Davros (5279) reviewed Elysium from Hargreaves Hill 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5
Pours hazy gold with a large fading head.
Nose shows melon, raspberry, caramel, lemon rind, peaches.
Flavours include more raspberry, a bit of a doughy note, some pine and resinous hops, a bit of booze. A bit rough around the edges.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Clear amber with a fat coat of white head. Brooding pine, bread and overripe tropical fruit aroma with some caramel. Very briefly rich but then turns out to be only medium bodied. Hoppy and a bit fumy with pine, minor tropical notes and a boozy bitter finish. Big and not entirely dumb.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Can. Brown with a brief beige head. Chocolate brioche aroma with honey and choc-orange. A bit of body, low carbonation. Fairly dry with some earthy spices, chocolate, honey. Drying honey and pepper finish. Complex, interesting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Copper with a coat of off white head. Aroma of spiced biscuit, some floral notes. The caramel in the biscuit leans towards singed. There is little sweetness, moderate yeasty/ fruity aromatics and modest bitterness. Pretty good, if a tad strong for what it offers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From a 375ml can on 2/1/2025. Pours a deep brown with a small head. The nose has some light roasty notes and a whiff of pine. Tastes of roasted malt, coffee, campfire ash and citrus fruit, with some firm piney hops at the back, delivering a lingering bitterness. Fullish body with average carbonation. A really solid Black IPA.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Russian Imperial Stout from Hargreaves Hill 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
S: licorice - roasted oats - mushrooms A: dark brown body - fast-dying brown head T: pitted fruits - fennel seed - soy sauce P: rich chocolate - molasses - caramelised sugars O: pungent malts - strong sugars - nice complexity - still somehwat bitter 440 mL can - Malt Traders (C.B.D, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - purchased: 04-August-2024 - 2022 Vintage @ 11,2 per cent alcohol - AU$17,00! - sampled: 23-December-2024 as Beer #23 on my 2024 Advent Calendar
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Pale gold with a cm of white head. Aroma of light bread, cooked gooseberry, some spices. Light bodied, medium high carbonation works well. Briefly rich bready malt with a little lusciousness, hints of fruit, decent spicy bitter punch. A little earthy note I liked less. But not bad at all. A good series.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can. Cloudy burnt orange with a small white head. Tart sports drink aroma with citrusy salts. Quite tart with mandarins as well as lemon, some tropical chews. Low bitterness. Not really my thing.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Munich Dunkel from Hargreaves Hill 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Clear deep brown with an inch of pale beige head that fades. Toasty and spicy aroma with some gentle dried fruit. So it tastes. Dryish with toast rather than caramel, firm spicy bitterness. Perhaps not the deepest but has really refreshing balance.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Deep reddish amber with a beige head. Rather indistinct fruity and malty aroma. Sweet with caramel and some chocolate and nuts, then tenor register citrus and bitterness struggle a bit to emerge.