7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
8th November 2013
Dean Swift. Bottle. Hazy amber beer with a tidy pale cream coloured head. Palate is minerally crisp. Light and thin malt. Light hops - nice orange and orange peel. Mellow pine and a whisper of tropical fruits and hop spice. Finishes crisp. Refreshing. Good start! A beer in the Kernel and Partizan mode. Will need to up the hop intensity a lot to compete with those stellar breweries though.
Dean Swift. Bottle. Hazy amber beer with a tidy pale cream coloured head. Palate is minerally crisp. Light and thin malt. Light hops - nice orange and orange peel. Mellow pine and a whisper of tropical fruits and hop spice. Finishes crisp. Refreshing. Good start! A beer in the Kernel and Partizan mode. Will need to up the hop intensity a lot to compete with those stellar breweries though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2013
at 13:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at the Lyric - Soho, London. Pours clear, light yellow-gold with a creamy white head. The aroma has lots of spicy yeast and dough, some wheat. Medium sweet flavor with white sugar, esters, hints of grapefruit, lots of doughy white bread, faint hay. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish with mild herbs, more spicy yeastdominant doughy white bread, straight sugar, slight bitter staw. There is a mild dryness that kicks in at the end to slightly offset all the sugary, doughy bread character. Overall it is a pretty decent take on saison.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2013
at 08:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Lyric Soho. It pours lightly hazy pale gold with a small, fizzy white head. The nose is earthy, ginger, hay, toasty, light barnyard, pear and honey. The taste is bitter-sweet, over-ripe banana, honey, ginger, pepper, toasty grass, orange peel, candy and boiled sweets with a pretty dry, bitter finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Rather nice honey & ginger thing going on. Balance is also good. Nice work.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2013
at 04:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ home. Opaque black color, small brown head that diminishes fairly quickly. Aroma has malts, dark malts and lots of coffee. Taste malts, roasted malts, coffee, bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Nicely balanced. Like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2013
at 08:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ benzai. Pitch black colour with a small light brown head. Smells very roasty, lots of coffee, dark chocolate, great. Tastes roasty, some coffee, very bitter, sweetish, some tar and a bit harsh. Full body, soft carbo. The espresso is mostly in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2013
at 08:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle at home ... light hazy amber .. small white head .. soft honey ...big yeast nose ... soft sweet yeast ... soft fruits ... oily fruits ... very honey ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2013
at 12:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle at home ... deep black ... thin tan bubbly head ... soft dry roast ... over fizzy ... dark chcolate roast ... dark coffee ... ligth bitter roast...
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2013
at 12:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from York Beer and Wine. Murky, amber colour. No head. Very little carbonation. Aroma is a fusty red grapiness. Some fruitiness, but the NZ hops aren’t really evident. Long, fusty, slightly grapefruit bitter finish. I’d like to try this beer again. The condition of this one wasn’t up to scratch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2013
at 14:11
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from Bier Huis, Ossett. Hazy, honeyed orange colour. Thin, white head. Aroma is white bread dough, pear drops and a subtle ripe cherry fruitiness. The ginger is distinct too, but not at all dominant. A ginger spiciness is evident on the palate too. A honeyed sweetness gives way to a dry, fruity finish. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2013
at 12:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bier Huis, Ossett. Hazy gold. Thick, white, lasting head. As you’d expect. Aroma is ripe banana, cloves. Some lemony, yeasty sourness too. Sharp on the palate, but has a nice bready finish. Liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2013
at 13:07