Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Cask gravity at Mason & Taylor Hip Hop BF. Towards bottom if the barrel. There was certainly some barrel tipping going on. Thats pretty good. Theyve put some hops in there. Wow just like hop tea on the finish. Harsh aggressive but almost completely wonderful. Wow that does have a hell of a finish. I may still be tasting this beer next week. Sat chatting to Dave you know Dave from The Wenlock. Hardcore. Jesus thats just on the right edge of becoming undrinkably hoppy but is just restrained enough. Crazy beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at the Wenlock Arms on 23rd March 2011. Slightly hazy gold with thin ring of foam. Hoppy and rich yeasty aroma. Bitter in-mouth; liquid giving some richly hoppy and bitter notes. Textured mouthfeel and increasingly bitter aftertaste. Impressive for its strength.
Fin (18516) reviewed Shadowplay from Steel City Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival 04.02.11 Pours black with some reddish glints and with a light beige head on top. Aroma is quite big hoppiness but there is also some roasted notes and a goodly lacing of decent cocoa powder. In fact the latter was what I also liked in the mouth and whilst I really enjoyed that clean crisp green juicy hoppy bite I also liked the interplay with the nice smooth but dark cocoa richness that sat on the tongue. Overall a great beer and vying for my festival favourite with the Crouch Vale Pioneer. Great stuff again Gazza! A8 A5 T8 P4 Ov16 4.1
cagarvie (40235) reviewed Vladichestvo from Steel City Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
bottle at home ... my this is clearly the base beer of Vladichestvo ... you get all the same stuff without the vanilla ... blacl ... thinist bubbles head ... sweet roast ... light charcoal nose .. loft easy roast ...little caramel toffee ... soft roast ... my i know i only get the steel city beers in the fav style but i always really enjoy them... i think i prefer this to vanilla version as it a little less sweet .
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
bottle at home ... thanks to the Evil Empire ... dark black... thin bubbles ...soft roast malts ... light toffee nose ... very sweet vanilla ... loads of chocolate... soft smooth and sweet ... light roast ... light sweet caramel ... this is nice... i like its sweetness without being overpowering sweet
cagarvie (40235) reviewed Red Hot from Steel City Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
bottle at home ... thanks to The evil empire ... copper brown ... thin white head ... huge capsicum ... light malt ... juicy pine hop nose ... well found a bit of chilli skin ... so there def chilli in it :-) ... soft capsicum front ... a hint of burn but no actaly burn ... light body ... little hop ... and again a chilli flavour in the finish ... light soft malt ... this is not really a session beer as no ones gonna want pints of it . but for a nice unusual half im really enjoying it ...
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Handbottle. @ ChrisOs Pre-GBBF Shindig 2010.[ Raise The Roof Tasting ].[ Courtesy of evilempire ]. Light unclear medium yellow color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, heavy hoppy, flowers, citrus, lemon. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100731]
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Handbottle. @ ChrisOs Pre-GBBF Shindig 2010.[ Raise The Roof Tasting ].[ Courtesy of evilempire ]. Clear medium yellow color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate to light heavy hoppy, citrus, flowers, elderflowers, peachy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light heavy with a long duration, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. lovely beer Gazza & Dave ;O) [20100731]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 16th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2010, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, moderate to light light heavy hoppy, straw. citrus, cat piss. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100429]
fonefan (85107) reviewed 51st State from Steel City Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Handbottle.[ Courtesy of evilempire ]. Clear medium yellow color with a small, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, cat piss, grass, green grass. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration, dry dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20100426]