medium body, very dry fruit, again these extremely sophisticated notes - comes out as Sorachi Ace, but it may be the barrel coming in. Dry and bitter finish - but not excessively so. Incredibly delicious. 021110
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2010
at 13:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours golden amber into a snifter. White head crackles and recedes to skim surface. Toasted nuts and resin aromas. Full with upfront sweet caramel turning dry in the astringent pine and resin finish.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2010
at 17:12
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Pours orange/amber with a creamy lasting head leaving lots of lacing.Nose shows lots of tropical fruit, grapefruit, orange blossom. I’m guessing there’s a fair bit of Nelson Sauvin in this from the passion-fruit as well. Malt is certainly not forgotten , lots of sweet clean crystal. Very nice!The malt is stronger as a flavour with some toasty notes joining the sweet caramel. Similar hop character as in the aroma, but with more grapefruit and pine. Finishes quite sweet but with a matching bold bitterness.Creamy carbonation, not too high, slick syrupy mouthfeel, awesome!
Tried
on 04 Oct 2010
at 03:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Max’s. Pours semi clear amber. Nose and taste of citrus, malts, caramel and hops. More citrus in the taste then in the nose. Finish is slightly bitter malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2010
at 23:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bright orange with an off-white head. Sweet aroma of light caramel and flowers with some pears, grapefruit and a hint of oak. Taste is very grapefruity with caramel sweetness - like a morning grapefruit dusted with soft brown sugar and stuck under the heat to caramelise. Also quite woody and a bit oxidised, with sherry and chardonnay notes. Fruity finish with lingering bitterness. Lots of nice flavours - there are English touches, Nth American touches and a definite Kiwi edge to the hops. But it seems a little muddled more than it does complex.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2010
at 06:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 12C. Very dark brown with a dense crema head. Aroma has mild roast, nuts, coffee, nectarines, lychees and a little gooseberry. Certainly quite noticeably hoppy aromatics for a stout. Medium body has some stickiness. Taste has more roasted malt character than suggested by the aroma. Not much fruit taste, but quite a lot of coffee and cocoa. Dry, almost powdery finish is more roasted than hop bitterness. Lacks a little depth but pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2010
at 05:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle sampled at SIB, pours amber gold. Aroma and flavour of caramel, sweetness and hop. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2010
at 19:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sampled at SIB, pours golden orange. Aroma and flavour of hops, citrus, and malty sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2010
at 19:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a light tan head. Grapefruit and light earthy aroma. Grapefruit and light sumemr fruit flavor with light malt. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and light malt lingers with light pine and light summer fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2010
at 09:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream colored head. Grapefruit aroma. Pink grapefruit and tropical fruit flavor with rind and light caramel. Medium bodied. Nice bitterness. Grapefruit lingers with light caramel and light pine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2010
at 09:06