6/10
Tried
on 05 Feb 2015
at 05:42
8/10
Tried
on 05 Feb 2015
at 05:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the Cotteridge Convention big thanks evilempire. It pours hazy gold with decent white head. The nose is big citrus, particularly grapefruit, some grass, hop spice and some creamy rice pudding thing going on. The taste is crisp, big bitter hit upfront... earth, grassy green hops, straw, resin and some sweet tropical action with a lingering dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Crisp and damn bitter. No not your typical English Xmas offering! Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2015
at 08:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at Elysian Winter Beer Festival, Ely, 2015. Golden/orange, without a lot of head. Peaches, apricot and cereal dominate the scent. Bittersweet taste with a slight sour note at the end. Medium palette. This is quite good, although maybe not to everyone’s taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2015
at 08:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
24th Jan 2014: shared bottle at the Cotteridge Wine meet. Cheers EvilEmpire for supplying this. Really dark brown body with a decent white head. The nose was a blend of roasted maltiness, liquorice and hedgerow fruits. The taste had a bitterness with a citrus feel within the malty base. Different and pleasant, another take on the fairly new style of BIPA’s. I am warming to the beers within this ’modern idea’ of darker IPA’s.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2015
at 07:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
24th Jan 2015: shared bottle at Cotteridge Wine meet. Poured a hazy gold with an off white pillow on top. This is all about the hops and there are plenty hanging around in this brew. They cancel each other out a little though, loads of grapefruit in the aroma and taste but that overshadows the tropical fruit like attributes of other hops varieties. Still a nice beer, and different, but just over hopped for my palate (I am old apparently).
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2015
at 10:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Cotteridge wine convention; hazy golden yellow pour with a foamy off white head, tropical fruit aroma, taste has grapefruit, tangerine, mango and pine, a real hop assault on the senses.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2015
at 11:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. Pours light hazy gold with a thin head. Aroma is piney toilet cleaner hop. Taste is bitter with green hops. Piney and pissy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2015
at 07:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Black with a small creamy off-white head. Has some roasted malt aroma and taste, but the cherry, although not over-stated is certainly the dominant character here which also makes it feel somewhat like a porter except for the robust texture of the stout which it is.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2015
at 17:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Black with a creamy off-white head. Has a hint of roasted malt in aroma and taste, with the vanilla giving it a mild creamy texture. The vanilla flavour also lingers long in its aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2015
at 12:33